Posted on 02/02/2020 10:50:49 AM PST by lowbridge
Not because Trump is a Republican. Not because of his conservative policies. Not as a way to nullify the outcome of the 2016 election. But because he engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors of exactly the sort the founders had in mind when they created the impeachment process in the U.S. Constitution.
The details of those crimes have been laid out a thousand times, but here they are again: Congress voted to give $391 million to Ukraine, an ally that was at war, defending itself against Russia. But Trump withheld that money in a clear violation — an illegal violation — of Congress’ express wishes. He did so not because he had foreign policy disagreements with Congress, but because he hoped to extort from Ukraine’s president what he called “a favor” in return for the money — the announcement of an investigation into groundless accusations against former Vice President Joe Biden that he believed could be useful to him in winning reelection.
In other words, he hijacked national security and foreign policy to induce Ukraine to take actions to smear a prospective political opponent. He abused the power of his office to benefit himself personally. Then, as the second article of impeachment makes clear, he sought to stonewall the investigation by refusing to release documents and ordering his subordinates not to testify in the House inquiry.
It may not come as a surprise to many readers that we support the ultimate punishment for this egregious abuse of power.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww poor LA Slimes..looks like they realize in November they are going to get their behinds whipped..Hey Slimes, Im STILL waiting for you to release that Obama/Rashid Khalidi tape that you have from 2008, ya know how long Ive been waiting, but Im a patient gal
Sedition
Does anyone really care? No one died when Trump withheld aid. Its not even a felony.
Democrats never even charged Trump with committing a crime. DUH
Fact check the LA Times: the money was not withheld. Delayed according to bureaucratic processes, but not withheld.
The LA Times is nothing but a liberal rag.
What a dirty stinkin rag run by no common sense a-holes.
What I want to know is, why is Giuliani being exiled to “podcast-ville”?
The LA Times is an outlaw newspaper, advocating for unconstitutional removal of a president.
Trump has to be the worst dictator ever.
I mean, what dictator would allow a newspaper to print stuff like this.
Come on, Trump, up your game!
Just because the MSM says something does not make it so. There is zero evidence that Trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors.
There is plenty of evidence that the MSM and the Democrats continue to engage in high crimes and misdemeanors that they have been attempting to attach to the POTUS.
Yeah, whatever. This ought to make both of its print readers happy.
Not because the LA SLIMES is liberal . Not because the rag spews the DNC communist policies and talking points . as a way to nullify the outcome of the 2016 election. But because they engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors covering for the swamp, leaking material AND MOST of all for LYING to the American people of exactly the sort the founders had in mind when they created the impeachment process in the U.S. Constitution...IMPEACH THE MEDIA!! IMPEACH THE MEDIAPUKES!!!
“Make LA Mexico Again”
It’s funny, right?
Nobody in Los AHN-Gel-ees actually reads them since...they don’t read English. Or Spanish...or Nahuatl...
Why post this?
Certainly: Why post this without a barf alert?
But more fundamentally: why post this?
We already know Schiff’s thinking on these subjects.
Schiff repeated all this Bull Schiff repeatedly during the shampeachment.
Why do we need LA Times repetition of Schiff’s repetitious arguments?
And without a barf alert?
Or even... at all?
What are we learning by reading this that we didn’t already learn 500 times a day last week?
Really. I’m curious. Why post this?
-PJ
Their buddy, Biden, IS corruption personified!!!!
It’s within the president’s authority to investigate corruption, and to ask for help from foreign governments. Show me where in the Constitution it’s not.
+1,000,000
Trump was acting in the true interests of America by asking for an investigation of corruption. The fact the Trump also personally benefitted is incidental, and is not corrupt intent, and is not a crime, and does not deserve any punishment what so ever.
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