The House impeachment inquiry on Monday released a transcript of the testimony of Christopher Anderson, a special adviser for Ukraine negotiations and former aide to then-U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker. Catherine Croft, whose testimony transcript was also released Monday, replaced Anderson in that role this summer.
Bolton can’t be bothered to testify before Congress, but has time for private events, which I presume are paid speeches? Needless to say, it Bolton has the proof, this is impeachable.
A right wing hawk still needs to feather their nest.
I love how the career foreign service staff keep contradicting the political appointees. Even an idiot would know which is telling the truth.
BTW, there are 7 uniformed services in the federal government. Everyone knows of the 5 (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard). The two usually forgotten are the Diplomatic Corps and the Public Health Corps. Diplomatic and Public Health have rank, just as the military. The Surgeon General typically wears a naval uniform, since the Public Health Corps sprang from the navy.
Career ambassadors with distinguished service can be an O-10, which means they have 4 stars, the same as generals and admirals in the military services. Career employees at the State Department do not have to be ambassadors to achieve rank. Foreign Service Specialists attain their warrant from the Secretary of State, not President (as military warrants do) and can rank as high as a full-bird colonel. And yes, sometimes they “pull rank” with the military advisors in embassies and consulates.
The political appointees serving as ambassadors are not members of the Diplomatic Corps and therefore have no rank. There are some political appointees, though, that are pretty rank individuals.
“Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people, and attack the democracy.”
― Aristophanes, Plutus
Bottom line is that Trump is acting as a Russian Agent. The democrats need to make this more and more clear, it needs to be the focus.
(1)His response to Comey telling him about the pee pee tape was to ask Comey to try to show that the Russian’s did not have it.
(2) His son said that most of their money came from Russians, and it appears that DB’s private banking group arranged loans to Trump from Russians (to help them launder money) when Trump was unable to get money elsewhere.
(3) He has hid his taxes which will show where Trump’s $$$$ come from
(4) He has been subservient to Putin in his public meetings, and has tried to hid the contents of his private calls with Putin.
(5) Russia was the one that most benefited by his holding up Ukrainian aid and a meeting with Zalinski
(6) now we learn he personally intervened to prevent a US military show of force in Ukraine’s interest.
THAT EVERYTHING TRUMP DOES SHOWS RUSSIA IS CONTROLLING HIM needs to be at the center of the upcoming hearings. It is not about Ukraine or the Biden, it is about Trump selling out America’s national interests. It is about Treason.
“Trump ‘put an embargo on any statements’ after Russia fired upon and seized Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov in November 2018, he recalled. A few weeks later, the United States called off a ‘freedom-of-navigation’ operation in the Black Sea…”
I’m flabbergasted that JFK’s ghost didn’t strangle Trump when he laid that wreath on Veterans Day.
A few weeks later, after the United States called off a “freedom-of-navigation” operation in the Black Sea that was detailed in a CNN report, Bolton made clear in a meeting with Anderson that Bolton had received call “to complain about that news report.”
Should we be pleased that Fox News is not the only media outlet that determines U.S. policy and official government actions?
It was a ‘private event’ that he believed was ‘off the record’. I think we can guess why he took the time to look relevant & useful to this crowd:
Morgan Stanley’s global investment event
“…that everything trump does shows Russia is controlling him…”
Speaker Pelosi has set the groundwork for that, confronting him face-to-face with the truth that “all roads lead to Putin.”
She has also set the groundwork for much more to come.
President Bonespurs has no shame.
Or courage.
Or brains.
Or integrity.
Or legitimacy to be this Nation’s President.
I have been surprised that neither the press nor the Dems have highlighted Moscow Don the Con’s useful and treasonous work for Russia. When you put everything he has done together, foremost the weakening of the US democracy, Putin couldn’t have had a better agent. And , of course, all roads lead to Putin.
The Manchurian Candidate has played out right before our eyes.
Trump should not only be impeached, but tried for treason.
And the GOP (and their handmaidens, the NRA) are into this treason up to their eyeballs.
Hey you all our there: let’s call a spade a spade: TRUMP IS A TRAITOR.
Thank you spin. This has continued to completely astound me in its obviousness. Indeed, virtually every public statement connected to Russia is dripping with praise – and virtually every POLICY tangentially related to Russia is beneficial to Russia. It’s comically clear that The Obese Orange Mess is utterly beholden to Moscow and Vlad the Blackmailer. Russia’s use of Trump to launder illicit cash (and provide a desperate Trump with money) is all Putin needs to own & control him. And by speech, by policy & by deed, it is head-explodingly clear.
And furthermore, the Republicans in Congress know this, and they are not only failing to defend their country against a clear and present threat, they are covering up for, making excuses for, and actively abetting the attacker.
Looking at you, Mister Leader.
