Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss

What is Rudy doing in Ukraine?

Is he working for Donald Trump or is he working for Rudy Giuliani?

Is he the "capodecina" for the Don? Or is he working for himself?

Why would he be talking with the Russian "oligarchs"?

Was Nancy right? Do all roads lead to Putin?

Even with an impeachment hearing about to begin, they are still busy trying to make a deal with some unsavory underworld character. Nothing seems to slow down the criminal activity?

Donald Trump has been mostly silent on this subject.

White House has been notified that they have until 5 p.m. today to submit the names of individuals..

..that they wish to defend them in the Judiciary hearing? The White House, as usual, have shown little interest in what the Congress might want. It is my understanding that this does not refer to the Senate trial?

Will the White House ignore the opportunity to defend themselves in front of the Congress of the United States? Meanwhile, Rudy scouts the Ukraine looking for more deals from Russian oligarchs.

It's not a Democratic issue. It's not a Republican issue. It is an American issue.

It is not about either Party. It is about our country.

People should be united on that message, in my opinion.

America is not a joke.

Stand United.

After the impeachment and after the Senate trial...

There will be more impeachable offenses uncovered. There will be more witnesses to testify.

The impeachment of Donald J Trump will look more and more credible.

The Republicans will look more and more complicit. If they think they can hide Donald Trump for another year, they have seriously miscalculated.

They will regret the day they acquitted Donald Trump.

They are set up to make one of the biggest blunders in their political Party's history.

Republicans argue that Democrats have been trying to impeach Donald Trump since Day One

I would argue that Donald Trump has been trying to impeach himself since Day One.

He was showing his scofflaw tactics even before he was inaugurated. His disregard for the Constitution and the law were on full display for all to see.

When he hired Paul Manafort, red flags went up all over. When he fired James Comey and publicly attacked the FBI and the "deep state", he was well on his way to impeaching himself. In fact, Nancy Pelosi once stated that Donald Trump would "self-impeach".

Mr Trump truly believed that Article II permitted him to do whatever he wanted, without any guidelines or rules of law.

Now, the Republicans are accusing the Democrats of wanting to impeach Donald Trump since Day One. It's all about politics because they lost the election in 2016, they say.

The truth of the matter is that the Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and the White House up to March of this year, when the Democrats took control of the House, after Trump's government shutdown.

But, that never slowed down Mr Trump. He continued his reckless and lawless ways and now he is going to be impeached.

It's about time.

Turley is weak.

He is suggesting that there can be no "Obstruction of Justice" unless it is against the Supreme Court.

Since the Supreme Court is not given the duty of oversight of the Executive Branch, it would be a dereliction of duty for the Congress to forfeit their Constitutional duties to the Supreme Court, it seems to me?

It is the sole responsibility of Congress to impeach and to file charges against the President. It is up to the Senate to rule on it.

I do not believe Turley is making very valid arguments.

The Betrayal of America by a major Political Party

It would be much easier to impeach a president if he were not in bed with major political figures. The criminal scheme was not something simply created by Rudy Giuliani to please his buddy, Donald Trump.

It was a scheme where an entire Administration was complicit in its undertaking. Everyone from the State Dept to Defense Dept to the OMB to the Treasury to the Energy Dept to shady characters from Ukraine and Russia assisted Donald Trump in his efforts to advance his personal interests.

That alone would be a scandal and a betrayal of unprecedented historical significance.

But the unthinkable has now happened. An entire political Party has made a decision to support their president, regardless of what crimes have been committed. The Republican Party has joined Donald Trump wholeheartedly in betraying our nation.

It is unbelievable but it is happening.

The reason they protesteth so much, they have so much to hide.

Do not be deceived.

Imagine if you will, a video of Donald Trump and all the times he has abused his power and the times he has obstructed justice and the times he has betrayed our country and our principles. Would you need to see more?

I can only speak for myself, but I will not vote for any Democrat that votes to not get rid of this criminal. If you have not seen enough, you will never see enough, no matter what he does. If you cannot stand up for our country and our Constitution, you will never stand up.

Imagine a video of Donald Trump faking an orgasm by one of his enemies. After all, if you do not support Donald Trump, you are an enemy. You are not even an American.

The "Cover-Up" is in the Timeline

They say the "cover-up is worse than the crime. That may or may not be true?

The cover-up in the Ukraine scandal is defined in the timeline. Trump withheld aid from Ukraine beginning on July 25th, the day he had his conversation with President Zelenskiy.

In August, the White House found out that there was a "whistleblower". The OMB discussed the illegality of withholding the aid, per Congressional authority. A couple officials within the OMB resigned over the matter.

The "whistleblower" matter was forwarded to AG Barr and the DOJ, where they attempted to bury it. It was supposed to go to the Congress, by rule of law. They covered it up.

After Trump discovered that there was a whistleblower, he attempted in his phone call with Ambassador Sondland to create an alternative timeline with an alibi for himself. That was the call where he said, "I want nothing! I want nothing! There is no quid pro quo!"

By September 7th to the 9th, the Congress made it known that they were going to investigate the matter. Trump then released the aid on September 11th, but only after the Congress got involved. He thought they could bury the whistleblower report but withholding mandated Congressional aid was another matter altogether.

The NYTimes broke the story about the timeline yesterday. We now see where the cover-up started and how they worked to create an alternative narrative thru the OMB, with the assistance of Mick Mulvaney and others.

They got caught and we now see how they attempted to cover it up.