Gov’t Watchdog Office: OMB Broke Law With Trump-Ordered Ukraine Aid Freeze | Talking Points Memo

The U.S. Government Accountability Office, a government watchdog agency that advises Congress, concluded Thursday that the hold President Trump ordered his Office of Management and Budget to place on Ukraine military assistance violated the law.


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Well, there ya go.

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Which is why Duffey was placed in charge. So WI how many more crooks or enablers of crooks do you have laying around the WI GOP offices?

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You don’t say…

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New vote… A third article of impeachment. Violation of impoundment act. Please proceed Madame Speaker.

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trump denies he ever met OMB. “I think he’s a terrorist. You’ll have to ask ruby, or General…who’s in command now?”

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Everyone knows that The U.S. Government Accountability Office is filled with Deep State Never-Trumpers! SAD!

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Decommissioning of the OMB in 5…4…3…2…

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Predictably, Faux News’ website has pivoted to raging about immigrants today.

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So much for Trump and his lapdog defenders’ main defense that he broke no laws. Of course Barr won’t allow prosecutors to pursue this, being corrupt to the core both morally and criminally (and subjecting him to potential future criminal charges unless Trump pardons him, which he likely will but which would be a huge shit stain on Barr’s legacy as if there wasn’t one already). But never mind that, this doesn’t help politically, in either the impeachment trial or the run-up to the election, which is what most matters now. This on top of the Ukraine investigating Trump announcement today. It all adds up. Dems may not be able to take him down with a single yuge shot, but a thousand small cuts just might.

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That’s so 1970s.

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Susan: This just show more business the house overlooked, i guess we have no choice but to not hold a trial in the Senate.

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But but, they didn’t present this at the House impeachment trial, so it doesn’t count. Nah Nah! Oops, sorry Musgrove …

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New tactic:

Meanwhile, Nunes sat on the goddamn House Intel Committee investigation as the top ranking Trump KKKultist…

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What, no more breaking UFO stories?

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So, that is even without all the extortion and subversion of US foreign policy? Just straight out illegal?

Golly, remember when we had Presidents that did legal things? Back in my day, there was time at least some of them did.

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Actually, I think today is scheduled to be another “OMG A BLACK PERSON IN THE ROYAL FAMILY!!!” day of shitting all over Markle…and Fridays tend to gravitate towards Bigfoot.

There’s actually 3 articles near the top of the page about Harry and Megan…it’s been a drumbeat at Faux News since they got married and it’s clearly because of the race thing. This one is special though:

I mean, WTF? Really? I actually went and read that article and it is one giant homage to batshit. Amazing.

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I am ok with that, right after McConnell, Lindsey Graham… etc etc do the same.

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Hoax investigation.

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