“The impeachment process is political in nature, not criminal. Congress has no power to impose criminal penalties on impeached officials. But criminal courts may try and punish officials if they have committed crimes.”
https://www.crf-usa.org/impeachment/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors.html
“Impeaching President Trump has been all that Democrats can think of since day one; literally the first article about this was printed by the Washington Post 19 minutes after the President was sworn-into office.”
Already a lie! The Washington post story was not about Democrats in the House or Senate wanting Trump impeached or even an Op-Ed. It was coverage of PEOPLE protesting.
READ the Story! Facts and truth ARE important!
“First, there was the Russian hoax, two years and over $35 million of hard-working taxpayer dollars wasted and nothing found. Then, there was the “earth-shattering” Mueller report, that was a flop.”
It was not a hoax, ask all of the people in prison or headed to prison or out of prison now. Where are you getting that $35 million price tag?
Trump has cost us more playing golf!
‘Cost to Taxpayer: About $115,000,000**”
https://trumpgolfcount.com/
https://limbaugh2020.com/trump-promised-to-never-have-time-to-play-golf-he-lied/
No Golfer-In-Chief Page for Trump Sean?
“The Russian hoax blew up in Democrats’ faces, so they had to figure out something else, and they settled on Ukraine.”
No, it didn’t!
https://limbaugh2020.com/you-can-read-the-mueller-report-for-free/
“They cried about a “quid pro quo,” but they didn’t count on President Trump releasing the transcript of his phone call with the Ukraine president. It showed there was nothing there!”
We have yet to see the TRANSCRIPT! We were given a MEMO – it SAYS MEMO!
https://limbaugh2020.com/you-can-not-believe-any-transcript-out-of-trumps-white-house/
“So when that didn’t work, Democrats did some polls and focus groups and came up with “extortion” and “bribery.””
Trump EXTORTED the leader of Ukraine! He bribed him with a promise of military aid!
“So let’s look at the facts:”
I look forward to these lies!
“President Trump asked for nothing in exchange for lethal military aid to Ukraine.”
LIE! He asked for a PERSONAL Favor! A favor he didn’t ask for in 2018 or 2017. Why did he ask in 2019? He saw this story on Fox and Friends before he made the phone call that day:
“He didn’t tie the aid to any actions by the Ukrainians.”
Yes, he did. How do we know? The timeline!
Feb 15, 2019
The FY2019 federal budget is approved at midnight, containing nearly $400 million in military aid to support Ukraine and NATO efforts to counter Russian forces. Despite assurances from the White House, the funds are not released to Ukraine for months.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-timeline-of-key-events-in-the-trump-ukraine-story
June 18, 2019: The Pentagon announces plans “to provide $250 million to Ukraine in security cooperation funds for additional training, equipment and advisory efforts to build the capacity of Ukraine’s armed forces.”
June 19: President Trump starts asking about the Ukraine military assistance, according to Mark Sandy, a career official in the Office of Management and Budget. Sandy told House investigators he learned of Trump’s queries in an e-mail from Mike Duffey, a political appointee who oversees funding for military, intelligence and international affairs at OMB. This was the same day a report about the Pentagon’s announced Ukraine assistance appeared in the Washington Examiner, a conservative website and weekly tabloid.
Sept. 11: The hold is lifted on the Ukraine assistance, 85 days after the Pentagon announced that aid had become available. That leaves only 19 days to obligate that funding.
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/27/783487901/the-hold-on-ukraine-aid-a-timeline-emerges-from-impeachment-probe
What happened between June 19 and September 11? Trump Happened!
We learned some new stuff!
This order stayed into effect until that darn whistleblower!
https://limbaugh2020.com/attacking-the-whistleblower-is-wrong-and-dangerous/
“The Ukrainian president didn’t know the aid was under any delay.”
“Cooper said that her staff later showed her two unclassified emails from the State Department. Both were sent two hours apart on the afternoon of July 25. The first, Cooper said, showed that the Ukrainian Embassy was “asking about the security assistance,” and the second suggested that “Hill knows about the [aid freeze] situation.”
Cooper said that a third email, on July 3, from the State Department, showed that the “CN [congressional notification] was being blocked from OMB [White House Office of Management and Budget].”
Schiff, a moment later, asked Cooper whether her sharing the existence of those emails meant that the Ukrainians “knew there was something going on with” the aid.
“Yes, sir,” she replied.
This means that Cooper is saying the Ukrainians were, in fact, aware of the aid hold on the same day as the well-documented July 25 call between Trump and Zelenskiy. This contradicts the argument by Republicans, including Trump, that the Ukrainians had no idea of the hold this early — meaning, according to that argument, that there could not have been a quid pro quo.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/live-blog/nov-20-impeachment-hearings-live-updates-n1086301/ncrd1087646#liveBlogHeader
“And he himself said, he didn’t feel under pressure. And then the aid flowed to Ukraine. Without the Ukrainians doing anything in exchange.”
This defense is SO weak it is comical! Zelensky is depending on Trump for future aid. A blackmail victim has no power to fight the blackmailer until someone intervenes on their behalf. The aid flowed because the fiscal calendar was about to expire and that pesky whistleblower. The “they did’nt do anything in exchange” argument melts because of this action:
“Senior Trump administration officials in recent days threatened a presidential veto that could have led to a government shutdown if House Democrats refused to drop language requiring prompt release of future military aid for Ukraine, according to five administration and congressional officials.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/12/20/trump-administration-demanded-democrats-strip-ukraine-aid-language-spending-package/
So Trump wants to use the same leverage DURING the 2020 Campaign!
“And, to top it off, under President Obama, Ukraine never received this kind of lethal military aid AT ALL.”
This is Whataboutism. Deflection. Obama didn’t HOLD Ukraine for campaign dirt on his opponent!
“It is thanks to President Trump, that the Ukrainians are getting the aid in the first place.”
No, Congress appropriated the funds on February 25, 2019 and Pentagon said spend it on June 18, 2019 and then TRUMP stopped it on July 25, 2019 – exactly 91 minutes after he hung up the phone.
“Impeaching President Trump has always been an election tactic. Democrats have never accepted the results of the last election, so they’re trying to interfere with the next one.”
You DO understand Pence, Not Hillary, becomes president?
They will never give up. And, as President Trump says, the only think they will understand is a resounding defeat on election day
https://limbaugh2020.com/i-am-sorry-noah-feldman-but-donald-trump-is-impeached/
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