U.S. House to launch Trump impeachment inquiry over Ukraine controversy

[rabas]

6 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

And Trump stupidly undermines his case for not allowing Sondland to testify:

CBS News contributor Jonathan Turley said that Mr. Trump's opposition to Sondland testifying before the committee undermined claims of executive privilege. Mr. Trump said that Sondland was barred from testifying because it would be in front of a "a totally compromised kangaroo court."

 

This is presumably because the Democrats so far refuse to hold a procedural vote to open an investigation. Not doing so allows them to keep things secret, thus the Kangaroo court claim. Trump is trying (I guess) to force the vote by ordering the EU ambassador to not testify at this time. Bad faith on all sides. Things getting hot!

 

[Slip]

16 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

And if you've noticed, all of the depositions they've taken have been behind close doors so the public cannot know what transpires.  The ones last week were conducted in SCIFs no less.  The Dems refuse to be transparent.

It is quite normal in modern societies for legal matters to be carried out behind closed doors.  (Note the extra letter on the adjective- that is how the English language works in case you are hoping to extend your career in opinion influencing).  

 

You (and our Russian friends) need to be more patient.

[bristolboy]

10 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

I'll wait a few days before commenting on the article.  These types of stories tend to fizzle out very quickly.

You mean like the story about how the form for whistleblowers was changed to allow for 2nd hand info? There are people out there who actually believed that nonsense. Some still do.

[stevenl]

57 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

Ah, so you guys do believe in conspiracy theories yourselves.  Posts should be removed as posters are deliberately promoting the conspiracy theory, as no evidence exists, that Trump and the White House did not release the full transcript of the July 25 phone call.

Wrong.

The present transcript consist of the recollection of the CIA guys who listened to the conversation some time after the call.

[candide]

49 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

And if you've noticed, all of the depositions they've taken have been behind close doors so the public cannot know what transpires.  The ones last week were conducted in SCIFs no less.  The Dems refuse to be transparent.

It's a standard investigation technique when one interviews several people on the same issue: don't let them know what the others said.

[rabas]

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Wrong.

The present transcript consist of the recollection of the CIA guys who listened to the conversation some time after the call.

Do some research, that is how all calls are 'recorded' now. These are professional intelligence officers who are assigned to do the analysis and write-ups during and after the call. There are no verbatim recordings any more. The intent is to saving work information.

[bristolboy]

1 minute ago, rabas said:

Do some research, that is how all calls are 'recorded' now. These are professional intelligence officers who are assigned to do the analysis and write-ups during and after the call. There are no verbatim recordings any more. The intent is to saving work information.

That's the intent, is it?

[Sujo]

2 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Rep. Mark Meadows:

 

There's a reason why Adam Schiff released cherry-picked text messages and not the transcript of the Volker interview. It's because he's misleading. Again. The actual interview directly undermined Democrats' impeachment effort. Release the transcript. Show Americans the truth.

 

Adam Schiff has to date refused to release the full transcript of Volker's testimony.  Why?  And why was the interview held behind closed doors?  To be sure, there's a strategy Schiff is employing and it's not to the people's benefit.

The president has authority to release anything he wants. So ask him why he doesnt.

[Sujo]

1 hour ago, Tippaporn said:

Ah, so you guys do believe in conspiracy theories yourselves.  Posts should be removed as posters are deliberately promoting the conspiracy theory, as no evidence exists, that Trump and the White House did not release the full transcript of the July 25 phone call.

The call lasted over 30 mins. But you believe a transcript of less than 5 mins is a full transcript.

 

how odd.

[rabas]

16 minutes ago, Sujo said:

The president has authority to release anything he wants. So ask him why he doesnt.

President is head of the executive branch. He has not authority over congress.

[JHolmesJr]

Just got a tweet from Lindsey....he's calling Rudy to testify in the senate...

at least Rudy will come with some concrete affidavits....Im expecting fireworks...

Trumps bringing the heat.

[Sujo]

16 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

Just got a tweet from Lindsey....he's calling Rudy to testify in the senate...

at least Rudy will come with some concrete affidavits....Im expecting fireworks...

Trumps bringing the heat.

Nice to see them wanting to testify. Wonder why they wouldnt in congress.

[Sujo]

55 minutes ago, rabas said:

President is head of the executive branch. He has not authority over congress.

