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Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump's Senate impeachment trial -- What does it take to remove a president?
Fox News ^ | January 23, 2020 | Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Posted on 01/23/2020 10:31:59 AM PST by lowbridge

The abuse consists of his efforts to extract a personal political "favor" from the president of Ukraine as a precondition to the delivery of $391 million in military aid. The favor he wanted was an announcement of a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his son Hunter.

The Government Accountability Office -- a nonpartisan entity in the federal government that monitors how the feds spend tax revenue -- has concluded that Trump's request for a favor was a violation of law because only Congress can impose conditions on government expenditures. So, when the president did that, he usurped Congress' role and acted unlawfully.

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Federal election laws proscribe as criminal the mere solicitation of help for a political campaign from a foreign national or government. There is no dispute that Trump did this. In fact, the case for this is stronger now than it was when the House impeached him last year. Since then, more evidence, which Trump tried to suppress, has come to light.

That evidence consists of administration officials' emails that were obtained by the media pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Those emails demonstrate conclusively that Trump ordered a halt on the release of the $391 million within minutes of his favor request, and the aid sat undistributed until congressional pressure became too much for Trump to bear.

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When the House Select Committee on Intelligence sought the emails unearthed by the press and then sought testimony from their authors, Trump thumbed his nose at the House. Instead of complying with House subpoenas or challenging them in court, Trump's folks threw them in a drawer. Earlier this week, his lawyers argued that those actions were lawful

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; impeachment; judgenapolitano; napolitano; trump
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1 posted on 01/23/2020 10:31:59 AM PST by lowbridge
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better quesiton is- what does it take to get napalitano fired from fox news?


2 posted on 01/23/2020 10:34:05 AM PST by Bob434
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To: lowbridge

“What does it take to impeach a President?”

A credible accusation, not a made up hysterical accusation based on strained reasoning


3 posted on 01/23/2020 10:34:40 AM PST by Regulator
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Hey Nipplehead, how about a Real Frikkin Crime!!! Like Giving Weapons to a Named Enemy in the War on Drugs, the Cartels.


4 posted on 01/23/2020 10:36:39 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: lowbridge
The Government Accountability Office -- a nonpartisan entity in the federal government that monitors how the feds spend tax revenue -- has concluded that Trump's request for a favor was a violation of law because only Congress can impose conditions on government expenditures.

BS. Federal "judges" are doing it all the time these days.

5 posted on 01/23/2020 10:37:43 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: lowbridge
Federal election laws proscribe as criminal the mere solicitation of help for a political campaign from a foreign national or government. There is no dispute that Trump did this.

That is flat out a unproven aligation, nap is a POS.
6 posted on 01/23/2020 10:38:05 AM PST by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: Bob434

The instant Napolitano appears on Fox I immediately change the channel. I then return three minutes later. I doubt it makes a difference, but hope that if enough do the same, it might.


7 posted on 01/23/2020 10:38:47 AM PST by Quilla
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Federal election laws proscribe as criminal the mere solicitation of help for a political campaign from a foreign national or government. There is no dispute that Trump did this.

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Really? He did this merely because it would help his political campaign. And you know this how?

Why were people not prosecuted for assembling the Steele Dossier? That is much more obviously a case of colluding with foreign members of government to destroy a political candidate.


8 posted on 01/23/2020 10:39:23 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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Nap is a rat tool -moving on


9 posted on 01/23/2020 10:39:53 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Bob434
better quesiton is- what does it take to get napalitano fired from fox news?

Same thing it took to get rid of his girlfriend Shepherd Smith I'd imagine. Too much mascara. Lol!

10 posted on 01/23/2020 10:40:22 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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Judge Napolitano is the last person that should be talking about the impeachment. He was a strong supporter of the president until Trump told him no way would he be considered for a seat on the supreme court. Since that time he has vilified the president every day for any number of reasons.


11 posted on 01/23/2020 10:40:28 AM PST by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
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Actual video evidence of corruption: https://youtu.be/QE7PwqmzSu0


12 posted on 01/23/2020 10:40:46 AM PST by Blue Turtle
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What color is Napalitano’s hair these days?


13 posted on 01/23/2020 10:40:47 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: Quilla

there are several people we do that to- shep was one, juan, heraldo- marie harf- wallace- niel cavuto- Jessica on outnumbered- leslie-

There’s too many to list or remember right now- basically we just watch a few minutes of some of the better shows UNTIL they have on these leftist sandinistas


14 posted on 01/23/2020 10:45:25 AM PST by Bob434
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Federal election laws proscribe as criminal the mere solicitation of help for a political campaign from a foreign national or government.

Yeah?
So why is Hillary Clinton not in jail for the Steele Dossier then? Steele is British and parts of the fake dossier was created in Russia.

15 posted on 01/23/2020 10:45:58 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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What does it take?

‘High crimes and misdemeanors’


16 posted on 01/23/2020 10:46:26 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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GAO is not non Partisan. it is currently run by an Obama appointee. That it released it supposed “report” the same day the Impeachment was finally delivered tot he US Senate indicates this is a PR stunt staged by the Democrat Fascists Party

The OMB, which actually manged the funds, says the GAO report is completely fraudulent with no basis in fact.

The same GAO found Obama broke the law 17 times. Why was he not impeached?

That a supposed “Judge” is this incompetent about the basic facts of Due Process and the Rule of Law is despicable


17 posted on 01/23/2020 10:47:22 AM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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“The Government Accountability Office — a nonpartisan entity in the federal government that monitors how the feds spend tax revenue — has concluded that Trump’s request for a favor was a violation of law”

And the OMB says exactly the opposite.


18 posted on 01/23/2020 10:47:25 AM PST by billyboy15
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Read the Transcipt finally you mindless political bigot. Your claims are without any merit at all. They are totally fraudulent made up nonsense based wholly on your mindless political bigotry and infantile hate for Trump

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf


19 posted on 01/23/2020 10:48:56 AM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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20 posted on 01/23/2020 10:49:09 AM PST by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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