BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

"Acting ambassador says it was his ‘clear understanding’ U.S. military aid would not be sent until Ukraine pursued investigations that could help Trump"

Taylor will testify in public hearings next week.

"House investigators released a transcript Wednesday of the closed-door testimony of William B. Taylor Jr., the acting ambassador to Ukraine, who told lawmakers that it was his “clear understanding” that U.S. military aid would not be sent until that country pursued investigations that could politically benefit President Trump."

jcboy3

This whole thing is like trying to take down the mob.

BigWahoo Loc: Kentucky

Trump thinks he is above the law; just like most other thugs and criminals.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

If the Senate doesn’t stop this madness, there will be no stopping Trump’s continued abuse of power and disregard for the rule of law.
How many witnesses, what will it take?

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Is "clear understanding" evidence? I for one, do not have a clear understanding of exactly what clear understanding means.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Watch the public hearings next week. You might be enlightened.

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

You still haven't answered my question on another post after I described this "quid pro quo" thing in detail. Where exactly is the crime or wrongdoing?

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Maybe ,maybe not. Even so, I think there needs to be CLEAR evidence of an illegal act, hard evidence. Not merely "I think he did it". There needs to be proof, not someones "clear understanding"? "I heard him say it--is not clear evidence of an impeachable offence. For something as serious as an impeachment there needs to be hard evidence. Clinton was impeached for perjury. He committed perjury on National television. Nixon covered up a buglary on tape. There was hard evidence. Mere opinion--"I think he did it" is opinion.

Frank T Loc: New York, NY

It's called extortion.
Look it up.

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

You've got to be kidding me, Frank. I'll give you ten bucks if the Democrats use "Extortion" as the grounds for their Articles of Impeachment.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Nothing there, it was his understanding from talking to other folks, he had no first hand knowledge, of course that seems to matter little to you doorbells, Biden on the other hand made a video bragging of his qui pro quo, and now there are emails surfacing and phone logs showing his knowledge of the investigation of his son 1 month prior to his having the Ukrainian prosecutor fired, it shows during that period repeated phone calls to the Ukrainian president during the same time and state department correspondence to the Ambassador regarding Biden's son. All this information came from a FOIA release from the state department, now, if Biden was acting on behalf of Burisma when he had the Ukrainian prosecutor fired then Trump had every reason to ask for the investigation, even if Trump just had a legitimate reason to believe that Biden was dirty which we all know that he was then Trump still had a legitimate reason to ask, you folks will rue the day that you chose to go down this road.

There is news out there that is legitimate and news that you never see because the sources you consume will not report it to you....

https://johnsolomonreports.com/h****r-bidens-ukraine-gas-firm-pressed-obama-administration-to-end-corruption-allegations-memos-show/

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Not related to the current Trump inquiry, there is legal admissible evidence aside from “hard” evidence.
Many have been accused, dismissed, convicted, terminated, imprisoned based on “circumstantial” evidence.
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” kind of thing.

So far, though testimony alone, there is a mountain of circumstantial evidence that Trump and his friends conspired to and threatened to withhold Congressional allocated monies from a foreign country in exchange for personal political gain related to a political rival. That is, at the very least abuse of power.
There will be more, but even so-called “hard evidence” will not dissuade the opinions of those immersed in the glory of Trump.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Oh I wish I lived close to you because I would be willing to make a big bet with you how this will end.

Anyway, Baz says that in downtown Miami that you can find human feces pretty much the same as you can in San Francisco, it has been more than a year the last time I was in Miami but I don't remember tent cities, human feces, or needles littering the ground, can you set me straight on this?

Steven Seward Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

I'm starting to doubt anything you say because you keep avoiding answering my questions like the plague, or saying anything at all to me. I'm gonna try again:

Exactly what "crime" is Trump being accused of here? And don't try "abuse of power." Anybody can claim that against any past President or politician in history. That is an opinion, not an actual law. On top of that "threatening to withhold Congressional allocated monies" is also not a crime. Actually "withholding money" might be.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

I never go downtown. I live and stay in West Kendall where I feel relatively safe.

Neither of us, or anybody else, knows the outcome at this point; but in my mind, this ends badly for the country. America will not be great again anytime soon.
There will later be a fight over the spoils, and the blame.