MplsGopher
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Getting a meaningless award for telling it how it is. Only on OTB.
All Things Impeachment Inquiry
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Dean S
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There is a whole aisle of awards for you at Walgreens.
KillerGopherFan
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For a guy who was furious and outraged at AG Barr summarizing the conclusions of the Mueller Report a few weeks before the entire report came out, you sure are patient now.
KillerGopherFan
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We need multiples for all you Ds.
Section2
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As I've said from the beginning, this all hinges on Biden. Rudy and others claim that they have ample evidence that Biden pushed for the firing of a prosecutor who was actively investigating Burisma. It should be investigated, and should be easy to prove or dismiss. If he's guilty, Trump did nothing wrong, at least in the eyes of the public. If it's baseless and can be proven, then this gets dicey.
Even if the latter, a few leaked bits of info is nowhere near enough. We have due process still in this country. And I doubt anyone thinks Trump would have abused his power by demanding Ukraine investigate something for which there is already public knowledge, and team Trump already has proof of.
FIFY. The only reason Congress has to do these interviews in private is because Lyin' Bill Barr refused to investigate when the matter was referred to him. I guess he's too busy chasing RW conspiracies across Europe trying to clear Don and Vlad for their 2016 shenanigans.
justthefacts
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This is not correct:
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KillerGopherFan
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Name the lie.
So...the new RW talking point is going to be "It's OK to withhold foreign aid to extort dirt on your political opponent, as long as it's good dirt?
That Trump didn't obstruct justice is the big one. But you know this. Another attempt to distract.
KillerGopherFan
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Leaking out extremely limited testimony to construct the narrative just the way the Dems want it is antithetical to American values and justice.
It’s simply an attempt to conceal the truth and damage Trump. If you can’t see or admit that, you’re either a partisan hack or a moron or both.
It’s simply an attempt to conceal the truth and damage Trump. If you can’t see or admit that, you’re either a partisan hack or a moron or both.
KillerGopherFan
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How can something that is a legal opinion given by the top authorized law enforcement official be a lie?
You can criticize the opinion, but that doesn’t make it a lie.
They should release his entire opening statement. I hear it's lovely.
The entire summary was designed to mislead the public about what Mueller found, which is why Mueller called him out on it.
KillerGopherFan
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Mislead the public? He gave the conclusions of the Mueller Report. You may not have liked it, but nothing he said wasn’t true after the Mueller Report was made available to the public.
You think something was different, tell us what was different?
“Stop lying!”
justthefacts
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Yes, I remember when you were really upset that the Volker opening statement got leaked to the Federalist:
http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?90134-All-Things-Impeachment-Inquiry&p=1803026#post1803026
KillerGopherFan
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What are you talking about? Volker opening statement was published to the public:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/read-kurt-volker-trump-ukraine-opening-statement-congress/index.html
justthefacts
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Not by Congress. It was first posted to this thread as a scoop from the Federalist. That discussion was what you were referring to in the link above:
http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?90134-All-Things-Impeachment-Inquiry&p=1802936#post1802936
Here's what the Federalist said:
It did get picked up a lot of other places, like CNN. The House Cmtes Chairs sent a letter to their colleagues that had the text messages in it, but not the statement:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/congress-releases-ukraine-related-text-messages
Do you really think that the House committees would publicly release a less damning statement, while only leaking a more damning one? What sense does that make? Sean Davis used the Volker statement as evidence that something nefarious was going on. bga1 used it to determine Schiff should be in prison: http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?90134-All-Things-Impeachment-Inquiry&p=1802943#post1802943
I will say I think the Democrats should just release everything. They don't have to, but it would be politically wise at this point. But you didn't care about leaks until they were pretty explosive.
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The full opening statement is out. Surely The Fellas would like to read it. You won't see it on Fox News, I'm guessing.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/bill-taylor-opening-statement-congress/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/bill-taylor-opening-statement-congress/index.html
justthefacts
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The fact that CNN has it means that it was published to the public and not leaked, apparently.
justthefacts
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Ha, Fox has a story on Taylor, but it's on one of the least damaging storylines, and one that was public given all of Rudy's shenanigans:
KillerGopherFan
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So I’m supposed to be pissed about GOP leaks b/c the Dems planned a behind closed doors, secret hearings with their intentional leaks to create a narrative?Not by Congress. It was first posted to this thread as a scoop from the Federalist. That discussion was what you were referring to in the link above:
http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?90134-All-Things-Impeachment-Inquiry&p=1802936#post1802936
Here's what the Federalist said:
It did get picked up a lot of other places, like CNN. The House Cmtes Chairs sent a letter to their colleagues that had the text messages in it, but not the statement:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/congress-releases-ukraine-related-text-messages
Do you really think that the House committees would publicly release a less damning statement, while only leaking a more damning one? What sense does that make? Sean Davis used the Volker statement as evidence that something nefarious was going on. bga1 used it to determine Schiff should be in prison: http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?90134-All-Things-Impeachment-Inquiry&p=1802943#post1802943
I will say I think the Democrats should just release everything. They don't have to, but it would be politically wise at this point. But you didn't care about leaks until they were pretty explosive.
Ok, I admit, if the other side is going to do that, I don’t have a problem with leaking in response. How else are they supposed to defend the President against an unprecedented, unAmerican process that denies him due process?
You really exposed my hypocrisy. I suppose the only credible thing to do would be let the Dems destroy Trump at their pleasure.
KillerGopherFan
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Yeah, funny how only certain opening statements are allowed to be made public and others aren’t. Funny how that works with Dems.
KillerGopherFan
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JTFs yeahbut.
justthefacts
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Which opening statement is not available?
KillerGopherFan
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Have they allowed all of them? Maybe so. The media hasn’t really spent any time on them except for Volker’s and Taylor’s.
Good for the Dems. They’re allowing opening statements.
In news today: the Dems came out of the hearings and said “it was horrible...trust me...just horrible”.
KillerGopherFan
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Questions for JTFs:
Has Taylor ever spoken directly to Trump and/or gotten instructions from him?
What did the other witnesses say about what Trump said?
Has Taylor ever spoken directly to Trump and/or gotten instructions from him?
What did the other witnesses say about what Trump said?