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The President of the United States is obstructing Congress' impeachment inquiry

That itself is an impeachable offense.

nytimes.com/2019/10/08/us/…
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Congress BTW is not powerless here. It has INHERENT CONTEMPT authority. It can literally arrest and detain these witnesses until they cooperate.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that's within Congress' authority

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IMPORTANT: It is not Trump's decision whether or not to allow Sondland to testify.

By ordering him not to testify, Trump is breaking the law.

This tweet should be attached as an exhibit to the articles of impeachment
ALSO IMPORTANT: Sondland was speaking directly to Trump and also told Senator Johnson there was a quid pro quo between the military aide and Ukraine launching the investigations Trump wanted wsj.com/articles/trump…
MORE: Schiff agrees that this is obstruction. In other words, a crime that is impeachable. Obstruction was part of the articles of impeachment drafted against Nixon.
MORE: State Department withholding text messages on Sondland's PERSONAL DEVICE.

[NOTE: I thought the issue that Republicans care about most is that State Dept officials not conduct official business on their personal devices.]

MORE: Lindsay Graham making a strong case as the most unethical member of Congress.
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This is a brazenly unconstitutional act that itself is worthy of impeachment

The entire Trump presidency is a grift
It's not just me saying this

WHAT. A. JOKE. He will absolutely profit. Charging market rate (assuming that's true) includes a profit!
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1. Major policy decisions at Facebook are being driven by three Republican political operatives who work out of its powerful DC office, former Facebook employees tell Popular.info

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- Allowing politicians to lie in paid Facebook ads

- Making the Daily Caller a Facebook fact-checking partner

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NEW: Trump is paying large sums to his personal attorney, Charles Harder, through his campaign

$718,621 in the latest filing

Harder represents is representing Trump in a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed by former staffer Alva Johnson and various other matters
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For those asking, it's legal to use campaign funds to pay legal bills IF the legal issues arise from being a candidate or elected official.

The FEC filing doesn't disclose what Harder is being paid for, specifically
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A note on #impeachment #Ukraine

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OWN YOUR #IMPEACHMENT WORDS, GOP!

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OWN IT, @GOP!

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THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT STANDARD

The GOP set its own #impeachment standard in 1998. Let's make things simple and apply it to Trump.

#MitchMcConnell:

"Time after time, the President came to a fork in the road. Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness."
#LindseyGraham:

“[The President] doesn’t have to say, ‘Go lie for me,’ to be a crime. You don’t have to say, ‘Let’s obstruct justice’ for it to be a crime. You judge people on their conduct, not magic phrases.”
#MikePence:

"The President can incinerate the planet. Seriously, the very idea that we ought to have at or less than the same moral demands placed on the Chief Executive that we place on our next door neighbor is ludicrous and dangerous."
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WHO SAID THIS?

"Time after time, the President came to a fork in the road. Time after time, he had the opportunity to choose the noble and honorable path. Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness."
WHO SAID THIS?

“[The President] doesn’t have to say, ‘Go lie for me,’ to be a crime. You don’t have to say, ‘Let’s obstruct justice’ for it to be a crime. You judge people on their conduct, not magic phrases.”
WHO SAID THIS?

"The true tragedy in this case is the collapse of the President's moral authority ... there is the issue of the abuse of power and authority. This White House has perfected the art of stonewalling around the truth."
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OK, HERE'S HOW YOU DO #IMPEACHMENT:

Call only Republicans to testify.

Use only Republican quotes from the Clinton impeachment.

Start with #MitchMcConnell:

"Time after time, the President came to a fork in the road. Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness."
GOP #IMPEACHMENT QUOTES

Here's @LindseyGrahamSC:

“[Clinton] doesn’t have to say, ‘Go lie for me,’ to be a crime. You don’t have to say, ‘Let’s obstruct justice’ for it to be a crime. You judge people on their conduct, not magic phrases.”
GOP #IMPEACHMENT QUOTES

Here's @ChuckGrassley: "The true tragedy in this case is the collapse of the President's moral authority ... there is the issue of the abuse of power and authority. This White House has perfected the art of stonewalling around the truth."
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DEM LEADERS

Here's how you do #impeachment:

Compile every statement by GOP lawmakers during Clinton's impeachment.

Call only Republicans to testify and confront them with their statements.

Make this a referendum on GOP values.

BE THE PARTY THAT DEFENDS THE RULE OF LAW
I'll start. This is @senatemajldr in 1999:

"Time after time, the President came to a fork in the road. Time after time, he had the opportunity to choose the noble and honorable path. Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness..."
Here's @LindseyGrahamSC:

“[Clinton] doesn’t have to say, ‘Go lie for me,’ to be a crime,” Graham said at the time. “You don’t have to say, ‘Let’s obstruct justice’ for it to be a crime. You judge people on their conduct, not magic phrases.”

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