Reuters Justice Dept IG Finds Opening of FBI Probe Into Trump Campaign-Legitimate/No Political Bias

RTRS - U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS OPENING OF FBI PROBE INTO TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISERS WAS LEGITIMATE, PROPERLY AUTHORIZED -CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE

RTRS - INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS POLITICAL BIAS ON THE PART OF FBI EMPLOYEES DID NOT INFLUENCE DECISION TO OPEN FBI INVESTIGATION -SOURCE

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Russia probe report finds no evidence of political bias, despite performance failures, per summary obtained by AP.


https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1204094372083617797
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1204094939216465922
https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1204095950110777344
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1204096471030751233

Nothing is true & everything is possible -by Tom Tomorrow

Giuliani's Motive

“A third marriage has fallen into divorce court ruins, revealing monthly expenses of $230,000 for six homes and 11 country club memberships.”

monthly expenses of $230k. what a vulnerability to potentially corrupt and foreign interests does that represent alone

it's all one story and not that complicated

Russia is Trump’s economic and political benefactor

Russia is at war with Ukraine

who do you think Trump’s going to squeeze?

Remember that Mueller and Ukraine aren’t separate; they are mutually reinforcing. Trump fired Comey and tried to stop Mueller to prevent Americans from finding out what Russia did. Having failed in that attempt, he tried to undermine what Mueller uncovered by blaming Ukraine

GOP Lies Vs. Reality

The Boston Globe editorial board comes out for impeachment:

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The question before the country now is whether President Trump’s misconduct is severe enough that Congress should exercise that impeachment power, less than a year before the 2020 election. The results of the House Intelligence Committee inquiry, released to the public on Tuesday, make clear that the answer is an urgent yes. Not only has the president abused his power by trying to extort a foreign country to meddle in US politics, but he also has endangered the integrity of the election itself. He has also obstructed the congressional investigation into his conduct, a precedent that will lead to a permanent diminution of congressional power if allowed to stand.

The evidence that Trump is a threat to the constitutional system is more than sufficient, and a slate of legal scholars who testified on Wednesday made clear that Trump’s actions are just the sort of presidential behavior the Founders had in mind when they devised the recourse of impeachment. The decision by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to proceed with drafting articles of impeachment is warranted.

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To top off his misconduct, after Congress got wind of the scheme and started the impeachment inquiry, the Trump administration refused to comply with subpoenas, instructed witnesses not to testify, and intimidated witnesses who did. That ought to form the basis of an article of impeachment. When the president obstructs justice and fails to respect the power of Congress, it strikes at the heart of the separation of powers and will hobble future oversight of presidents of all parties.

Impeachment does not require a crime. The Constitution entrusts Congress with the impeachment power in order to protect Americans from a president who is betraying their interests. And it is very much in Americans’ interests to maintain checks and balances in the federal government; to have a foreign policy that the world can trust is based on our national interest instead of the president’s personal needs; to control federal spending through their elected representatives; to vote in fair elections untainted by foreign interference. For generations, Americans have enjoyed those privileges. What’s at stake now is whether we will keep them. The facts show that the president has threatened this country’s core values and the integrity of our democracy. Congress now has a duty to future generations to impeach him.


The Rest:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/06/opinion/time-impeachment/
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1202917041495314433

Have you spoken to a single GOP colleague who is even considering impeachment? Senator Murphy: "YES"

Have you spoken to a single GOP colleague in the Senate who's even considering voting for impeachment?"

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Yes."

Geist: "You have?"

Murphy: "Yes."


https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1202952144405585920

Omg. This was Colbert's opening tonight. I can't stop laughing

VIDEO:

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1202941816221380609

Care to comment, Flotus?

A 16-yr-old boy died in Border Patrol custody. He had the flu


Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant, was seriously ill when immigration agents put him in a small South Texas holding cell with another sick boy on the afternoon of May 19.

They didn't take him to the hospital
They didn't release him
They didn't even seem to check on him as he was dying on the floor of his cell, contrary to the govt's account

Front page of The Times this a.m. in London-"Trump Leaves Nato Meeting As Leaders Are Seen Laughing"