- 1 For potentially ignoring court orders on his travel ban 02/01/2017 MSNBC Joaquin Castro
- 2 Because "we have to" 02/06/2017 Grabien Maxine Waters
- 3 For "creating chaos and division" 02/06/2017 CNN Maxine Waters
- 4 For potentially supplying damaging information 02/20/2017 MSNBC Jerry Nadler
- 5 For trying to "undermine Hillary Clinton and therefore undermine our democracy" 03/23/2017 Grabien Maxine Waters
- 6 Because his "motives and actions are contemptible" 04/15/2017 NTK Network Maxine Waters
- 7 For "collusion" 05/11/2017 MSNBC Maxine Waters
- 8 Because "he regards himself as above the law" 05/14/2017 ABC Lawrence Tribe
- 9 For firing Comey 05/15/2017 MSNBC Al Green
- 10 For allegedly disclosing classified info to Russia 05/16/2017 The Washington Free Beacon Maxine Waters
- 11 For Comey saying Trump asked him to drop Flynn probe 05/17/2017 MSNBC Jerry Nadler
- 12 For being "mentally unstable" 05/22/2017 MSNBC Ron Reagan
- 13 Because they've been able to "connect the dots" 05/28/2017 MSNBC Maxine Waters
- 14 Because "a plurality of polls" supports it 06/07/2017 ABC News Al Green
- 15 For being "abnormal" and possibly "crazy" 07/07/2017 NTK Network Maxine Waters
- 16 For banning transgenders from serving in the military 10/11/2017 Grabien Al Green
- 17 For "disrespecting and disparaging women" 10/11/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 18 For saying NFL athletes should stand for the national anthem 10/19/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 19 For being "friends" with Putin 10/24/2017 CNN Maxine Waters
- 20 For being "a clear and present danger" to Americans 10/25/2017 MSNBC Tom Steyer
- 21 For "putting the health and safety of Americans at risk" 10/28/2017 MSNBC Tom Steyer
- 22 For being an "inciter" of "ethnocentrism" 11/08/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 23 For promoting "xenophobia" 11/08/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 24 For inciting "bigotry" 11/08/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 25 For being an "inciter" of "hatred" 11/08/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 26 For "undermining the federal judiciary" 11/15/2017 Grabien Steve Cohen
- 27 For mocking a disabled journalist 11/16/2017 Bloomberg Maxine Waters
- 28 For the "Access Hollywood" tape 11/16/2017 Bloomberg Maxine Waters
- 29 For "threatening the media" 11/18/2017 MSNBC John Yarmuth
- 30 For "taking money from foreign governments" 11/26/2017 CNN Tom Steyer
- 31 For "dereliction of duty" 12/03/2017 MSNBC Ted Lieu
- 32 For being incompetent 12/04/2017 MSNBC Ezra Klein
- 33 For bringing "dishonor" upon the United States 12/06/2017 CSPAN Al Green
- 34 For being "psychologically deranged" 12/16/2017 MSNBC Richard Painter
- 35 For being "racist, sexist, and Islamaphobic" 12/30/2017 MSNBC Anushay Hossain
- 36 For not believing in the Constitution 12/30/2017 MSNBC Karine Jean-Pierre
- 37 For being "unfit" for office 01/08/2018 MSNBC Tom Steyer
- 38 For saying some countries are "shitholes" 01/14/2018 MSNBC Al Green
- 39 For his aides talking to Russians 01/26/2018 CNN Cory Booker
- 40 For urging Sessions to investigate Hillary 02/28/2018 MSNBC Chris Hayes
- 41 For not being respectful 03/04/2018 MSNBC Maxine Waters
- 42 For being "the most dangerous president in American history" 03/05/2018 MSNBC Tom Perez
- 43 For name calling 03/12/2018 MSNBC Maxine Waters
- 44 For A.G. Sessions firing Andrew McCabe 03/16/2018 MSNBC Danny Cevallos
- 45 For violating the "emoluments clause" 03/20/2018 MSNBC Tom Steyer
- 46 For possibly considering "firing" Mueller 03/23/2018 CNN Ted Lieu
- 47 For being "unwilling to make it clear" Russians can't hack America's "critical infrastructure" 03/26/2018 MSNBC John Garamendi
