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Philbin takes his swing at defending Trump's demands for an investigation into the Kremlin-backed "Ukrainian interference" conspiracy theory.
Patrick Philbin, welcome to the #PartyofPutin
themoscowproject.org/dispatch/mosco…
Also, once again, he tried to turn the demand for an investigation into CrowdStrike into a generic quest to learn about a few Ukrainian officials who said they didn't like Trump.
That's because they know the CrowdStrike demand is indefensible.
Meanwhile, the authorities on which he based his defenses are John Solomon, whose articles are under review by his own publication and who's a key link between Trump's team and an indicted Russian oligarch... themoscowproject.org/dispatch/for-t…
...and Viktor Shokin, a corrupt former prosecutor whose own deputy has denied what he has to say and who just about every witness has said isn't credible at all. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
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Sondland and Mulvaney have explicitly confirmed the quid pro quo.
No amount of lying by Trump's lawyers can change that.
There's a third witness who would almost certainly testify that Trump himself confirmed the quid pro quo: "John Bolton, if we are allowed to bring him before you."
"I think you see that the message the president gave to Sondland was, in fact, communicated immediately to the Ukrainians:" Announce investigations and the aid will be unfrozen.
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Trump and his lawyers keep claiming the "no quid pro quo" call is proof there was...no quid pro quo.
Never mind that Trump immediately followed that statement up by reiterating the quid pro quo.
Schiff recounts the chronology of Sondland's work for Trump, which should eliminate any doubt that there was a quid pro quo.
If there was any question whether Ukraine understood the terms of the quid pro quo, just look at the fact that Zelensky canceled the CNN interview he'd scheduled to announce investigations once Ukraine learned aid was being released.
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A question about Benghazi!
Something not in the question: The top administration official in question—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton—testified for 11 hours.
Any question what the White House's response would be if the top official in this scandal—Trump—was asked to testify?
Although the parallels probably aren't what they think, given that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed that, like the investigations Trump demands of Ukraine, it was all about hurting a political opponent who would soon run for president.
vox.com/2015/9/30/9423…
And 53 witnesses testified in that investigation.
That's a lot more than the House is asking for in the Senate trial—and way more than the 17 that have testified in the impeachment investigation so far.
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Turley's testimony is *beyond belief*. He conceded that in-kind benefits can be the subject of a bribery case, but *erased* from the bribery statute the solicitation clause of the statute, saying *all bribes must be completed to be charged*. False, and I can't believe he said it.
1/ Turley is doing what attorneys do when they're misbehaving: talk a lot about the "record" without ever discussing it in detail. When he's talking about Obama or other Democrats, he gets *very* specific about the facts. When he discusses Trump, it's just "the record." Risible.
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😨Ex CIA Bob Baer suggests the “urgent credible threat” in the whistleblower complaint (that DNI won’t give Congress) ”usually” has something to do w/ someone in White House setting up an illegal backchannel to a foreign govt, or some sort of corruption, discovered by CIA or NSA.
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Who funds the IEA, the TPA, the ASI &co?
You know, the RW 'free trade' thick tanks advocating tax havens, "freedom" (no regulations like workers' rights or environmental protection), no welfare (no tax & no free healthcare).
Basically, "Only the wealthier survive" philosophy?
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*Could it be* that it has something to do with defending their funders' interests?
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Featuring Atlas, huge piles of money, tradition, "free speech", useful idiots and a very clear agenda that Brexit/Trump are a part of.
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