This is mostly an analysis of Turley’s testimony (yesterday’s Republican witness). Bonus: This post will help prepare you for the Constitutional Law portion of the Internet Bar Exam. The testimony of Feldman, Karlan, and Gerhardt is easily summarized: They believed that Trump’s behavior was impeachable and dangerous. In fact, Gerhardt said if Trump’s behavior isn’t …
My head exploded as I read the impeachment report released by the House Intelligence Committee. Here are a few things that struck me. A. Witness Intimidation Although not the leading point, witness intimidation (a federal crime) is included. If someone asks, “where’s the crime?” you can say, “the President of the United States endangers the …
I finished reading Bowman’s book on impeachment, which means I’ve now read these: I was planning to write Over the Cliff Notes but my head is so stuffed full of information, I wasn’t sure where to start. So I took questions on Twitter. Cindy threw me an easy one. Is Trump’s behavior impeachable? Most certainly. …
Liz Cheney tweeted this: This tells us that Today’s radicalized GOP, which includes those who thought Nixon should have kept fighting, will keep fighting this time, and The GOP will continue openly using fascist tactics. While leaving open the possibility of interviewing more witnesses, Schiff says the Intel committee will “soon” give a report on …
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Over the Cliff Notes. (Sandy has been Deputy Associate Director for National Security Programs at the OMB since 2013, and Navy Reserve for 21 years.) Spoiler: First Trump broke the law. When he was about to get caught, he looked for an excuse for having done it. June 19: Trump saw a media report and …
Spoiler: It’s all about race (and gender, and religion). The GOP-Russia love affair has been evident for some time. Last summer Tucker Carlson said the U.S. should “rethink America’s alliances.” And remember when Sen. Rand Paul went to Moscow to “open the lines of communication”? Guiliani attended a pro-Russia conference last year. He was about …
On Wednesday the Daily Beast reported that indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Devin Nunes to help with his “investigations.” Then on Thurs. came that dramatic moment in Fiona Hill’s testimony when Rep. Swalwell read parts of the Daily Beast article into the record and said Nunes may …
I went out last night for several hours—and I came back to find a release of documents linking Pompeo, Giuliani, and the White House. This was after Giuliani openly admitted that his agenda was to look out for the personal interests of his client, Donald Trump. PLUS Giuliani’s associate is willing to tell Congress Nunes …
On Fox News, Trump said this about Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch: “She wouldn’t hang my picture in the embassy. She is in charge of the embassy. She wouldn’t hang it. It look a year-and-a-half, two years to get the picture up. She said bad things about me … This was not an angel this woman, okay?” …
[Click here to read on the NBC News website] Did President Donald Trump abuse his power when he pressured Ukraine into announcing investigations that would benefit him personally? This, in a nutshell, is the question at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Democrats say Trump wanted Ukraine to announce an investigationinto the company Burisma, which would allegedly implicate political …
