Friday, September 20, 2019

Because he paid no price the first time




President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine's president during a July phone call to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter, suggesting roughly eight times that he work with Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, to carry out the probe, according to a new report Friday by The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter.

In the phone call, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "that he should work with [Mr. Giuliani] on Biden, and that people in Washington wanted to know" whether allegations were true or not, one of the people said, according to the Journal, which noted that $250 million in US military aid to Ukraine did not come up in the call.

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[I[n a back-and-forth with reporters, [Trump] did not deny discussing Biden with Zelensky in that July phone call -- a potential subject for the complaint.

  CNN
He revels in getting away with it. He no longer has to deny anything. He knows the Dems aren't going to stop him.
Appearing in a rambling interview on CNN on Thursday evening, Giuliani admitted he had discussed Biden with Ukraine's leaders during a visit to the country.

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"There's a real sense of urgency here since the Inspector General was so clear this is not something that can wait," said House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff on Friday, a day after his panel was briefed behind closed doors by the inspector general.
And what are you prepared to do about it? Nothing.



"This time for real."

Go home, Nancy.



You have to wonder if there's more to Nancy's obstinance on the impeachment issue than a worry about Democrats' 2020 races.




 And, as for Rudy...



UPDATE:



Bingo.

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