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Sen. Susan Collins criticizes Dem handling of impeachment inquiry, repeating now familiar Republican frustrations that the interviews are being done in private and no vote of the whole House has been conducted
Sen. Lindsey Graham tells reporters as he jogs into the Senate that he is likely to introduce his Turkey sanctions legislation on Thursday, along w his Dem cosponsor Sen. Chris van Hollen
Asked Sen. Rand Paul what his view was on Turkey sanctions -- he said he didn't have anything for me right now and to check back tomorrow
Sen. Jim Inhofe, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Cmte, said that the Turkish military has 40k troops north of the Syrian border, which have stalled for now
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Tim Mak
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Sondland will say:

"Giuliani’s requests were a quid pro quo... Giuliani demanded that Ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election/DNC server and Burisma. Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the President of the United States."
Sondland: "We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani... We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine. So we followed the President’s orders."
Sondland said his recollection and preparation has been stymied by State Dept refusing to give him phone records, files and emails.

"Should have been made available" to the committee, he said. "In the absence of these materials, my memory has not been perfect."
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Tim Mak
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Lt Col Vindman: "It is improper for the President of the United States to demand a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen and political opponent."
Vindman tells cmte:

"I want to state that the vile character attacks on these distinguished and honorable public servants is reprehensible... we are better than personal attacks."

Prepared statement read:
"callow and cowardly attacks"
Vindman: "Dad, I'm sitting here today, in the US Capitol talking to our elected professionals -- is proof that you made the right decision forty years ago to leave the Soviet Union... Do not worry, I will be fine for telling the truth."
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Tim Mak
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In non-impeachment news:

Three Indiana judges suspended after a White Castle brawl that left two of them wounded

npr.org/2019/11/14/779…
"The altercation apparently started sometime after 3 a.m., when one of the judges, Sabrina Bell, raised a middle finger at two men yelling from a passing SUV, and ended after one of those men shot two of the judges"

npr.org/2019/11/14/779…
"The three [judges] had ended up at a White Castle after trying to go to a strip club at 3 a.m. and finding it closed..."

npr.org/2019/11/14/779…
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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ONE independent in the House joined @HouseDemocrats in voting YEA in favor of a formal #impeachment inquiry of @realDonaldTrump.

The is only one independent in the House: @JustinAmash.

Thank you for upholding your oath to the constitution, Justin.🇺🇸💙❤️

#ImpeachTrump
CONFIRMED: @JustinAmash voted YEA in favor of the #impeachment resolution.😎

#ImpeachTrump

BREAKING: Two @HouseDemocrats have voted NO on the #impeachment resolution.🤬

Rep. Collin Peterson, Minnesota
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (@CongressmanJVD), New Jersey

#ImpeachTrump
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Adam A. Fernandez
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A short thread on #impeachment.

I have pre-existing conditions—I fear my life & that of my friends being taken away.
I have close friends with DACA—I fear their right to be here being taken away.
I'm a Latino parent—I fear my child will be discriminated against worse than I was
I'm the survivor of an in-person death threat against me & my family, from a MAGA extremist who hated me just for who I am—I fear him or another carrying out those threats.

I'm an attorney—I fear the erosion of the rule of law.
I'm a patriot—I fear Russian interference in the 2020 election.

I'm a voting rights advocate—I fear a system is currently being created that will lead to permanent minority rule, & that that minority will use political power to permanently restricts the rights of the majority.
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Positively Spiritual Annie
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It's time I had my say about #Impeachment, DJT's obstructionistic tactics, and @SpeakerPelosi's not pushing for an inquiry yet.

When AG Barr released the redacted version of the report to Congress, he did *not* include any of the underlying documents on which Mueller relied.

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Just like a lawsuit, a case has to be built based on facts and evidence. Both the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee have been working their way through the system, including voting to hold AG Barr in Contempt of Congress. DJT has been fighting them in court.

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Meanwhile, the Ways and Means Committee has also been working on getting DJT's tax returns. One of the Committees has also been working on getting records subpoenaed from DJT's financial management firm and from Deutche Bank, known for Russian money laundering.

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Bree Newsome Bass
@BreeNewsome
Support for impeachment only growing in the House as Trump continues to violate the oath of office in a new way each week. No excuse for not opening an official impeachment inquiry. None.
People continue to underestimate the damage that is being done with each passing day.
*Trump lights the Constitution on fire and burns down the Congress*

Democratic strategists: This is just a distraction to draw us into a fight. Ignore it.
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Oeishik M.G. C. JD
@TributeProjects
A note on #impeachment -

In a court of law, under non-presidential circumstances, impeachment is a tool litigation attorneys use to discredit the opposing side's witnesses at trial. When said witness takes the stand under oath attys. present evidence contrary to what the witness
claims. This weakens the other side's case by discrediting impeached witnesses's testimony. Once a witness has been impeached - by presentment of inconsistent testimony - the judge/jury can no longer use the impeached witnesses's testimony in reaching a verdict.
Simply put, they aren't trustworthy. In the case of Presidential impeachment that broad definition of impeachment applies, but the impeachment tool is used for a very different purpose. Under the Constitution, a sitting President cannot be tried in a court of law for anything.
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Julie Laumann
@Otpor17
Does. Not. Exonerate.
"If we had confidence that [#Trump] clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so..

By regulation, it was bound by [DOJ] policy ..Charging [Trump] with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider.”

Shorter #Mueller: Trump is guilty af
"The opinion says the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing."

Mueller just issued an impeachment referral to Congress, in case his report was not clear.
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