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Democrats impeached a president for merely asking about what every Democrat star witness testified was a legitimate concern: The Bidens and Burisma

Vindman: "There is a pattern of questionable dealings and questions about corruption"

Kent raised concerns about Hunter & Burisma when Biden was running point in 2015

"And Hunter Biden's role on the board of Burisma didn't cease, did it?"

"It didn't. My concern was that there was the possibility of a perception of a conflict of interest"

Vindman: "Certainly the President is well within his right” to ask for investigations

Vindman and Williams: Hunter Biden on the board of Burisma "certainly" has the potential for a conflict of interest

"Whether Mr. [Hunter] Biden was qualified to serve on this board, I believe you acknowledged he apparently was not qualified"

Vindman: "As far as I can tell, he didn't seem to be"

Kent: Burisma had a pattern of "self-dealing and self-enriching" and should be investigated

"Keep in mind, [Ukraine] is a country where those who commit crimes, never get held to account, so there's a lot to review"

Amb. Yovanovitch: Legitimate conflict of interest concerns with Biden and Burisma

"Do you know whether Hunter Biden offers anything other than the fact that his dad is the former VP?"

Taylor: "I don't"
Obama's State Department was so worried about Biden and Burisma, they prepped Amb. Yovanovitch for her confirmation to be able to answer, "What can you tell us about Hunter Biden's being named to the board of Burisma?"

Still looking for an answer!

By the Democrats' standards, all of their star witnesses engaged in "election interference" -- for raising questions about the conflict of interest with Biden and Burisma

That is why this impeachment has always been a sham

Everyone knew it was a problem. #DrainTheSwamp
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Elizabeth Harrington
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While Democrats complain about process, reminder of when they had complete control:

None of the Democrats' star witnesses could name a single impeachable offense

"Do you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the President of the United States has been involved with at all?"

Dem Star Witness: "No"

"Did you ever hear from any Ukrainians, either in the US or in Ukraine, about any pressure that they felt to do these investigations"

Dem Star Witness: "Not that I can recall"

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Elizabeth Harrington
@LizRNC
The Democrats' brief is riddled with falsehoods and absurdities

For starters, Democrats still cannot bring themselves to say President Trump is a "legitimate" president

They still refuse to accept the results of 2016
On multiple occasions, Democrats accuse President Trump of being "unrepentant"

Do they want him to repent for the sin of winning 2016?
The only "solicitation of foreign interference in our elections" has been done by the Democrats

Hillary soliciting foreign national Christopher Steele to dig up fake foreign dirt on her political opponent

DNC working with Ukrainian officials to "sabotage Trump"
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Elizabeth Harrington
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The President's defense brief destroys any argument the Democrats pretend to have

"House Democrats' assertion that asking historical questions about the *last* election somehow equates to securing 'improper interference' in the *next* election is nonsensical"
Defending the Separation of Powers Is Not an Impeachable Offense

"In a government of laws, asserting legal defenses cannot be treated as obstruction"

"It would permit Congress to threaten every President with impeachment merely for protecting the prerogatives of the Presidency"
"James Iredell warned delegates to North Carolina’s ratifying convention that '[a] mere difference of opinion
might be interpreted, by the malignity of party, into a deliberate, wicked action,' and thus should
not provide the basis for impeachment."
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Raheem Kassam
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1/ This is an email from Feb 2016 that leverages Hunter Biden's name (and therefore link to VP Joe Biden).

The email requests a meeting for Blue Star Strategies chief Karen Tranmontano with a senior member of the Obama State Dept.

This is abuse of power to influence US policy.
2/ Karen Tranmontano is the CEO of Blue Star Strategies.

A PR firm that lists work for "political leaders [in] Ukraine" on its website.

Tranmontano formerly worked in the Clinton White House, and for Obama WH counsellor/Hillary 2016 campaign chairman John Podesta.
3/ Tranmontano is requesting a meeting, ostensibly on behalf of Burisma.

She seeks to lobby the US government for a foreign company which has the VPs son on its board.
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Rajeev Pawar
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Since it’s finally happening resharing my post on the Impeachment process. We are now at stage 2.

Impeachment 101

Fact 1 : No US Prez has ever been impeached AND removed from office.
/1

#democrats #republicans #impeachment #president #US #Trump #Senate #Congress
Impeachment 101

Fact 2 : Only 2 Prezs - Andrew Johnson and Clinton were impeached. Neither was removed from office.
Fact 3 : #Nixon was not impeached, he resigned.
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Impeachment 101

Process
1. Speaker announces start of formal impeachment proceedings
2. House of Reps has to pass this with a clear majority.
3. It then goes to the Senate. The CJ presides.

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Teri Kanefield
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(Thread) “Over the Cliff Notes” for Vindman's Deposition

Appropriate for Veteran’s Day

Vindman was a witness to both the July 10 White House meeting and July 25 Trump-Zelensky phone call.
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1/ The purpose of the July 10 meeting at the White House with Ukrainian officials was to “build rapport, give Ambassador Bolton an opportunity to make his own assessment of President Zelensky’s team.”

Numerous American officials attended.
2/ Vindman testified that at the meeting, Sondland told the Ukrainian officials that the “Ukrainians would have to deliver an investigation into the Bidens" to get the Zelenskyy-Trump White House meeting they wanted.

Sondland said this had been coordinated with Mulvaney.
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🔥Colonel #Vindman testified he was convinced that a #QuidProQuo existed WEEKS BEFORE @realDonaldTrump’s #Ukrainegate call, and *Trump* was personally blocking $400 million in aid to #Ukraine to force them to publicly announce an probe into the Bidens.

cnn.com/2019/10/30/pol…
#Vindman believed the existence of a #QuidProQuo was clear during a July 10 meeting, when Gordon Sondland told Ukrainian government officials that they would need to deliver "specific investigations in order to secure the meeting" with Trump that they so desired.🤬

#Extortion
🔥WHOA. #Vindman said that in a separate meeting of US officials immediately afterward, "Sondland emphasized the importance that #Ukraine deliver the investigations into the 2016 election, the Bidens, and Burisma.”

Total #corruption.🤬

#Ukrainegate #ImpeachTrump
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Manu Raju
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Vindman testimony contradicts Sondland in big ways
Re July 10 WH meeting:
“Amb. Sondland started to speak about Ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure the meeting with the President, at which time Ambassador Bolton cut the meeting short,” Vindman said
“Following this meeting, there was a scheduled debriefing during which Amb. Sondland emphasized the importance that Ukraine deliver the investigations into the 2016 election, the Bidens, and Burisma,” Vindman said.
”I stated to Amb. Sondland that his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate Biden and his son had nothing to do with national security, and that such investigations were not something the NSC was going to get involved in or push,” Vindman said
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Lola Netty
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A senior adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister said the country is prepared to investigate Joe Biden’s son Hunter, but only if there is a formal request from President Trump. washingtonexaminer.com/news/ukraine-r…
Biden calls on Trump to release transcript of call with Ukrainian president

LOL well that might backfire, eh?

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