Thread by @kurteichenwald

1. While @SpeakerPelosi reportedly has sought to have the impeachment inquiry limited to Ukraine, even so, @RepJerryNadler and @RepAdamSchiff have to obtain Trump's taxes. They are in play as potential evidence.

In the Tel-Con, Trump mentions Crowdstrike and is seeking a...

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 2...Ukrainian investigation into it and "the server" - seeming to somehow believe that the Ukrainians have the DNC server or that Crowdstrike is Ukrane based. However, this is a direct assault on the intelligence agencies and their conclusion that Russia interfered with our...

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 3...elections. The entire Crowdstrike conspiracy theory is that the private security company, which was hired by the DNC to investigate its hackers, engaged in some sort of cover-up to hide that the DNC hack was, in fact, a leak by someone like Seth Rich, which in turn involved..

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 4...Ukraine. I know, it is hard to keep up with this lunacy.

But either way, Trump is trying to undermine the intel agencies conclusion that Russia did it, because the Roger Stone/Fox/Infowars (through a former guy) argument is that Crowdstrike findings were false or lies...

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 5...and this findings led directly to the intelligence agency findings and were behind the Mueller indictments of Russians for hacking the DNC. In other words, Trump is going full-bore defense of Russia.

These words have to be investigated. We know that Trump has huge....

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 6...dealings with Russia. Are any of the entities indicted by Mueller somehow connected to his company? Do any of his financial dealings - such as the efforts at Trump Tower Moscow - relate to his efforts to undermine Crowdstrike through Ukraine?

All of these are legitimate...

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 7...avenue of inquiry. And the first step in determining why Trump was trying to get Ukraine to investigate the Crowdstrike findings - and undermine the intelligence agency findings on Russia - is to determine the magnitude of his conflicts.....

@SpeakerPelosi @RepJerryNadler @RepAdamSchiff 8...which means knowing who he does business with. Which means getting his taxes and Trump Org financial records.