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Dave Starsky

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4. I think it's all baked into that Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:58 PM

Sep 2019

As president, you are not permitted to collude with foreign governments in any way to help yourself.

If you need to look it up, it's Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8 of the Constitution.

He's been violating that clause, on several fronts, since before he took office. This is the one time where he came right out and confesses to doing it. It seems like he might have done a lot of other things that were even worse than this.

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So what if it's not a "transcript". It's a confession of guilt. [View all] Dave Starsky Sep 2019 OP

It's not. It's a diversion to keep the news focus off of Pence's calls to Zelensky ffr Sep 2019 #1

I know I sound ignorant to say this, but customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #2

I think it's all baked into that Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Dave Starsky Sep 2019 #4

The big problem with that clause customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #5

We're not talking about jailing him for doing what he did, we're talking impeachment ... mr_lebowski Sep 2019 #6

Burglary customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #7

He wasn't impeached for any of that though ... mr_lebowski Sep 2019 #9

Absolutely true customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #10

It's damning. I'd just leave people with questions of how bad is the stuff left out? Hoyt Sep 2019 #3

I read somewhere earlier that he was advised against releasing it. Flaleftist Sep 2019 #8

I'm not a shrink but... moondust Sep 2019 #11