- 48 For being "unworthy" and "despicable" 03/27/2018 MSNBC Maxine Waters
- 49 Because "we have the grounds to do it" 06/27/2018 CNN Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- 50 For staffing Trump Tower with park rangers 01/16/2019 MSNBC Rashida Tlaib
- 51 For the BuzzFeed report on Cohen 01/18/2019 MSNBC Eugene Robinson
- 52 For the "so many things" he has done 01/20/2019 MSNBC Maxine Waters
- 53 Because Virginia's governor wore blackface 02/08/2019 CSPAN Al Green
- 54 To prevent his re-election 05/04/2019 MSNBC Al Green
- 55 Because the "system of checks and balances is at risk" 05/15/2019 C-SPAN Al Green
- 56 To prevent a "monarchy" 05/15/2019 C-SPAN Al Green
- 57 For not releasing his tax returns 05/16/2019 Campaign Ad Tom Steyer
- 58 To put a "stain" on his presidency 05/25/2019 MSNBC Karine Jean-Pierre
- 59 Because it's "critical to our national security" 05/27/2019 MSNBC Richard Painter
- 60 Because it would be "crazy not to do it" 05/30/2019 CNN John Hickenlooper
- 61 In order to "set a precedent" for future presidents 06/01/2019 MSNBC Karine Jean-Pierre
- 62 Because we have a "moral obligation" 06/02/2019 CNN Cory Booker
- 63 Because it will help "educate" and "inform" the American public 06/03/2019 MSNBC Mike Quigley
- 64 Because the president "is leaving us no choice" 06/04/2019 CNN Dan Kildee
- 65 Because it's our "constitutional duty" to "have this debate" 06/08/2019 MSNBC Seth Moulton
- 66 For failing to "produce evidence" 06/10/2019 CNN Steve Cohen
- 67 For saying the press is the "enemy of the people" 06/10/2019 CNN Steve Cohen
- 68 For saying he'd take "dirt" on rivals from foreigners 06/13/2019 CNN Steve Cohen
- 69 For Kellyanne Conway's alleged Hatch Act violation 06/14/2019 MSNBC Richard Painter
- 70 To ensure Robert Mueller's work is continued 06/19/2019 NTK Network Katie Porter
- 71 For being "above the law" 07/11/2019 C-SPAN Al Green
- 72 For "inhumane" conditions at the border 07/15/2019 MSNBC Rashida Tlaib
- 73 For "high crimes and misdemeanors" 07/15/2019 MSNBC Ilhan Omar
- 74 For administration officials defying congressional subpoenas 07/16/2019 C-SPAN Ann Kirkpatrick
- 75 For saying fellow Americans should "go back to other countries" 07/17/2019 C-SPAN Al Green
- 76 For Trump crowd's "send her back" chant 07/18/2019 CNN Al Green
- 77 For attacks on the judiciary 07/19/2019 MSNBC Steve Cohen
- 78 Because we're in a "constitutional crisis" 07/25/2019 C-SPAN Al Green
- 79 For offering to host G7 summit at Doral 08/31/2019 MSNBC House Judiciary Committee
- 80 For influencing the decision of the new FBI building's location 08/31/2019 MSNBC Mike Quigley
- 81 For publicising his own assets 08/31/2019 MSNBC Mike Quigley
- 82 For suggesting a company for Army Corps to award wall production contract 08/31/2019 MSNBC Richard Painter
- 83 For talking like Hitler 08/31/2019 MSNBC Richard Painter
- 84 Because every new impeachable offense makes it harder to take action 08/31/2019 MSNBC David Cicilline
- 85 For investigating Hunter Biden 09/22/2019 CNN Adam Schiff
- 86 For "hijacking" American foreign policy 09/23/2019 MSNBC Chris Hayes
- 87 For betraying his oath of office 09/24/2019 Politico Nancy Pelosi
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
List of reasons the Democrats have given for impeachment
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TDS full blown.
“We had a great phone call,” Zelensky added. “It was normal.”
The Three Socialist Stooges of CHT again got fooled.
The media is not resorting to out and out fabrication as to what the transcript actually said. As if nobody has the smarts to read it for themselves.
Trump asked about crowdstrike investigation. Not Biden. That's huge.
This is quickly unraveling for dems.
Notice how petrified the Left is that anyone look into Biden/Obama/Clintons .
