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(1/5) My 4th #impeachment question, with @JerryMoran & @HawleyMO: “An August 26, 2019, letter from the Intelligence Community IG to the Director of National Intelligence discussing the so-called ‘whistleblower’ stated that …
(2/5) … the IG identified 'some indicia of an arguable political bias on the part of the complainant in favor of a rival political candidate.' Multiple media outlets reported that this likely referred to the whistleblower’s work with Joe Biden. …
(3/5) … Did the so-called whistleblower work at any point for or with Joe Biden? If so, did he work for or with Joe Biden on issues involving Ukraine? …
(4/5) … And did he assist in any material way with the quid pro quo in which then-Vice President Biden has admitted to conditioning loan guarantees to Ukraine on the firing of the prosecutor investigating Burisma?”
(5/5) Unsurprisingly, @RepAdamSchiff refused to answer. But we must know whether the whistleblower had a conflict an interest.
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(1/5) My 4th #impeachment question w @LindseyGrahamSC & @JohnCornyn: “When DOJ IG Horowitz testified before the Judiciary Committee, he said their DOJ had a ‘low threshold’ to investigate the Trump campaign. ...
(2/5) At the hearing @SenFeinstein said, ‘Your report concluded that the FBI had an adequate predicate reason to open the investigation on the Trump campaign ties to Russia. Could you define the predicate?’ Horowitz replied, ‘Yeah. So the predicate here was the info that ...
(3/5) ... the FBI got at the end of July from the friendly foreign government.’

Why is the legal standard for investigating Trump so much lower than the standard for investigating Biden?
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Senator Ted Cruz
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(1/5) My 3rd #impeachment question w 14 fellow GOP Senators: "Recent reporting described two NSC staff holdovers from the Obama Administration attending an all-hands meeting of NSC staff held about two weeks into the Trump Administration. ...
(2/5) ... And talking loudly enough to be overheard saying, ‘We need to do everything we can to take out the President.' On July 26th, 2019 the House Intelligence Committee hired one of those individuals, Sean Misko. ...
(3/5) ... The report further describes relationships between Misko, Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, and an individual alleged as the 'whistleblower.' Why did your committee hire Sean Misko the day after the phone call between President Trump and Zelensky?
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(1/4) My 7th #impeachment question w @HawleyMO, @SteveDaines, @SenatorBraun: “When he took office, Viktor Shokin, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, filed to investigate #Burisma before Vice President Joe Biden pressed Ukrainian officials on corruption …
(2/4) … including pushing for the removal of Shokin. Did the White House Counsel's Office or the Office of the Vice President Legal Counsel issue ethics advice approving Mr. Biden's involvement in matters involving corruption in Ukraine or Shokin…
(3/4) … despite the presence of Hunter Biden on the board of Burisma, a company widely considered to be corrupt? Did Vice President Biden ever ask Hunter Biden to step down from the board of Burisma?”
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Evan Donovan
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1st question in Senator Q&A phase of impeachment trial is from the moderate Republicans--Collins reads out Q from herself, Murkowski and Romney.

How should Senate treat evidence if Trump had dual motives both personal and public?

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Philbin answers:
1) even if Trump's motive was only personal, it's too subjective to be viable for impeachment
2) if he had any mixed motives, it destroys their case, because Senators can't determine how much was personal vs. public motive
2nd question from (D-NY) Chuck Schumer:
Bolton's book is coming out, can the Senate come to a viable conclusion without hearing from him?

Schiff gives a long answer, but his short answer is no.

Also shows videos of WH counsel arguing to hear "all of the facts"
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🤯“Manu, you’re a liberal hack. I’m not talking to you.” That’s Arizona’s unelected senator @SenMcSallyAZ dripping w/ fear & loathing, choosing to smear veteran @CNN reporter @mkraju, to avoid answering his question about #impeachment trial evidence. Sad.
There’s so much awful in @SenMcSallyAZ’s attack on @CNN reporter Manu Raju, but what’s striking to me is how she calls him by his name, while refusing to even look at him, during her walk-by smear. It’s as if she’s a nasty Twitter troll who thinks it’s fine to demean & intimidate
@SenMcSallyAZ @CNN I agree, Arizona voter. Republican Senators have 1 last chance to show they serve the PUBLIC—not the GOP or the president—in this profoundly serious impeachment trial. Choosing party & Trump over facts & country is a death blow to our democracy. Blood will be on GOP hands forever
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My piece on the #impeachment frame wars: Law-and-order or conspiracy? How political parties frame the impeachment battle will help decide Trump's fate theconversation.com/law-and-order-… via @ConversationUS
@ConversationUS Democrats...are betting that public opinion will move toward impeachment & removal once more information is made public. To try to shape public opinion they are relying on a law-and-order frame that tells Americans that the impeachment inquiry is legitimate & legally justified.
Democrats are positioning themselves as the only ones willing to uphold the rule of law and the Constitution.

Republicans are positioning themselves as the only ones who are not involved in the plot against Trump and America.
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THREAD: Congress has 2 grave powers: the power to declare war & the power to impeach. #Impeachment should never be the first option for Congress. It comes with huge institutional & political implications for our country. It requires careful consideration & strong evidence. (1/6)
We have not hidden our frustration with many of Trump’s obstructive & corrupt actions. That’s why we supported @HouseJudiciary impeachment investigation from the beginning. (2/6)
@HouseJudiciary Grateful for @SpeakerPelosi's leadership in broadening the inquiry to include other committees’ investigative efforts. Congress now has a duty to examine Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political opponent. (3/6)
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Julie Laumann🆘
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As @RitaKonaev notes, "Mattis had no problem disagreeing w/Obama about transgender people in the military or women in combat but won’t criticize Trump for asking foreign powers for dirt about political opponents.

This isn’t about him being above politics. This is his politics."
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7 freshman House Ds, all with natsec experience: "If true, we believe these actions represent an impeachable offense ...

We call on our colleagues in Congress to consider the use of all congressional authorities available, including inherent contempt."
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Oeishik M.G. C. JD
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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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