kentuck
kentuck's JournalImpeach the unstable, insensitive, vulgar SOB...
He has no respect for the law. He seems to have no concept of what the law is?
He doesn't understand the Constitution.
He lies about everything.
He doesn't have the temperament to be a dogcatcher, let alone the President of the United States.
He has betrayed our country and our military.
He has committed very serious crimes.
Get rid of the bastard as soon as possible.
Trump speaking to his flock.
Who believes that impeachment will hurt the Democrats in the next election?
That the Republicans will acquit and Trump will use that to club the Democrats over the head?
Will the Democrats argument for impeachment be that easy to dismiss?
Or will it make no difference at all? Each tribe is in their corner and they are not going to change their opinions? Nobody is going to be more or less likely to vote because of an impeachment vote?
Unless he is convicted, it will all hinge on the election of 2020?
If Trump is impeached, what will the Republicans do?
Will they attempt to get him to resign, rather than go thru a divisive process in the Senate? Could they talk him into resigning? No doubt, that would be the easiest way out of this mess for them.
But, if he refuses and it goes to the Senate, do they debate each charge separately and take a vote? Or do they debate all the charges and vote only one time, for or against conviction?
How much will it be like a regular trial? Will there be cross-examination of witnesses? Will it be in private or public?
How difficult for the Republicans to vote to acquit on all the charges?
It seems they are setting the stage to argue that this is just not enough evidence to convict? Although it may be wrong, it just doesn't meet the threshhold for high crimes and misdemeanors?
Donald Trump does not have a concept of the law.
For him, the law is whatever he can get away with, without suffering any punishment. He calls the impeachment process in the House "unconstitutional". No sooner than he is found not to have conspired or colluded with the Russians, he turns around the next day and colludes with the Ukraine president.
When he said the phone call was "perfect", he meant it was not illegal in his eyes. "Perfect" has a different meaning for him.
If a 72 year-old man does not know the meaning of our laws or Constitution, it is highly unlikely he will ever learn.
He sent Rudy to Ukraine to work in the shadows with Ukrainian associates, to find dirt on the Bidens or maybe a business opportunity, and never had a thought about the legality or illegality of such an act. He thought he could get away with it and that it would benefit him, either politically or financially.
The laws have never hindered him in doing what he thinks is best for himself.
Trump and Giuliani caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Trump wants people to think that his "lawyer" was working in Ukraine all on his own, without his knowledge or approval. Now he says he doesn't know if Rudy is still his lawyer? Rudy says he may not do any more work in Ukraine. Now that the cookies are gone.
The truth is coming into focus. As is the normal routine in any investigation, follow the money.
Who was paying Rudy? Who was paying his associates that were arrested attempting to leave the country on a one-way ticket to Vienna, Austria?
Vienna, Austria? What the hell is going on in Vienna, Austria?
And the next day, Rudy had a ticket to leave the country. Where was he going? Vienna, Austria!
We can only suppose that Rudy was going to meet up with his old associates in Vienna?
But there was one important character living in Vienna that had been instrumental in manipulating the elections in Ukraine towards candidates that favored Russia and Vladimir Putin. Paul Manafort worked with them to get one elected president of Ukraine. Who was paying Manafort?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-firtash/indicted-giuliani-associate-worked-on-behalf-of-ukrainian-oligarch-firtash-idUSKBN1WQ2H5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Firtash
But this "character" is also running from extradition efforts from the US. His name is Dmytro Firtash.
He may be in even deeper debt to Putin than Trump? It has been reported that he got a $11 billion dollar line of credit from Putin to work on the propaganda campaigns in Ukraine and elsewhere. Ukraine is fighting for its life today.
So Rudy was ready to fly to Vienna, but canceled his flight, after his two Ukrainian associates were arrested just before they boarded a plane, both with one-way tickets. They have since posted bail.
From somewhere in the deep state, someone will be watching.
Were Rudy and his "associates" going to Vienna to meet Firtash? Or someone close to Firtash? Were they going to Vienna to collect their "pay"? After all, they would argue that they did their job by starting the hatchet-job conspiracy theories about Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Although they don't really know how successful it was? Judging from recent polls, Biden has not lost support, but may have actually gained in the polls?
Then Trump withdraws troops from Syria?