Roger carried the booze on that one CS.
Roger attempted to discredit it because it was not verbatim, only Memorialized.
Like when Comey Memorialed his conversations with Trump.
Trump just declared the US was energy independent!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAA!!!! AND YOU ASS HOLES KEEP SWALLOWING!!!!!
GOD YOU ARE FUCKING NUTS, LIL SCOTTY.....!!!!!!!!!
Wonder where the US is pumping that 13 million barrels of oil a day from????????? LOLOLOLOL
"the fact that the United States is now the world’s biggest oil producer didn’t happen “suddenly.” Instead, “that was me, people.” Yes, Mr. President
we know
Hey goat fucker....that does not make the US independent you asshlole
I have been a litigator since 2015. I haven’t conducted a proper cross-examination since 2014. But if I couldn’t walk a witness, judge, and jury through the transcript of Donald Trump’s call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and demonstrate that a quid pro quo was more likely than not, then I should just hang up my suit and retire in disgrace. Far from being “scattershot” — as my esteemed colleague Kyle Smith declares — the actual sequence is extremely tight, and the asks are very clear.
Indeed, as I also laid out today in Time and on Twitter, the sequence unfolds quite literally in consecutive paragraphs.
First, right near the beginning of the call, President Trump signals his displeasure with Ukraine. He notes that while the United States has been “very good” to Ukraine, he “wouldn’t say” that Ukraine has been “reciprocal” to the United States. There’s nothing subtle about this statement. It’s plain that Trump wants something from Ukraine.
To be clear, there is nothing inherently wrong with that. Nations strike deals all the time. It’s the nature of the proposed deal that’s potentially problematic, not whether two leaders bargain.
In the next paragraph, Zelensky responds with the key ask. He wants more Javelin missiles, an indispensable weapon system in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. It’s an anti-tank missile that helps address the yawning power imbalance between the two countries. It doesn’t level the playing field, but it does help deter Russian aggression by raising the possibility of substantial armor losses on the battlefield.
And what is Trump’s response? The next words out of his mouth are, “I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.” He raises Crowdstrike, the firm the DNC used to investigate the Russian election hacks. From context, it seems as if Trump is asking for additional assistance in investigating the 2016 election-interference scandals.
Given the multiple layers of Ukrainian–American contact during the 2016 campaign cycle, a request for Ukrainian assistance in lawful American investigations of foreign interference is entirely proper. If that’s where the transcript ended, there would be no problems, and it’s entirely proper for Zelensky to respond “yes” and state that the matter was “very important to him.”
But then, in the following paragraph, Trump continues his ask. He says he is going to ask Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney, to call Zelensky, and he asks Zelensky to take the call. Then, Trump says this: “The other thing, there’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great.” He continues, “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it . . . It sounds horrible to me.”
And what is Zelenksy’s response? He pledges that the new Ukrainian prosecutor will be “100 percent” his person and that “he or she will look into the situation.”
I highlight the quid pro quo aspect of the transcript because the other published report — that Trump asked that Ukraine work with Giuliani to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden — is clearly and unequivocally established. The transcript provides proof that Trump made a completely improper request that the president of Ukraine work with Trump’s personal counsel to investigate a political rival. It provides strong evidence that this took place in the context of a quid pro quo for desperately needed military aid.
Trump’s comments to Zelensky should not be considered an offhand remark or word salad that’s merely “Trump being Trump.” Recall that Giuliani has been working on his Ukraine project for months. He has bragged that his efforts should be “very, very helpful to my client.” Trump has wanted to push Biden’s Ukrainian conflicts of interest into the center of the national debate.
More investigation is necessary. Congress needs to understand the full context of Trump’s decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine, it needs to hear the whistleblower’s complaint (though it appears that the whistleblower may have been mainly complaining about the call that we’ve now read), and it needs to determine what, if anything, Ukraine did in response to Trump’s requests. It also needs a full accounting of Giuliani’s odd actions on behalf of his client.
I’m honestly puzzled that Trump’s defenders online are claiming any kind of vindication over the contents of this transcript. It admits one profound abuse of power, and it implies another, even worse, violation of the public trust.
DAVID FRENCH is a senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. @davidafrench
Scott, sorry but you have been foolish in your defense of the President.
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