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Shellenberger: USAID Paid for Trump Impeachment Effort
Newsmax ^ | February 6, 2025 | Charlie McCarthy

Posted on 02/06/2025 10:31:08 AM PST by Navy Patriot

The United States Agency for International Development and the CIA funded the 2019 impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, according to investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger.

Shellenberger took to social media Wednesday night to explain his findings.

"USAID's defenders say it's about charity and development in poor nations. It's not. It's a $40 billion driver of regime change abroad. And now the evidence suggests that it, along with the CIA, were behind the 2019 impeachment of Trump — an illegal regime change effort at home," Shellenberger posted on X with an image of his Substack "Public" story.

Shellenberger then posted a video and transcript detailing his findings surrounding the December 2019 impeachment that stemmed from a White House whistleblower claiming Trump abused his powers by withholding military aid to Ukraine in order to dig up dirt on his rival, former President Joe Biden.

The whistleblower claimed to have heard from White House staff that Trump directed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to work with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to investigate Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

"The whistleblower who triggered the impeachment was a CIA analyst who was first brought into the White House by the Obama administration," Shellenberger said in the interview.

"Reporting by Drop Site News last year revealed that the CIA analyst relied on reporting by a supposedly independent investigative news organization called the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which appears to have effectively operated as an arm of the USAID.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2019; 201912; ciaremella; fraudwatch; harassment; impeachment; lawfare; occrp; ohcrap; usaid
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Treason and Insurrection!
1 posted on 02/06/2025 10:31:08 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

I am not surprised. We need a good rope manufacturer to begin production for all the nooses needed to clean out this rats nest of criminals.


2 posted on 02/06/2025 10:34:51 AM PST by Lucky2 (Go woke, go broke)
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To: Navy Patriot
Treason and Insurrection!

Strong words that jump off the page. You are probably right, though.
3 posted on 02/06/2025 10:35:38 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: Navy Patriot

Tip of the iceberg.

The whole of the $3+ trillion unconstitutional apparatus of the federal gov’t is complicit in illegal and criminal operations.

KILL ALL OF IT!!!


4 posted on 02/06/2025 10:37:42 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Navy Patriot
Shellenberger: USAID Paid for Trump Impeachment Effort

No doubt, Pelosi led that effort by USAID, but her name was kept secret.

Since that impeachment failed to get the desired results, Pelosi went on to manufacture the J6 insurrection to get Trump impeached again.

The democrats' J6 farce needs a lot more investigation than the 2019 impeachment effort.
5 posted on 02/06/2025 10:39:26 AM PST by adorno ( )
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To: Navy Patriot

Democrats, and exactly what Democrats do.


6 posted on 02/06/2025 10:41:44 AM PST by Mark was here (When Gabby Giffords was shot, Democrats were laughing on NPR, wishing it was Sarah Palin.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Everything we suspected about “the deep state” is real.

America’s two-party system, at least at the highest levels - IS FAKE

Jeb Bush, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, etc... were ALL Uniparty operatives. They were part of this government spending/NGO/Propaganda/Intel/ Money Laundering game.

We all knew they wouldn’t have changed a thing

And now its proven true.


7 posted on 02/06/2025 10:42:44 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Lucky2

Ironic though.

Trump would have NEVER done such drastic things in his second term if it was back to back.

He still hadn’t realized what SICK ANIMALS dems and the deep state were.

He sure knew after everything that happened.

And boy is he mad.


8 posted on 02/06/2025 10:47:34 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Jim W N
Tip of the iceberg.

Agree.

9 posted on 02/06/2025 10:48:37 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

This is the very tip of the iceberg.


10 posted on 02/06/2025 10:48:53 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Now that Republican senator John Thune is the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, shouldn’t Thune have the power to look into the secret files of the U.S. Senate to find out the identity of the “whistleblower” who pointed to the conversations between Trump and Zelensky about the so called pressure campaign during Trump’s first presidential term? This kind of information could help Elon Musk and his team when looking into the financial records of USAID.


11 posted on 02/06/2025 10:49:52 AM PST by convoter2016 ( )
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To: adorno

I believe all three of your points are correct.


12 posted on 02/06/2025 10:52:00 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: PGR88

I believe your analysis is correct.


13 posted on 02/06/2025 10:53:36 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: bray

Agree.


14 posted on 02/06/2025 10:54:19 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

So, it seems we might do well to bone up on the finer distinctions of:
- regime change
- sedition
- treason
- insurrection
- impeachment

Many weren’t pardoned, e.g., Barry and Zhio, after all, and at least some those that were are still subject to impeachment, state and local indictments.


15 posted on 02/06/2025 10:59:51 AM PST by rx
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To: Lucky2

I think common sense gun control is warranted in this situation, properly controlled by firing squads.


16 posted on 02/06/2025 11:00:03 AM PST by webheart (S)
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To: dp0622

I keep thinking that the four years of Biden was needed so our Donald could come back in and clean house.


17 posted on 02/06/2025 11:00:42 AM PST by Lucky2 (Go woke, go broke)
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To: Lucky2

He was doing a great job but in many aspects had if not accepted, at least put up with the status quo in many areas.

It was BAD to get him ticked off!!

Biden going all out insane leftist fired Trump up too.

Sometimes what seems like the darkest times ends up being a blessing in disguise.

Cause man he is changing EVERYTHING now.


18 posted on 02/06/2025 11:03:12 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: convoter2016
I have the opinion that Thune, using Senate Rules, Parliamentary procedure, points of order, and VP Vance (President of the Senate), can get it done.

However that's an opinion, not a guarantee.

19 posted on 02/06/2025 11:04:12 AM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: adorno
"Pelosi went on to manufacture the J6 insurrection to get Trump impeached again."

"Never let a crisis go to waste." -- Rahm Emmanuel

Nanzi had all it would take (as she was ready to see events unfold) for both impeachment opportunities in the votes of her "unified" House Dem majority.

20 posted on 02/06/2025 11:04:30 AM PST by rx
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