When Donald Trump is asked about Rudy Giuliani, he says, "Rudy who?"
Ignorance may be bliss but it can be dangerous.
It is a battle of technology utilization, a battle of ideologies, a battle of competing propaganda networks, a battle for the future.
Follow the money.
Is AG Barr attempting to play both sides, in order to stay out of jail?
He has been the errand boy for Donald Trump. Just a couple of days ago, he was speaking to Rupert Murdoch? Nobody knows what it was about? Some have speculated it was about getting rid of Shep Smith. He would be nothing but a burr under the saddle once the campaigns get in full gear. It was best to get rid of him and let FOX News be the state-run propaganda network for Donald Trump's re-election bid.
And we all know how he threw Mueller Report in the trash can, without even reading it.
But now, we hear that he was instrumental in the arrest and indictment of the two associates of Rudy Giuliani? That cannot sit well with Donald J Trump. The investigation had reportedly gone on for several months.
What type of advice is Donald Trump getting from AG Barr today?
The biggest scandal of them all...
Contrary to what a lot of Trump supporters believe, the Mueller report exposed a lot of scandalous and criminal activities. In no way did it clear Donald Trump.
Then, one day after Mueller closed his investigation, Mr Trump made a phone call to Ukraine to ask the foreign leader to get dirt on Joe Biden and his son. It was almost as if crime was a habit with Mr Trump?
But there is a bigger scandal to come.
It is noteworthy that today, Rudy and his two associates were going to Vienna to talk to someone. The prime suspect is Dmytro Firtash, a billionaire oligarch and close friend to Vladimir Putin. Putin had given Firtash a line of credit of a reported $11 billion dollars to work with. He spent much in political campaigns in Ukraine promoting candidates friendly to Russia. He is presently holed up in Vienna.
They are not waiting until 2020. They are spending that money at this moment. In America. For Donald Trump.
Where does that money come from? Perhaps from criminal activities? Drugs? Sex trade?
But, the big downside to money received by ill-gotten gains is that it has to be laundered. It has to be cleaned, like all the other money in circulation.
What better way to launder it than thru the political network of Donald Trump and the Republican Party? Yes, we have heard of all those tens of millions of campaign donations. More than all the Democrats combined. It's like they have money to burn.
It is very interesting that some Congressmen, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, have said they are going to donate to charity, the money they received from Giuliani's associates.
The big scandal is that Russia is funneling money and propaganda into our country in order to divide our people and tear down our democracy. It is happening at this very minute.
Trump-Friendly Lawyers Join Legal Team of Ukraine's Firtash
Firtash is now residing in Vienna. The two business associates of Guiliani had one-way tickets to Vienna. Guiliani was scheduled to fly out to Vienna tonight. One has to wonder if this is a new plan of Putin's to mess with the 2020 election?
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-23/trump-friendly-lawyers-join-legal-team-of-ukraine-s-firtash
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Dmitry Firtash, a wealthy Ukrainian and onetime business partner of Paul Manafort who is facing extradition to the U.S. on corruption charges, has hired a legal team with close ties to President Donald Trump.
The lawyers retained by Firtash are Victoria Toensing and Joseph diGenova, according to representatives for Firtash and for the attorneys.
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Firtash wasnt linked to Russian attempts to help Trumps campaign in 2016. However, his U.S. lawyers were approached by Muellers team for information about Manafort, who did business with Firtash before he was chairman of Trumps campaign in the summer of 2016.
In 2008, Manafort was part of an $850 million plan involving Firtash and Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska to purchase the Drake Hotel in Manhattan and convert it into a luxury property. The deal, which was to be financed in part by a Manafort-Deripaska vehicle called Pericles Emerging Market Partners, was never consummated.
Whispers in the White House
~~ "Do you think we need to get a lawyer?" ~~
~~ "Is Rudy going to snitch on the President?"~~
~~ "McConnell and a few Senators are talking with the President about resigning if more information is about to come out. They have to protect the Party." ~~
~~ "Rick Perry will spill everything he knows....he's already said that he was never told anything about the Bidens.." ~~
~~ "The rumor is that KellyAnne is about to resign, for family reasons." ~~
~~ "Nobody can talk with the President....he's paranoid that they are wiretapping his phone.." ~~
~~ "What was the name of that lawyer, again?" ~~
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