“Democrats just announced that they no longer want the Whistleblower to testify. But everything was about the Whistleblower (they no longer want the second Whistleblower either), which they don’t want because the account of my call bore NO RELATIONSHIP to the call itself ….The entire Impeachment Scam was based on my perfect Ukrainian call, and the Whistleblowers account of that call, which turned out to be false (a fraud?),” Trump argued.

In reality, the whistleblower has been irrelevant since Trump, Mulvaney and Giulaini all confessed that the complaint was correct.

“Once I released the actual call, their entire case fell apart,” Trump falsely claimed, as the rough transcript of the call confirmed the allegations.

“The Democrats must end this Scam now,” Trump pleaded.

He then went after Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who chairs the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

“My lawyers should sue the Democrats and Shifty Adam Schiff for fraud,” Trump posted.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-begs-democrats-to-end-impeachment-now-as-he-threatens-to-sue-intel-committee-chairman/

Even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump’s most vociferous defenders on impeachment who is offering a resolution to condemn the House impeachment effort, said the White House needs to step up its game.

“What's missing here I think is that coordinated effort to put somebody in charge of developing a message and delivering it. I believe that's about to be corrected, I hope,” he said Wednesday.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/467388-gop-worries-its-losing-impeachment-fight

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/only-7-students-watch-trump-talk-at-a-historically-black-college-after-president-fills-auditorium-with-his-allies/



President Donald Trump traveled to South Carolina for an even at Benedict College, but only seven students at the historically black college were admitted to his event.

Leading up to the event, there was much local confusion as to how many of the 2,200 students would be able to attend.

“Hours before the event is about to begin, the shroud of mystery surrounding who will get to attend President Donald Trump’s speech Friday afternoon on the criminal justice system — taking place at a historically black college in South Carolina — is beginning to lift,” The State reported Friday. “According to the White House, there are approximately 300 tickets total to the invitation-only event, dubbed the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum by the White House.”

The newspaper noted half of those were reserved for “guests of the administration” with the other half distributed locally. The South Carolina Republican Party was given 25 tickets.

Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
BREAKING (!): Judge rules the House is entitled to Mueller grand jury material. Huge win for Judiciary Committee / Dems.



https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1187811195643973632

PoliticusUSA
@politicususa
Trump declares himself his own impeachment defense team.

PoliticusUSA
@politicususa
Trump declares himself his own impeachment defense team.

https://twitter.com/politicususa/status/1187769002409545733

During yet another extended South Lawn ran rant while a chopper awaited, President Donald Trump disavowed any election shenanigans within his administration and those defending him against impeachment, saying, “I don’t have teams,” before adding “I am the team.”

Speaking to reporters and jumping from topic to topic, before complaining about what he considers a conspiracy against his presidency, Trump portrayed himself as a man alone.

“Here’s the thing, I don’t have teams, everyone is talking about teams, I’m the team,” he shouted over the chopper noise.”I did nothing wrong. This has been going on from before I got elected.”

“This was going on from the insurance policy,” he added in reference to a debunked conspiracy theory.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-throws-aides-under-the-bus-before-ranting-about-conspiracy-theory-i-dont-have-teams-i-am-the-team/

The Trump Organization is exploring a sale of the rights to its highly-controversial Washington, D.C. hotel, a stunning move given how much the president brags about the property. The Wall Street Journal reports the Trumps are looking at a price tag of about a half-billion dollars, or $2 million per room.

“People are objecting to us making so much money on the hotel, and therefore we may be willing to sell,” vice president Eric Trump claimed in a statement.

“Since we opened our doors,” the president’s middle son added, “we have received tremendous interest in this hotel and as real-estate developers, we are always willing to explore our options.”

Legal and constitutional experts have repeatedly said Trump’s ownership of the prominent D.C. hotel, which sits in the Old Post Office, a building the Trump Organization leases from the federal government, is a violation of the Emoluments Clause.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trumps-say-they-are-trying-to-sell-controversial-dc-hotel-because-people-are-objecting-to-us-making-so-much-money/

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

“Donald J. Trump is an absolutely historic President already, in less than 3 years in office. His record is there for everyone to look at & to examine and compare. This is an illegitimate effort to overthrow a President, not a formal Impeachment inquiry.”
@LouDobbs Thank you Lou

8:54 AM · Oct 25, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1187714024378646531

erica orden
@eorden

NEW: SDNY has subpoenaed Steven Fruman, the brother of recently indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman, per people familiar with the matter.



https://cnn.com/2019/10/25/politics/fruman-parnas-giuliani-investigation/index.html

https://twitter.com/eorden/status/1187753630566440960

“The gap between what’s happening to Trump in the real world and what happens inside the soft fantasy bubble of the Trump Matrix is vast and widening,” wrote Wilson. “It’s harder and harder to deny his peril. For a long time, Trump and his followers had a kind of fuck-you swagger, confident his Mighty Bullshit Wurlitzer would always overcome truth, decency, the law, and the rules of political physics. This week, they have abandoned that tone for one of screechy belligerence edged with Fuhrerbunker panic.”

“The purpose of Gaetz and his frat rats wasn’t to bring the facts to light, or to expose some nefarious behavior by the Democrats and Republicans on the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry, who were in the SCIF hearing the testimony of yet another fact witness in what is now absolutely established as a quid pro quo in Donald Trump’s attempt to extort the Ukrainian government,” wrote Wilson. “Their dumb stunt — ‘light treason,’ as my friend Molly Jong-Fast calls it — wasn’t to pin down imaginary Deep State liars. It was a pathetic distraction, the work of a few minutes to try to put a Band-Aid on the boo-boo of Donald Trump’s fragile, shaken ego and confidence, all while compromising national security and attempting to intimidate witnesses.”

“In the Senate, Mitt Romney is making trouble of the best kind, John Thune is signaling his unease, and Mitch McConnell refused to back Trump’s lie that he blessed the content of the infamous Zelensky call where the American tried to extort his Ukrainian counterpart,” he wrote. “The polling and fundraising collapse in key GOP Senate races for 2020 has McConnell pondering the ultimate triage: saving the majority by sacrificing the President.”

“The panic in the Republican Party is palpable, and delicious,” concluded Wilson. “Trump will grow more angry that the Senate isn’t immolating itself to support him. The House GOP and the Trump media apparatus will demand louder noises, more distractions, more Trump-hadi tactics in support of a President who has already poisoned their future. It’s going to be loud, and very, very ugly.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/ukraine-clown-posse-rick-wilson-revels-in-trumps-misery-after-his-idiotic-plan-to-smear-biden-falls-apart/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ukraine-clown-posse-sounds-like-shit