He has authority to declassify or release anything he wants. Including his taxes.

 

just ask the trumpettes when he told russia classified info from the oval office that really annoyed israel.

[4675636b596f75]

5 hours ago, heybruce said:

No, that's why it is being called an impeachment investigation.  Is English your first language?

Don't know, I speak a few languages, why don't you tell me?  

[4675636b596f75]

5 hours ago, heybruce said:

What law or section of the Constitution do you base that claim on?

Rules of the House of Representatives.

[4675636b596f75]

It's all in the treaty.

 

And this guy was there when the treaty was created and signed.

 

 

Cry now boys ... 

 

U.S./Ukraine Treaty Authorized Everything Trump Did - Lunch Alert! - DickMorris.com at DickMorris.com

[gamb00ler]

6 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Ah, so you guys do believe in conspiracy theories yourselves.  Posts should be removed as posters are deliberately promoting the conspiracy theory, as no evidence exists, that Trump and the White House did not release the full transcript of the July 25 phone call.

All Hail the All Knowing Tip... you seem to be the only person in all of history that has been able to prove a negative.  You blithely assert "no evidence exists".  That's impossible to know.  Certainly there may be no supporting evidence, but you're eager to go many steps beyond that.  Repeatedly expressing your opinion with hyperbolic rhetoric does not contribute to your credibility.

[Kelsall]

Trump is not going to cooperate with this "impeachment inquiry."  He notified Pelosi and Schiff in an historic letter.

 

The letter pulls no punches.  Here is a small part of it.

 

"Perhaps the best evidence that there was no wrongdoing on the call is the fact that, after
the actual record of the call was released, Chairman Schiff chose to concoct a false version of the
call and to read his made-up transcript to the American people at a public hearing."

 

 

White House says it won’t cooperate with ‘unconstitutional’ impeachment

 

https://nypost.com/2019/10/08/white-house-says-it-wont-cooperate-with-unconstitutional-impeachment/

 

So the jig is up.  Pelosi and Schiff have been exposed for what they are in this historic, damning letter that carries enormous legal weight.

 

[heybruce]

8 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Until the Dems play by the rules it ain't no impeachment inquiry.  Trump is forcing the hand of the dirty Dems.  Rightfully so.  Dems are using a play out of the Mueller investigation.  If you can't nail him to the wall with an actual crime get him on obstruction.  And that is why they're using that language in the letters they've been sending out.  Just another dirty Dem tactic.

 

No worries.  They will fail.

This may come as a shock to you, Trump, and everyone else who believes in an imperial presidency, but Trump doesn't make the rules for an impeachment inquiry.  There are few rules spelled out in the constitution, but the constitution clearly states it is the House's job to decide on impeachment and the Senate's job to decide on conviction.

 

In other words, the House makes the rules.

[heybruce]

8 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

And if you've noticed, all of the depositions they've taken have been behind close doors so the public cannot know what transpires.  The ones last week were conducted in SCIFs no less.  The Dems refuse to be transparent.

Why do you keep inviting comparisons between the transparency of the Democrats and the least transparent President in history?

[heybruce]

5 hours ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Don't know, I speak a few languages, why don't you tell me?  

If you don't know, the answer is no.

[heybruce]

5 hours ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

Rules of the House of Representatives.

There are no such rules.  Prove me wrong.

[alanrchase]

Trump is not going to cooperate with this "impeachment inquiry."  He notified Pelosi and Schiff in an historic letter.
 
The letter pulls no punches.  Here is a small part of it.
 
"Perhaps the best evidence that there was no wrongdoing on the call is the fact that, after
the actual record of the call was released, Chairman Schiff chose to concoct a false version of the
call and to read his made-up transcript to the American people at a public hearing."
 
 

White House says it won’t cooperate with ‘unconstitutional’ impeachment

 
https://nypost.com/2019/10/08/white-house-says-it-wont-cooperate-with-unconstitutional-impeachment/
 
So the jig is up.  Pelosi and Schiff have been exposed for what they are in this historic, damning letter that carries enormous legal weight.
 

Trump's "historic letter" is a lie. Schiff made it clear that he was not reading the transcript word for word.

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[Sujo]

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

 

Trump's base will be lovin' it.

Yes, all 5 of them.

