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The useful idiot from Louisiana
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/02/useful-idiot-louisiana/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/02/useful-idiot-louisiana/
Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pursuant to H. Res. 660 in Consultation with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
The impeachment inquiry into Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, uncovered a months-long effort by President Trump to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election. As described in this executive summary and the report that follows, President Trump’s scheme subverted U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine and undermined our national security in favor of two politically motivated investigations that would help his presidential reelection campaign. The President demanded that the newly-elected Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, publicly announce investigations into a political rival that he apparently feared the most, former Vice President Joe Biden, and into a discredited theory that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 presidential election. To compel the Ukrainian President to do his political bidding, President Trump conditioned two official acts on the public announcement of the investigations: a coveted White House visit and critical U.S. military assistance Ukraine needed to fight its Russian adversary.
https://intelligence.house.gov/report/
https://intelligence.house.gov/uplo...rt___hpsci_impeachment_inquiry_-_20191203.pdf
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Today:
Earlier:
"It is important to restate the specific context for this threshold argument. President [...] stands accused of a series of knowing criminal acts in office, including perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and abuse of office. While I greatly respect the academics on the other side of this debate, I do not believe that there is a basis to exclude such conduct from potential articles of impeachment on any definitional, historical or policy basis. Far from it, I believe that the argument advanced by the White House would create extremely dangerous precedent for our country and would undermine fundamental guarantees of the Madisonian Democracy. It is my view that the allegations in this inquiry, if proven, would constitute clear and compelling grounds for impeachment and the submission of this matter to the United States Senate for a determination of the merits."
"The casual dismissal of the alleged crimes committed by President [...] as “private behavior” ignores the fact that criminal acts are routinely committed for the most personal and absurd reasons. If a president can lie in order to hide such personal behavior, what else may he lie about? If he can lie to the Judicial Branch, can he lie to the Legislative Branch on these subjects when the tripartite system demands reliable communication between all three branches? Can he commit other criminal acts in addition to lying under oath as part of such behavior without risk of impeachment? Casual assertions about criminal acts committed by presidents in office can provide catastrophic results for a constitutional system."
https://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/20/clinton-impeachment-testimony-house-judiciary-committee/
Update:
Turley's testimony on November 9, 1998
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4835341/user-clip-improved-turley-testimony
tl:dr version:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4835518/user-clip-turley-clinton
Earlier:
"It is important to restate the specific context for this threshold argument. President [...] stands accused of a series of knowing criminal acts in office, including perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and abuse of office. While I greatly respect the academics on the other side of this debate, I do not believe that there is a basis to exclude such conduct from potential articles of impeachment on any definitional, historical or policy basis. Far from it, I believe that the argument advanced by the White House would create extremely dangerous precedent for our country and would undermine fundamental guarantees of the Madisonian Democracy. It is my view that the allegations in this inquiry, if proven, would constitute clear and compelling grounds for impeachment and the submission of this matter to the United States Senate for a determination of the merits."
"The casual dismissal of the alleged crimes committed by President [...] as “private behavior” ignores the fact that criminal acts are routinely committed for the most personal and absurd reasons. If a president can lie in order to hide such personal behavior, what else may he lie about? If he can lie to the Judicial Branch, can he lie to the Legislative Branch on these subjects when the tripartite system demands reliable communication between all three branches? Can he commit other criminal acts in addition to lying under oath as part of such behavior without risk of impeachment? Casual assertions about criminal acts committed by presidents in office can provide catastrophic results for a constitutional system."
https://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/20/clinton-impeachment-testimony-house-judiciary-committee/
Update:
Turley's testimony on November 9, 1998
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4835341/user-clip-improved-turley-testimony
tl:dr version:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4835518/user-clip-turley-clinton
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Rep. Tom McClintock ( R-CA 4 ) will likely regret trying to normalize his breach of etiquette...
Joe McCarthy ( R-WI ) ( who you should definitely have knowledge of ) would be so proud.
I imagine it will become de rigueur to ask ALL Republican candidates for ALL offices nationwide whether they voted for Trump...and it will likely spread to society in general...
Actions have consequences far beyond the moment the action takes place.
Joe McCarthy ( R-WI ) ( who you should definitely have knowledge of ) would be so proud.
I imagine it will become de rigueur to ask ALL Republican candidates for ALL offices nationwide whether they voted for Trump...and it will likely spread to society in general...
Actions have consequences far beyond the moment the action takes place.
‘He Showed Us Life’: Japanese Doctor Who Brought Water to Afghans Is Killed
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/world/asia/afghanistan-tetsu-nakamura-dead.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/world/asia/afghanistan-tetsu-nakamura-dead.html
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