Trump pushed for investigations "into the Bidens" in exchange for a meeting with Ukraine, according to new transcripts from the impeachment inquiry
"POTUS wanted nothing less than President Zelenskiy to go to [a] microphone and say investigations, Biden, and Clinton," George Kent testified.
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After complaining about a lack of transparency, the senator declared that he will not read any impeachment transcripts.
Gordon Sondland said he now remembers conveying that military aid would be withheld until Ukrainian President Zelenskiy complied with Trump's demands.
"Let me just say that I think that American elections should be for Americans to decide," said Marie Yovanovitch.
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The Ukrainian president's benign interpretation of Trump's conduct is relevant to the impeachment inquiry but not dispositive.
What if we actually took what Trump said seriously? As though he were, say, the President of the United States?
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The president has turned "business as usual" into a national scandal.
Both the president and his critics casually deploy the once-incendiary charge to discredit their opponents.
The president's threats might prevent future whistleblowers from coming forward to expose executive abuse.
If Trump used withholding of aid as leverage to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden, he both violated the Constitution and committed a federal crime. The evidence released so far strongly points in that direction, even if it is not completely definitive.
The president's critics have several legal theories, ranging from frivolous to debatable.
Lawmakers can’t outsource presidential oversight responsibilities to the executive branch.
The whistleblower report alleges an attempted cover-up.
While there may be sound political reasons to let voters decide Trump's fate, there are sound constitutional reasons to clarify the limits of his authority.
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The Trump administration has lost the benefit of the doubt because it has relentlessly lied about so many less significant matters, from weather maps to transcripts of press conferences.
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If Trump threatened to withhold aid funds in order to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and his son, he undermined Congress' power of the purse. It's an important aspect of the Ukraine scandal that has so far been largely ignored.
The decision comes amidst allegations that President Trump pressured Ukraine into performing opposition research on Joe Biden.
Trump used the power of the presidency for personal political gain.
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What does he know? And more importantly, who is the information about?
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Bail revoked for breaking one of the fundamental rules: Don't meddle with the court case.
A total of 32 claims of tax and bank fraud in concealing foreign income.
Why didn't the Obama administration do anything?
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