[stevenl]

8 hours ago, rabas said:

Do some research, that is how all calls are 'recorded' now. These are professional intelligence officers who are assigned to do the analysis and write-ups during and after the call. There are no verbatim recordings any more. The intent is to saving work information.

Please cite a source for that.

 

AFAIK the calls are recorded, but this one was tucked away as being top secret. In this digital age I would be very, very surprised of calls are recorded by recollection.

[Scott]

Numerous off-topic, troll posts and replies removed as well as conspiracy posts and videos.  

 

[rabas]

37 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Please cite a source for that.

 

AFAIK the calls are recorded, but this one was tucked away as being top secret. In this digital age I would be very, very surprised of calls are recorded by recollection.

They are recored by note taking, as has been stated. Here, from a liberal 'news' source described by an Obama Whitehouse official.

 

White House conversations have not been recorded since the mid-1970s, when President Richard Nixon scandalized the practice, said Laurence Pfeiffer, a senior director of the White House Situation Room during the Obama administration.

Memcons are instead created by a team of note-takers, initially, who contemporaneously record, by hand and on computers, what the president and the other party say. The note-takers are duty officers — nonpartisan career staff with military or national security experience — whose job it is to monitor the Situation Room around the clock.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/09/25/transcripts-presidential-calls-are-nearly-verbatim-not-exact-heres-how-it-works/

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, Kelsall said:

Trump is not going to cooperate with this "impeachment inquiry."  He notified Pelosi and Schiff in an historic letter.

 

The letter pulls no punches.  Here is a small part of it.

 

"Perhaps the best evidence that there was no wrongdoing on the call is the fact that, after
the actual record of the call was released, Chairman Schiff chose to concoct a false version of the
call and to read his made-up transcript to the American people at a public hearing."

 

 

White House says it won’t cooperate with ‘unconstitutional’ impeachment

 

https://nypost.com/2019/10/08/white-house-says-it-wont-cooperate-with-unconstitutional-impeachment/

 

So the jig is up.  Pelosi and Schiff have been exposed for what they are in this historic, damning letter that carries enormous legal weight.

 

You’ve confused ‘Histrionic’ for ‘Historic’.

 

The letter is a gift to Congress’ legal teams, a black and white signed statement of Trump’s intention to defy Congress in its Constitutional duty.

 

Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.

[stevenl]

4 minutes ago, rabas said:

They are recored by note taking, as has been stated. Here, from a liberal 'news' source described by an Obama Whitehouse official.

 

White House conversations have not been recorded since the mid-1970s, when President Richard Nixon scandalized the practice, said Laurence Pfeiffer, a senior director of the White House Situation Room during the Obama administration.

Memcons are instead created by a team of note-takers, initially, who contemporaneously record, by hand and on computers, what the president and the other party say. The note-takers are duty officers — nonpartisan career staff with military or national security experience — whose job it is to monitor the Situation Room around the clock.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/09/25/transcripts-presidential-calls-are-nearly-verbatim-not-exact-heres-how-it-works/

I find that strange, but thanks.

 

From your link

"But former White House staffers said that the Trump administration, in a departure from prior presidencies, has been more willing to edit the telephone conversation memos to remove errors or insensitive remarks Trump has made, apparently in an effort to avoid political heat or embarrassment.

“Don’t rely on whatever transcript is released,” said a former staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to comment candidly. “Even if it’s unredacted; those transcripts are heavily edited by political leadership at NSC. I’ve seen substance deleted from these call ‘transcripts’ to delete either superfluous details or more substance.”".

[sirineou]

4 minutes ago, rabas said:

They are recored by note taking, as has been stated. Here, from a liberal 'news' source described by an Obama Whitehouse official.

 

White House conversations have not been recorded since the mid-1970s, when President Richard Nixon scandalized the practice, said Laurence Pfeiffer, a senior director of the White House Situation Room during the Obama administration.

Memcons are instead created by a team of note-takers, initially, who contemporaneously record, by hand and on computers, what the president and the other party say. The note-takers are duty officers — nonpartisan career staff with military or national security experience — whose job it is to monitor the Situation Room around the clock.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/09/25/transcripts-presidential-calls-are-nearly-verbatim-not-exact-heres-how-it-works/

You just described that the conversations are recorded,just not recorded the same way they were back then. 

These "contemporaneous records " are saved, yet this record was stored at different place, a Top Secret  place, WHY???