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Laura PourMeADrink
Laura PourMeADrink's Journal
Laura PourMeADrink's Journal
November 9, 2019
William Taylor, a US career diplomat who serves as the charge d'affaires in the US embassy in Ukraine. Read more about his closed-door testimony here.
George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for Eastern Europe
Friday, November 15
Marie Yovanovitch, former US ambassador to Ukraine. Read more about Yovanovitch's closed-door testimony here.
*Schedule will be updated as hearings are announced
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/trump-impeachment-inquiry-10-developments-missed-191108182238395.html
Hearing schedule next week
Wednesday, November 13William Taylor, a US career diplomat who serves as the charge d'affaires in the US embassy in Ukraine. Read more about his closed-door testimony here.
George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for Eastern Europe
Friday, November 15
Marie Yovanovitch, former US ambassador to Ukraine. Read more about Yovanovitch's closed-door testimony here.
*Schedule will be updated as hearings are announced
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/trump-impeachment-inquiry-10-developments-missed-191108182238395.html
November 9, 2019
Analysis at link
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-11-04/usc-la-times-november-poll
New LA Times poll on Impeachment
Analysis at link
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-11-04/usc-la-times-november-poll
November 9, 2019
Evidence Requested So Far
Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says
ATLANTA — John R. Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, knows about “many relevant meetings and conversations” connected to the Ukraine pressure campaign that House impeachment investigators have not yet been informed about, his lawyer told lawmakers on Friday.
The lawyer, Charles J. Cooper, made that tantalizing point in a letter to the chief House lawyer in response to House committee chairmen who have sought Mr. Bolton’s testimony in their impeachment proceedings, arguing that his client would be willing to talk but only if a court rules that he should ignore White House objections.
Mr. Cooper did not elaborate on what meetings and conversations he was referring to, leaving it to House Democrats to guess at what Mr. Bolton might know. Mr. Bolton has been one of the most anticipated witnesses because other current and former officials have described him as deeply disturbed by the effort to pressure Ukraine to provide incriminating information about Democrats to help the president’s domestic political prospects.
Mr. Bolton did not show up for a deposition scheduled on Thursday because, his lawyer said, he wants a judge to determine whether he and his former deputy, Charles M. Kupperman, should testify in defiance of the White House. In effect, Mr. Bolton and Mr. Kupperman are asking for a court ruling on competing demands by the executive branch, which does not want them to testify, and the legislative branch, which does.
NYT: Bolton says he knows a lot!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/us/politics/john-bolton-ukraine.htmlEvidence Requested So Far
Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says
ATLANTA — John R. Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, knows about “many relevant meetings and conversations” connected to the Ukraine pressure campaign that House impeachment investigators have not yet been informed about, his lawyer told lawmakers on Friday.
The lawyer, Charles J. Cooper, made that tantalizing point in a letter to the chief House lawyer in response to House committee chairmen who have sought Mr. Bolton’s testimony in their impeachment proceedings, arguing that his client would be willing to talk but only if a court rules that he should ignore White House objections.
Mr. Cooper did not elaborate on what meetings and conversations he was referring to, leaving it to House Democrats to guess at what Mr. Bolton might know. Mr. Bolton has been one of the most anticipated witnesses because other current and former officials have described him as deeply disturbed by the effort to pressure Ukraine to provide incriminating information about Democrats to help the president’s domestic political prospects.
Mr. Bolton did not show up for a deposition scheduled on Thursday because, his lawyer said, he wants a judge to determine whether he and his former deputy, Charles M. Kupperman, should testify in defiance of the White House. In effect, Mr. Bolton and Mr. Kupperman are asking for a court ruling on competing demands by the executive branch, which does not want them to testify, and the legislative branch, which does.
November 8, 2019
Excerpt from embedded link in Tweet:
That's what one former FBI agent speculated following the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday, per Mediaite. Josh Campbell, a CNN analyst and former FBI special agent, suggested on Twitter that Nielsen's resignation letter bears a striking resemblance to the Times op-ed written by an anonymous senior administration official who said they were part of a "resistance" working to undermine Trump's worst impulses from within.
While citing his FBI experience, Campbell observed that both Nielsen's resignation letter and the Times op-ed make heavy use of commas and em dashes, also pointing to a few other instances of similar choices.
As a trained investigator, I’m just going to go on record now saying that anonymous NYT op-ed was LOADED with commas and em dashes.
And so is this resignation letter. https://t.co/6KM1huiO0i https://t.co/GTdYRzumSd
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 7, 2019
I might be wrong, but the style and cadence...
Josh Campbell thinks Anonymous is Kirstjen Nielsen
https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1192648385796292608?s=19Excerpt from embedded link in Tweet:
That's what one former FBI agent speculated following the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday, per Mediaite. Josh Campbell, a CNN analyst and former FBI special agent, suggested on Twitter that Nielsen's resignation letter bears a striking resemblance to the Times op-ed written by an anonymous senior administration official who said they were part of a "resistance" working to undermine Trump's worst impulses from within.
While citing his FBI experience, Campbell observed that both Nielsen's resignation letter and the Times op-ed make heavy use of commas and em dashes, also pointing to a few other instances of similar choices.
As a trained investigator, I’m just going to go on record now saying that anonymous NYT op-ed was LOADED with commas and em dashes.
And so is this resignation letter. https://t.co/6KM1huiO0i https://t.co/GTdYRzumSd
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 7, 2019
I might be wrong, but the style and cadence...
November 8, 2019
List of those who have defied subpoenas!!
https://twitter.com/AlamoOnTheRise/status/1192634123296395268?s=20
November 7, 2019
Exclusive: Book Claims Senior Officials Believed Pence Would Support Use Of 25th Amendment
The anonymous author of “A Warning,” reportedly a current or former White House official, said talk of removing Trump escalated after Comey was fired.
The much-anticipated book “A Warning,” reportedly written by an unnamed senior White House official, claims that high-level White House aides were certain that Vice President Mike Pence would support the use of the 25th Amendment to have President Donald Trump removed from office because of mental incapacity.
According to the exposé, which is written by someone that The New York Times and the publisher of the book say is a current or former senior White House official, using the pen name “Anonymous,” highly placed White House officials did a back-of-the-envelope tally of which Cabinet members would be prepared to sign a letter invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that if the president is deemed unfit to discharge the duties of his office, the vice president would assume the role.
Anonymous book excerpt: Sr Officials thought Pence would have agreed to 25th amendment
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anonymous-book-warning-mike-pence_n_5dc376a1e4b00551388271cdExclusive: Book Claims Senior Officials Believed Pence Would Support Use Of 25th Amendment
The anonymous author of “A Warning,” reportedly a current or former White House official, said talk of removing Trump escalated after Comey was fired.
The much-anticipated book “A Warning,” reportedly written by an unnamed senior White House official, claims that high-level White House aides were certain that Vice President Mike Pence would support the use of the 25th Amendment to have President Donald Trump removed from office because of mental incapacity.
According to the exposé, which is written by someone that The New York Times and the publisher of the book say is a current or former senior White House official, using the pen name “Anonymous,” highly placed White House officials did a back-of-the-envelope tally of which Cabinet members would be prepared to sign a letter invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that if the president is deemed unfit to discharge the duties of his office, the vice president would assume the role.
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