Phantom Roxas Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/25/judge-orders-release-of-mueller-material-citing-impeachment-chance.html The Justice Department has been ordered to turn over the grand jury material in the Mueller report by Beryl Howell, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C. Get fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted October 29, 2019 Report Share Posted October 29, 2019 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/10/29/20937527/alexander-vindman-impeachment-inquiry-testimony Alexander Vindman is the latest to testify in the impeachment inquiry. As the article notes, the GOP has largely been unable to actually address the evidence presented, and are instead attacking the process itself, though their criticisms are without merit. The inquiry continues to uncover more compelling evidence, and have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that a quid pro quo occurred. Vindman is a firsthand witness, so the GOP complaint about how this information has only come from secondhand or thirdhand is well and truly dead. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/nancy-pelosi-announces-first-house-vote-on-impeachment-inquiry.html The House will hold a full vote on an impeachment inquiry. During Beryl Howell's ruling regarding grand jury material, she had reaffirmed the legitimacy of the impeachment inquiry, so the vote is more of a formality than anything else. It also undermines the GOP's talking point about how a vote hasn't been vote - even though one was never necessary anyway - but the GOP is still arguing in bad faith regardless. It seems that there is a strong case for impeachment. All the GOP can do is whine about it happening, since they have no legitimate counterarguments. Important to note that the Democrats are following the exact same rules laid about by Republicans for the sake of the Benghazi hearings, so if Republicans are unhappy with the current process, then they have nobody to blame but themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/trump-impeachment-house-resolution-vote-latest-today-2019-10-31-live-updates/ By a 232-196 vote, the House has voted in favor of the impeachment inquiry. This "authorizes the House Intelligence Committee to hold public hearings and craft a report to be delivered to the Judiciary Committee, where President Trump and his counsel will have the right to cross examine witnesses and review evidence." In other word, the GOP got exactly what they asked for, right down to the letter. More of the inquiry can be public, and Trump is allowed due process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/02/politics/mueller-investigation-notes-trump-stolen-emails/index.html What a shock, the Mueller report conveniently redacted evidence that Trump directed Gates to get Clinton's emails. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/04/politics/trump-taxes-court-returns/index.html Additionally, a federal appeals court denied the pitiful attempts for Trump to claim presidential immunity, so he still must hand over eight years of tax returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/every-republican-for-himself-mcconnell-told-senators-in-closed-door-meeting-to-come-up-with-their-own-trump-defense/#.XcjXlkvNCHY.twitter Nothing too different, but once again, the hearings conducted thus far have corroborated damning evidence that Trump committed impeachable offenses. The GOP has demanded for public hearings, which are beginning soon, as well as the release of transcripts, which reflect the news that has leaked so far. As we've seen from the right throughout this thread, the general strategy has thus far been to demand evidence, then deny that the evidence exists the moment it's received. Senate Republicans appear to have no unified strategy for defending the president. Lindsey Graham has already said he won't read the transcripts, which suits the trend of the right plugging their ears and disregarding evidence. Republicans were basically told to say as little as possible, or base their messages on their current political standings. After Bevin lost Kentucky, and Virginia was flipped blue, the odds are not looking good for Republicans going into 2020, so the lack of a coherent strategy in light of irrefutable evidence for impeachment is certainly not going to help them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 A useful thread worth following, as Roger Stone has been found guilty on all counts of lying to Congress, obstruction, and witness tampering. RIP. Sentencing will be on Thursday, February 6. Just two weeks after Duncan Hunter's trial, so those will be fun to follow back to back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/impeachment-hearing-stefanik-nunes-stunt.html This is a pretty strong article on why Republicans like Devin Nunes - who is suing an imaginary cow because it hurt his feelings, and has a strange obsession with staging his interviews with Fox News in front of tractors because his constituents have cast doubt on his qualifications as a farmer - are purposefully violating the rules, only to play the victim when they're called out for it. It's plainly clear that they don't want to follow the rules of the impeachment inquiry; they just want to frame Adam Schiff as abusing his power when he's just holding criminals accountable, and they need to stage cheap stunts in desperate bids that do nothing but please the right. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/donald-trump-marie-yovanovitch-witness-intimidation Meanwhile, Trump committed witness intimidating during the midst of Marie Yovanovitch's testimony. Looks we have yet another article of impeachment to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ukraine-clearinghouse-2019.11.09.rm_letter_to_chm_re_witness_request.pdf https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/devin-nunes-buried-in-mockery-after-trump-worlds-key-witness-turns-out-to-be-a-disaster/ The witnesses requested by the GOP gave such damning testimony that Cow Litigator Devin Nunes desperately tried to gaslight everybody by claiming that the Democrats requested Volker and Morrison. Nunes basically disowned his own witnesses just because they further cemented that Trump committed impeachable offenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/23/nunesresign-trends-indicted-giuliani-associate-implicates-top-republican-effort-dig Nunes continues to be caught in udderly embarrassing situations, as it's now been confirmed that he was coordinating with Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliana. Eric Swalwell submitted a Daily Beast article into the record for the impeachment hearing on Thursday, and Parnas's attorney announced that Parnas would be willing to speak to Congress about working with Nunes to dig up dirt on Biden. In other words, Nunes was the one working with a Ukrainian to interfere with a U.S. election, so his entire schtick during these impeachment hearings was nothing short of projection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/25/trump-impeachment-could-come-soon-after-thanksgiving-schiff-says.