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originally posted by: missed_gear
No one looks at the damage being done against the position of President or future POTUS's.
What nation will openly speak via any means to a POTUS? This is severe damage of immeasurable gravity.
A supposed member of the Intel community, filed a complaint, listening and concerning a privalaged and secure communication between the leaders of nations?
lol so if this ends up paning out it makes the democrats look even more shady
Democrats wrote to the Ukrainian government in May 2018 urging it to continue investigations into President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign — collusion later found not to exist. The demand, which came from U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), resurfaced Wednesday in an opinion piece written by conservative Marc Thiessen in the Washington Post.
It got almost no attention, but in May, CNN reported that Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wrote a letter to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, expressing concern at the closing of four investigations they said were critical to the Mueller probe. In the letter, they implied that their support for U.S. assistance to Ukraine was at stake. Describing themselves as “strong advocates for a robust and close relationship with Ukraine,” the Democratic senators declared, “We have supported [the] capacity-building process and are disappointed that some in Kyiv appear to have cast aside these [democratic] principles to avoid the ire of President Trump,” before demanding Lutsenko “reverse course and halt any efforts to impede cooperation with this important investigation.”
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: Agit8dChop
It sure looks like quid pro quo.
Trump had no understanding of the limitations of the office. He thought being president meant freedom to be lawless.
I sure hope Trump doesn't get impeached. I still prefer Trump over Pence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting in New York with President Trump, told reporters Wednesday that he was not pressured to investigate the Biden family during their now-controversial phone call over the summer. “Nobody pushed me,” Zelensky said. The comments come after the White House released a transcript reflecting that call. It showed Trump sought a probe into Biden family dealings in the country, though it did not show Trump explicitly linking the request to U.S. aid, as some have suggested.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
That is exactly what Joe Biden openly admitted to... even bragged about! He demanded a Ukrainian prosecutor be fired or he would stop a $1 billion loan guarantee. We don't even need a transcript, because it's all on tape. Yet, it is Joe Biden who, among the other Democrats, is saying this supposed action by Trump is inexcusable.
I know you don't support Trump, but surely you can see the blatant hypocrisy there... and hopefully your own inconsistency?
TheRedneck
originally posted by: Wayfarer
originally posted by: TheRedneck
That is exactly what Joe Biden openly admitted to... even bragged about! He demanded a Ukrainian prosecutor be fired or he would stop a $1 billion loan guarantee. We don't even need a transcript, because it's all on tape. Yet, it is Joe Biden who, among the other Democrats, is saying this supposed action by Trump is inexcusable.
I know you don't support Trump, but surely you can see the blatant hypocrisy there... and hopefully your own inconsistency?
TheRedneck
Uh, I understood it to be a blatant miscommunication from Trump and co. on the matter regarding Biden's involvement with the Prosecutor (specifically to fool folks into believing that Biden did the same thing to deflect from Trump).
Biden fired the prosecutor for not going after corruption enough (kind of the opposite of what Trump and co. are saying)....
Biden Ukraine Scandal Nothingburger
originally posted by: MrRCflying
The American people are not stupid. ..
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: shooterbrody
Trump beat Hillary.
That’s why they are going to impeach.
That’s it.
There is no other reason.
originally posted by: RalagaNarHallas
a reply to: Wayfarer
how pray tell did biden fire a forigen prosecutor? i assume you meant he asked the Ukrainians to fire him or they would not get loans /aid you know like the video of him bragging about literally this says thefederalist.com... www.youtube.com...
originally posted by: xuenchen
Some Members of Congress have just received the "Whistleblower Complaint" 😃
Act II underway 😃
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Wayfarer
No. Biden specifically stated he told the Ukrainian government that they had six hours (when he was scheduled to depart) to fire the prosecutor if they wanted the $1 billion. He stated it himself in a tone that indicated pride in the fact that he had made the Ukraine fire the prosecutor.
I have to run soon, but I'll try to find a video.
Now, some have said that this was because the prosecutor was dirty; I do not know. But that does not change the fact that Biden has admitted openly to threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine unless a specific prosecutor was fired.
TheRedneck
originally posted by: Wayfarer
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: Wayfarer
No. Biden specifically stated he told the Ukrainian government that they had six hours (when he was scheduled to depart) to fire the prosecutor if they wanted the $1 billion. He stated it himself in a tone that indicated pride in the fact that he had made the Ukraine fire the prosecutor.
I have to run soon, but I'll try to find a video.
Now, some have said that this was because the prosecutor was dirty; I do not know. But that does not change the fact that Biden has admitted openly to threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine unless a specific prosecutor was fired.
TheRedneck
Oh I see, the confusion you're expressing is the difference between coercing a foreign official into doing something beneficial to the country, vs coercing a foreign official into helping you eliminate your political rivals.