Breaking: GAO - Trump WH broke the law withholding Ukraine aid

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Neal Katyal ✔ @neal_katyal

This is a significant development in Trump’s impeachment.

Senator Chris Van Hollen ✔ @ChrisVanHollen

This bombshell legal opinion from the independent @USGAO demonstrates, without a doubt, that the Trump Administration illegally withheld assistance from Ukraine and the public evidence shows that the president himself ordered this illegal act.



9:56 AM - Jan 16, 2020

The money paragraph:


Link to full report: https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/B-331564#ereport_start

[C_U_L8R]

1. So much crime, so little punishment.

It's time for a reckoning.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Mitch. nt

[Frustratedlady]

3. We on DU should be proud of how many times we are right.

When these decisions come down from the courts or departments of this administration, the high percentage of time we were right in coming to our analyses.

Aren't you all proud? We do good!

[triron]

23. We are relatively 'unencumbered'. Not like the media.

[AJT]

4. Now the DOJ can begin its investigation....oh wait

Barr

[Stuart G]

5. K and R...please read the tweet, if it does not appear. Government Accounting Office...reports that

President Trump broke the law. So that is proof positive that there is a legal reason to get rid of Trump.
I think that this is important, this goes beyond political, it becomes that Trump did an "illegal act." In my opinion that is very important.

[aggiesal]

22. Says it all ...

[Maeve]

6. Add it to the impeachment case

[Mike 03]

7. Whoa! Kick and Rec.

[Gothmog]

8. This is a big deal

Link to tweet

[superpatriotman]

9. Where's the frog march?

Where are the handcuffs?

[Hoyt]

10. Thank goodness. At least there is no Mueller type "we found no evidence . . . . . . "

[Stuart G]

11. Kick a 2nd time for exposure..This is it !! Proof Trump broke the law.

[Moostache]

12. BREAKING - Video of McConnell's response released for GOP talking point

What's a "law"?

THAT is the standard GOP response to this entire thing. Essentially, nothing Trump does is going to be accounted for by them under ANY circumstances...

[coti]

26. LOL, totally nt

[calimary]

13. Maybe it's time to start asking - "what laws DIDN'T he break?"

Maybe a short list but there ya go.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Operative word "trump WH" vs trump. A good mafia boss

Does put his own fingerprints on anything. Can't believe ANY of these people don't have Dipshit on tape. Are they that stupid? Omarosa taped !!

[malaise]

15. Don the Con is going down

soon and very soon - let's see how MoscowMitch et al respond to this bombshell.

[Mersky]

16. Ha. There is still such a thing as separation of powers. Good.

[TlalocW]

17. So what can be done what with impeachment heading to the Senate

This and Lev and other stuff that's all coming out now? Can Pelosi tack it on? Hope for a push for witnesses in the Senate? More proceedings in the House?

TlalocW

[crickets]

18. Tide turning. K&R

[IronLionZion]

19. Lock him up!

Teflon Don needs to answer for his crimes.

[MontanaMama]

20. Paging Moscow Mitch

to the white courtesy phone....

[duforsure]

21. He also aided an enemy against an ally,

By using phones not secure let them (Putin) have that critical information to use against Ukraine. to hurt them with it.

[triron]

25. Trump committed TREASON.

[coti]

24. Yeah, what he did was a crime many times over, from many different angles, not to mention

a betrayal of our country.

[Thomas Hurt]

27. except it should say withheld the funds for the "President's personal interests".

[bucolic_frolic]

28. Laws don't matter anymore

Don't know how long our courts will function. Judges will hear a lot of "that doesn't apply to me" pleas.

[triron]

29. Hey media, don't let this fade away or get obfuscated like all the other Trump crimes.