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/politics/don-mcgahn-house-subpoena-impeachment/index.html The report gathering the evidence thus far for impeachment could be completed as soon as next week. However, Adam Schiff did not rule out that new evidence could still come up. This may include testimony from Don McGahn, as a federal judge has ruled that Don McGahn must testify to the House in the impeachment probe. Although the administration committed obstruction of justice by attempting to prevent McGahn from testifying, the judge condemned the DOJ's poor attempts to claim broad immunity, writing that "To make the point as plain as possible... with respect to senior-level presidential aides, absolute immunity from compelled congressional process simply does not exist." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted November 27, 2019 Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/783020864/trump-faces-deadline-as-judiciary-panel-schedules-impeachment-hearing The House Judiciary Committee will have its first public impeachment hearing next Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/30/intelligence-committee-draft-ukraine-report-074518 The Intelligence Committee is preparing to circulate its Ukraine report tomorrow, leading up to vote on the findings by Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted December 3, 2019 Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-banks/banks-can-hand-trump-financial-records-to-house-democrats-court-rules-idUSKBN1Y71V0 While the Supreme Court considers Trump's appeal regarding his tax returns, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has struck down Trump's appeal against the subpoenas for Deutsche Bank and Capital One, allowing them to hand over Trump's financial records to House Democrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/05/pelosi-asks-house-judiciary-committee-to-proceed-with-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump.html Not too surprising, but Pelosi has formally directed the House to draft articles of impeachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191202/12034643485/devin-nunes-virginia-slapp-suits-causing-virginia-legislators-to-consider-new-anti-slapp-law.shtml The newly blue Virginia may follow in California's footsteps, and adopt stronger anti-SLAPP laws in response to Nunes' frivolous lawsuits that abuse the legal system. https://www.ajc.com/news/congressman-devin-nunes-faces-discipline-over-calls-giuliani-and-associate/TIs9bCyjXueJotnmV4p3iN/ Meanwhile, Steny Hoyer has stated that the House will be looking into disciplining Nunes for his calls with Lev Parnas, which were discovered after duly-issued subpoenas obtained Parnas's phone records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 https://theweek.com/speedreads/889520/ukrainian-prosecutor-offered-giuliani-associate-quid-pro-quo-biden-dirt-firing-ambassador https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texts-appear-to-show-former-ukraine-prosecutor-offering-info-on-bidens-in-exchange-for-ouster-of-then-ambassador-yovanovitch/ Lev Parnas has given a trove of documents over to the House, which include evidence that Marie Yovanovitch was being spied on for potential "removal". https://www.courthousenews.com/indicted-giuliani-ally-has-money-tied-republicans-seeking-cover/ I'm enjoying watching Parnas drag the House Republicans down with him. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/15/pelosi-appoints-impeachment-managers-for-trumps-senate-trial-099240 In the meantime, Pelosi has officially named the House Democrats that will serve as impeachment managers: "Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Val Demings (D-Fla.) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478529-dem-lawmaker-says-nunes-threatened-to-sue-him-over-criticism Parnas just implicated Nunes and Barr. Apparently Nunes also threatened to sue Rep. Ted Lieu if he did not apologize for accusing Nunes for conspiring with Parnas, but Parnas's own interview confirms that Nunes was indeed participating in trying to get dirt on Biden. Meaning that the entire time Nunes sat on the Intelligence Committee during the impeachment inquiry, he had also been an accomplice in exactly what this impeachment was about. https://www.fox5dc.com/news/white-house-violated-law-in-freezing-ukraine-aid-government-accountability-office And the Government Accountability Office found that the government violated the law by withholding the aid to Ukraine. Despite the sycophants in the House desperately trying to frame the actions as okay, it's pretty clear that Trump's actions were illegal, and he absolutely deserves to be impeached. Trying to pretend otherwise is willful ignorance at best, or as we've seen with Nunes, some lawmakers are only defending Trump because they're also guilty, and there is literally no way they could stand against Trump without getting caught in the crossfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478893-democratic-lawmaker-dismisses-gop-lawsuit-threat-take-your-letter-and-shove-it Since Nunes is obsessed with lawsuits, he apparently threatened fellow California Representative Ted Lieu. Lieu told Nunes and Biss in no uncertain terms to "take your letter and shove it." He also called for removing Nunes from the Intelligence Committee. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/17/devin-nunes-aide-lev-parnas-100732 Speaking of Nunes and the Intelligence Committee, the committee also released information showing that Nunes' top aide Derek Harvey was in contact with Lev Parnas. Harvey was a proxy because Nunes wanted to keep a low profile while he was under an ethics investigation. Despite Nunes' threat, Lieu was clearly telling the truth. I hope no one was ever rooting for Nunes to win his lawsuits, because this is absolutely embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Alright, as much as I like to make fun of Devin Nunes filing lawsuits left and right, I was looking back through earlier parts of the thread to refresh my memory, so let me explain why Nunes is genuinely dangerous here. I understand why someone would only partially support the First Amendment, and believe that freedom of the press should be restricted. However, I have a hard time believing it is because of the media abusing the privilege and protections that the 1A offers. More often than not, at least from the right, the issue has less to do with that alleged abuse. It's just that we see journalists calling Nunes out, and uncovering evidence of him coordinating with Lev Parnas. The GOP has suddenly started playing dumb about Lev Parnas, as if they don't know who he is. They condemn the Democrats for working with an indicted criminal. That is a shallow criticism that disregards how, despite Parnas pleading not guilty, he is nevertheless providing valuable information about his accomplices. Republicans aren't concerned that Democrats are conspiring with a criminal or what have you; they're concerned that they're going to get caught. Look at the people Nunes is suing or threatening to sue. He's gone after his own constituents. He targeted a fellow Representative. He's going after random people on Twitter, and I get why his lawsuits are cheered on by reactionary centrists who operate under a false pretense of neutrality, only to drop that mask because all they care about is "owning the libs". This isn't about holding people accountable for abuse. Nunes has a ridiculously thin ego, and these allegations threaten that ego because theys have merit. He's just using Virginia for the sake of libel tourism, to that point that part of the cost with the suits is just having to point out that Virginia is an inappropriate venue. Absolutely nothing Nunes is doing is for the sake of any righteous justice. He's harassing people with these lawsuits, because actually winning the lawsuit isn't the point. What matters most to people like him is just making the lawsuit as painful as possible for the defendants, and putting a burden on them. The only reason to support Nunes is because someone just existing on the left is somehow a crime in and of itself, or people assign some arbitrary meaning to blue checkmarks on Twitter so they can get offended by the very sight of anyone who has one. Nunes is a hypocrite who abused who position in the House Intelligence Committee to cover up for Trump, all the while getting himself involved with criminals whom he disowns as quickly as Trump would. But hey, I guess he's trying to own the libs, which is totally more important, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/impeachment-trial-live-01-28?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage#mcconnell-democrats-witnesses Mitch McConnell confirmed that he does not have the votes to block Democrats from calling for witnesses. I am trying to keep my expectations in check for this trial, but this is great news. The GOP wants to avoid recognizing Trump's guilt, and witnesses would make it much more difficult for Republicans to keep their heads in the sand. It's not enough to convince me that Trump is well and truly doomed... but it's a start, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/480526-gop-senators-believe-they-have-the-votes-to-block-witnesses  Mitch got the votes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Doesn't actually say that he got the votes. Just that they're confident they'll have them by Friday. The Republicans who are insistent on blocking witnesses continue to have absolutely no interest in holding a proper trial, and are trying to rush this out. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/480040-trump-falsely-claims-house-democrats-never-asked-bolton-to-testify As a reminder, despite Trump constantly bitching about how he was somehow denied due process and was allowed no witnesses, Democrats subpoenaed those with firsthand accounts, and Trump blocked their testimony at every possible turn, including John Bolton. We need the Senate to call for witnesses Republicans try to have things both ways by blocking witnesses and then somehow blaming Democrats for not allowing the witnesses that Republicans blocked. John Bolton undermined Trump's entire defense, and that is what Republicans are afraid of. Nothing the Republicans are doing here comes from a place of integrity. They like to claim that this is a partisanship impeachment, but the difference is that Democrats have evidence. The witnesses are against Trump, and as we saw during the House impeachment inquiry, when Republicans called on Tim Morrison and Kurt Volker, those two ended up delivering damning enough testimony that Nunes immediately attempted to disown them by claiming that they were somehow witnesses for the Democrats. We'll see how tomorrow goes, but I do expect Republicans to mostly continue participating in the cover-up. If the Senate does succeed in calling for witnesses, it will only be the smallest possible margin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Mitch has the votes  lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Roxas Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 So Rubio admits that Trump committed impeachable offenses, Alexander admits that Trump is guilty, the list goes on. Point is that the House made a convincing argument, and even Republicans recognize that Trump did exactly what he was accused of doing. But they'll acquit him because... they just want to, really. Not because he's innocent. We know he is not. Vote them all out. They're doing nothing but kissing up to Trump, even when they know he's guilty. They're just too scared to stand up to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 3:30 PM, Phantom Roxas said: Vote them all out. What if I like what Trump did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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