… dog bites postal worker, and the sun keeps rising in the east.
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So a bank robber can simply request money at gun point as long as he doesn’t say “or I’ll shoot”.
I’d love to see a lawyer try and argue…
“My client merely requested the money and pointing the gun at the clerk by no means was meant to imply he would shoot idfhis request was not met.”
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Chuck Todd is smarmy incarnate.
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“Moreover, Mr. Trump requested that Ukraine root out corruption; he didn’t demand it,” he wrote. “His words were cordial, agreeable and free of any element of threat or coercion.
This is enough to impeach, because he didn’t tell them to root out ‘corruption’ - he told them to investigate Biden (Read the Transcript). But, the clear evidence is that there was much more. That’s clear from the transcripts and what we’ll hear over the next couple of weeks.
And by the way, Rudy … what did you and Lev and Igor say and do as Trump’s personal attorney and henchmen in this regard? You know, to benefit your client rather than the country? I bet you made demands on Trump’s behalf and indicated that military aid and meetings would be withheld. And you told other people in the State Department to make this clear, too. And you told us you didn’t do anything without the OK of your client, Trump. And Trump told everybody to check with you and work with you.
Maybe you should testify to clear things up.
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Chaff is a good and underused word, but, really, the Trump defenses are more like a mountain of bullshit.
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Why are Dems ignoring the biggest impeachable offense of all, his being a Russian asset, not just effectively so, but as part of an obvious quid pro quo arrangement with Putin going back years? I’m not talking about the 2016 election, but everything he’s done for Russia since taking office, in exchange for various favors including loans and loan guarantees, real estate projects and keeping the dirt they have on him locked away. That, plus endangering the physical and economy security of the US and its allies, along with obstructing lawful attempts by the DoJ and congress to investigate all this and other matters, are easily the three biggest impeachable offense, dwarfing all the others, including Ukraine.
Perhaps they intend to do just that, and have been keeping it in their pocket for now, waiting to spring it at just the right moment, when they know they have the evidence and it’s politically most advantageous to do it. I certainly hope so. I don’t want for us to get Al Capone merely on tax evasion (yet another Trump crime btw). I want to get him for his far worse crimes.
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In what possible world is it reasonable to have a subject of a congressional impeachment probe publish an Op-Ed in a national newspaper?
The stink is killing me.
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I would have no problem with any of the administration officials sucking their subpoenas. They have the right…
To plead the 5th.
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If he asked politely, you must acquit.
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If I were Giuliani I maybe wouldn’t be shooting off op-eds that basically say, “The President was innocent in his request for investigations because he didn’t know that I was strong-arming the Ukrainians over those same investigations at the same time!”
That probably isn’t the best strategy for you personally, Rudy.
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From what I’ve read of the law on this a QPQ only need be suggested with a foreign nation, with reference to the law on elections, for there to be a crime. So thanks for the admission Rudy.
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the more nonsense ‘America’s Mayor’ spews the more I wonder how much work he actually did in putting away the Mob in New York… seems more like he just took credit for other’s hard work💀
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Did you know that they are clubbing baby rutabagas?
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I seriously wonder why the House hasn’t demanded Giuliani testify before committee. He claims attorney-client privilege as relates to his communications with Trump. But much of what he did, such as libeling Yovanovich, certainly wouldn’t pass muster on that count. As to his “official” acts of “diplomacy” (if that’s what they can be called) he was never in the employ of the Federal government, had no security clearances, no official title, maybe even operated sans a background check, and evidently is claiming he’s exempt form the typical Congressional oversight exercised by the Legislative branch over foreign affairs. There are also reports Trump pays Rudy nothing, and there is no formal written agreement between the two of them. Yet he’s Trump’s attorney of record?
Wouldn’t Schiff prevail rather easily on many counts if he subpoenaed Giuliani? He’s at the center of much of this affair, and he’s exempt from having to relay anything, to anyone, about any of it? Could Mike Pompeo avoid the usual testimony a Sec State gives to Congress because he claimed to also be Trump’s personal attorney, therefore whatever he was up to was privileged?
Also, IANAL, but doesn’t the fact Rudy very publicly speaks and writes voluminously on many aspects of this episode constitute some sort of waiving of privilege? He seems to project he’ll comment on all of it, but only in a forum of his choosing, and Congress is not of his choosing. He’ll happily talk to the WSJ, but not Schiff? How does that work?
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That would be the best testimony Rudy, Pompeo, and Mulvaney could give. It would reveal truths about what happened and at least wouldn’t be a bunch of lies.
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This is why we tell our kids to not be bossy and always say “Please”. Otherwise you’ll end up in the slammer.
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“See this gun pointed at your head? It’s your choice whether to do what I say or make me pull the trigger!”
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Repugnant, yes, illegal, no, and hoping it stays that way.
Also, I hope you realize that every time he says or writes something publicly, it further implicates him. So, please proceed, Rudy, and blab away. We’ve got plenty of popcorn and this is so entertaining.
I wonder if NYU can disown him. Y’know, take away his law degree while sheepishly intoning, “What the fuck were we thinking?”
Or just publicly apologize to the country and NYC.
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That one is. And he has proved it on TV repeatedly.
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