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Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 01:29 AM Sep 2019

Washington at war: Dems aim for speedy impeachment push as Trump threatens whistleblower

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/politics/trump-democrats-impeachment-ukraine-investigation/index.html

Washington (CNN)Lawyers for a whistleblower who accused Donald Trump of pressuring Ukraine to intervene in the 2020 election warn that the President's threats pose a grave risk to their client's safety.
Trump meanwhile escalated his attacks on the whistleblower -- demanding to meet his "accuser" face to face during a day of rage-filled tweets about the Democratic attempt to impeach him.
The extraordinary spectacle of the President -- the titular head of the US legal system -- threatening a potential witness in a case against him risks being seen as an attempt to obstruct the investigation. It also cuts against the principle that whistleblowers deserve anonymity and protection, representing another dark twist in an administration that has constantly tested the boundaries of political propriety.

On another frenetic day of political exchanges, Democrats sought to engineer a fast start to their impeachment efforts as their chances of political success hinge on early momentum to keep the White House off balance-
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Washington at war: Dems aim for speedy impeachment push as Trump threatens whistleblower (Original Post) Wash. state Desk Jet Sep 2019 OP
What's with the news services? Politico used the word w-a-r as well. ffr Sep 2019 #1
Trump is very risk averse tirebiter Sep 2019 #2
Correction: He's risk averse when it's his own backside on the line. He has all the tolerance Maru Kitteh Sep 2019 #3

ffr

(22,644 posts)
1. What's with the news services? Politico used the word w-a-r as well.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 01:50 AM
Sep 2019

PHUUUUCK! Don't give the WH toddler any ideas hinting that democrats have any plans for w-a-r.

Use strategy or conflict, those are good substitutes.

What next CNN/Politico, talk of "e-x-e-c-u-t-i-n-g" plans? Don't need that word either.

Tone this shit down!

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
3. Correction: He's risk averse when it's his own backside on the line. He has all the tolerance
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 02:18 AM
Sep 2019

in the world for risk with other people's money, or life.


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