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<thread> Biggest howler of #ImpeachmentTrial Day 2: Sekulow's lie that @jaketapper exposes.👇

But much larger point: The lie shows what Trump did with Sondland. Trump said, "no quid pro quo" but then proceeded to tell Sondland: exchange US aid for Biden!
mediaite.com/a/mutqj
@jaketapper 2. As @carriecordero explains in exchange with Tapper: It's a "word game."

Sekulow says Articles of Impeachment do not allege a "quid pro quo" — even though the Articles clearly specify factual predicate of an exchange of US aid conditioned on announcing Biden investigation.
@jaketapper @carriecordero 3. So remember this throughout the #ImpeachmentTrial

When Sekulow says there was "no quid pro quo."
When Trump says there was "no quid pro quo."

They are literally NOT denying that US aid was conditioned on Ukraine announcing Biden investigation, as specified in the Articles.👇
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Ryan Goodman
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Is Joe #Manchin proving himself helpful to the White House again?

If reports are true that #censure has no traction (@BresPolitico @sarahdwire @EliStokols), proposing a censure that fails is not helpful to constitutional norms, or preventing abuse by this and future presidents.
@BresPolitico @sarahdwire @EliStokols 2.

A censure resolution with majority support would be good.
A censure resolution without majority support would be awful.

This feeble quote by Manchin does not instill confidence.👇

@BresPolitico @sarahdwire @EliStokols 3. More indications that the #Manchin #censure resolution has no real hope of passage.👇

And is likely a device Manchin thinks helps him personally, and just so happens to help President Trump too.

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<thread>

Reflecting on @gtconway3d's Jan 24 op-ed saying Trump should've been a witness.

Even more true today as Trump's defense rested on claim of mixed motive.

The law typically requires person with exclusive access to evidence should bear the burden.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
2. If the president’s counsel were correct that Trump had a mixed motive, then why doesn’t the President have to testify that he had such a mixed motive? House Managers proved one motive and if Trump wants us to believe he had another purpose he should have to say so under oath.
3. When I say the law typically requires the person with exclusive access to evidence should bear the burden — that obviously does not apply to criminal cases (and impeachment is not a criminal case).

<end>
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Ryan Goodman
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On removing the President from the 2020 ballot and letting the voters decide.

There's another option.

Tell your favorite GOP Senator: They can say they are voting to convict, but would not vote to bar Trump from running in 2020.

law.cornell.edu/constitution-c…
@lisamurkowski @SenatorCollins @SenAlexander @SenatorRomney @SenToomey @senrobportman @SenThomTillis @SenPatRoberts To be clear:

My view: The appropriate action, based on the evidence, is impeachment, removal, and disqualification from office.

But this is an option that could bring someone to vote to convict and reserve/decline on the question of disqualification from future office.
@lisamurkowski @SenatorCollins @SenAlexander @SenatorRomney @SenToomey @senrobportman @SenThomTillis @SenPatRoberts 3. Historical example of this option:

House impeached Judge Alcee Hastings.

Senate voted to convict and remove Judge Alcee Hastings.

Senate did not vote to disqualify him from holding future office.

Hasting later ran for House of Representatives (and won).
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Trump's lawyers are trying to argue that investigations of the Biden "are things that raise at least some public interest." #ImpeachmentTrial
SCHIFF: "If you have any question about the president's motivation, it makes it all the more essential to call the man who spoke directly with POTUS, that POTUS confided in, & said he was holding up this aid because he wanted Ukraine to conduct these political investigations."
Schiff, using videos from the trial, highlights that Trump's lawyers were big fans of hearing "all the facts" -- right up until John Bolton emerged with new facts that might be bad for the president
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#ImpeachmentTrial @AdamSchiff lies.

#Sondland says that there was a #QuidProQuo , but then later explaind he has ZERO direct evidence. The quid pro quo is just an assumption.

Here is Sondland explaining
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@realDonaldTrump has every right to ask #Ukraine to help investigate crimes and corruption.
@BillClinton signed a
Treaty with Ukraine to assist one another in criminal and corruption investigations.
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You can read the whole treaty at this link :
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#Sondland says it all: We were playing the hand we were dealt. We didn't want to work w Giuliani. But WE FOLLOWED THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS. At the time we didn't think we were engaging in improper behavior. Giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for WH visit. #ImpeachmentHearings
@HouseIntel #Sondland: I opposed withholding security aid to Ukraine. I shared my concerns of the potential quid pro quo w/ @SenRonJohnson. NSC BOLTON, Hill, Morrison all knew what we were doing. State Dept POMPEO knew & approved of all our activities, as late as Sept. #ImpeachmentHearings
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1 petit #thread récapitulatif sur l'enquête en vue d'#impeachment sur #Trump de la Chambre démocrate qui prend un nouveau tournant aujourd'hui avec les 1ères auditions publiques et télévisées de témoins pour essayer de prendre de la hauteur sur 1 flux impressionnant d'infos… 👇
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OUH LA LA...l'ambassadeur de #Trump auprès de L'UE, son ex-donateur #Sondland vient de MODIFIER son témoignage sur l'#Ukraine au Congrès et reconnaît le donnant-donnant (Quid pro quo). Retournement.
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2) C'est 1 #breaking tout ce que vous voulez...#Sondland, coincé par les témoignages des diplomates et militaires de carrière comme Taylor ou Vindman, reconnaît avoir lié pour #Trump aide militaire à l'#Ukraine aux enquêtes sur #Biden...
3) #Verbatim Le compte-rendu du témoignage de #Sondland est ici et allez à la fin (page 376) pour avoir son correctif qui enfonce la 1ère ligne de défense de #Trump du "no Quid pro quo". #àlire scribd.com/document/43358…
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💥 #Sondland Confirms Ukraine Quid Pro Quo in NEW Updated #Impeachment Testimony: He told Ukrainian officials that US military aid was unlikely unless they publicly committed to the investigations President Trump wanted. nyti.ms/32g54V3
#Sondland discussed the linkage w/ Yermak—in Warsaw after Pence-Zelensky meeting, where Z discussed aid suspension: “I said that resumption of the US aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks”
🔥#Sondland describes the quid pro quo creep to Trump's demands: First, talk to Giuliani. Then it was about corruption. Then corruption wasn't enough. "We need to talk about the 2016 election & the Burisma investigations…It kept getting more insidious." intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
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