Weekend Impeachment Stuff

[kilgrave]

Saw this from today:


First House Republican comes out in support of impeachment inquiry: report
By Brie Stimson | Fox News

Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., on Friday became the first House Republican to express support for Congress' impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

“I’m a big fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and see where it goes,” he said in a conference call with reporters, according to The Hill.

Amodei told reporters that at this point he wouldn’t vote to impeach Trump. But he said he was concerned about the July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump asked him to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s activities in the country.

“Using government agencies to, if it’s proven, to put your finger on the scale of an election, I don’t think that’s right,” Amodei added. “If it turns out that it’s something along those lines, then there’s a problem.”

But he cautioned he was “in no way, shape, or form" indicating "support for impeachment," The Hill reported.

Trump’s phone call with Zelensky came under scrutiny after an unidentified whistleblower filed a complaint with the Inspector General, alleging Trump abused his office by pressuring a foreign country to investigate his political rival.

Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., has said he supports impeachment. He left the Republican party earlier this year.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-supports-impeachment-inquiry-im-a-big-fan-of-oversight.amp

[madisen]

Here’s another tidbit about the timeline of firing Coats and discussion around his successor:


www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-ukraine-call-sparks-questions-050108666.html

[pitta12]

Barr is pretending to be surprised and outraged that 45 mentioned him on that call and is saying he’s had nothing to do with Ukraine or the Bidens. Sounds like BS designed to dodge recusal.

apnews.com/7d134da3dadd497e9af37c60278d68dc

[isabel]

“Using government agencies to, if it’s proven, to put your finger on the scale of an election, I don’t think that’s right,” Amodei added.

I mean, I should fucking hope not since it's ILLEGAL. Jesus. These men. What the fuck is wrong with you?

[pixy0stix]

"If it's proven" WTF? Trump admitted it.

[mbcdefg]

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is on shaky ground in the wake of a bad week for President Trump, according to multiple sources with knowledge of discussions surrounding the whistleblower fallout.

The sources say the President is not upset with Mulvaney for the White House releasing the summary of his July 25 call with Ukraine's leader or the whistleblower complaint because he had been convinced that it was necessary.

What Trump and other aides are frustrated with, according to the sources, is that Mulvaney did not have a strategy for defending and explaining the contents of those documents as soon as they were publicly released.

www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/politics/mick-mulvaney-impeachment-inquiry-donald-trump/index.html

[mbcdefg]

Rep. Amodei denies he was the first House Republican to back impeachment inquiry

[madisen]

So ominous....

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/vladimir-putin-may-just-sent-170100125.html

[pitta12]

When in hot water, the best strategy is to investigate Hillary Clinton’s emails some more. FFS.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-dept-intensifies-email-probe-of-hillary-clintons-former-aides/2019/09/28/9f15497e-e1f2-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html

[miniroller]

JINX pitta12 Beat me to it!

I smell a bit of DESPERATION:
State Dept. intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton’s former aides
www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-dept-intensifies-email-probe-of-hillary-clintons-former-aides/2019/09/28/9f15497e-e1f2-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html
The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email, reviving a politically toxic matter that overshadowed the 2016 election, current and former officials said.
🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🙄

[peachy]

Fuck you Amodei, you spineless weasel

-Nevadan

[Velar Fricative]

Sept 28, 2019 16:44:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Rep. Amodei denies he was the first House Republican to back impeachment inquiry

So courageous.

In all seriousness though, it just clearly demonstrates that they are all ride-or-die for Trump, a man who doesn’t give a shit about any of them or their party as long as they help him avoid jail for as long as possible.

[shortcake2675]

Sept 28, 2019 19:32:26 GMT -5 peachy said:

Fuck you Amodei, you spineless weasel

-Nevadan

Seconded.
-Nevadan

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 28, 2019 21:24:45 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Sept 28, 2019 16:44:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Rep. Amodei denies he was the first House Republican to back impeachment inquiry

So courageous.

In all seriousness though, it just clearly demonstrates that they are all ride-or-die for Trump, a man who doesn’t give a shit about any of them or their party as long as they help him avoid jail for as long as possible.

The blind loyalty is something I will never understand.

[cville]

Sept 28, 2019 22:04:40 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Sept 28, 2019 21:24:45 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

So courageous.

In all seriousness though, it just clearly demonstrates that they are all ride-or-die for Trump, a man who doesn’t give a shit about any of them or their party as long as they help him avoid jail for as long as possible.

The blind loyalty is something I will never understand.

Right? Like, I get that people don't want to cross the mafia don because he'll kill you. But 45 will do that (metaphorically if not literally) even if you do stay loyal so there's no payoff.

[madisen]

With the story about the Russians and the NRA, and this story i’m linking here, it just lends more credence to it not being blind loyalty to trump but really the fact that if he goes down, a lot of them go down with him. My guess is enough to really gut the currently elected GOP.

www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-help-giuliani-turned-unlikely-201513947.html

[mrsukyankee]

Wanna guess that someone has something on Rep. Amodei? Or that he got horrific threats to his family after that was posted (welcome to being a female in politics, sir).

[Velar Fricative]

My feeling re: blind loyalty is that today’s GOP sees the writing on the wall regarding the future. That’s why they gerrymander to keep their seats and are blazing through judicial appointments at breakneck speed and making sure their favored judges have long lives ahead of them. This could very well be their last shot at making their conservative mark on the country.

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 29, 2019 6:03:09 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

My feeling re: blind loyalty is that today’s GOP sees the writing on the wall regarding the future. That’s why they gerrymander to keep their seats and are blazing through judicial appointments at breakneck speed and making sure their favored judges have long lives ahead of them. This could very well be their last shot at making their conservative mark on the country.

I agree with this sentiment.

[curbsideprophet]

I am hoping this takes down at least a few GOP reps and senators. I don’t really trust any of them and would not be surprised at all if some of them are being black mailed or extorted.

[mbcdefg]

FOX News Sunday: Chris Wallace reports Rudy Giuliani did not act alone in trying to get dirt from Ukraine on Joe Biden... and much more.

Then-- Kevin Corke discusses further information on the Trump whistleblower complaint and the Democrat's push for impeachment.

Wallace says Joe diGenova worked with Rudy to get oppo on Biden. diGenova is the guest whom Tucker had on this week to laugh at Andrew Napolitano’s claim that Trump committed a crime in his convo with Zelensky

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 29, 2019 7:17:38 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

I am hoping this takes down at least a few GOP reps and senators. I don’t really trust any of them and would not be surprised at all if some of them are being black mailed or extorted.

I think our hope should be in getting Trump out of office, because I don’t see anything happening to the GOP. At least not in the near future.

[kilgrave]

Dang. I saw Chris Wallace making a stance about how this is indeed something instead of nothing, so I figured his show would be interesting Trump must be throwing feces that his network isn't marching to the beat.

[mbcdefg]

More on the Chris Wallace report:

Fox News reported that two frequent guests on the network, Joe diGenova and his wife Victoria Toensing, were "working off the books" to help Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on Biden—and the only person who knew about their involvement was Trump himself.

www.thedailybeast.com/joe-digenova-and-victoria-toensing-worked-with-rudy-giuliani-to-dig-up-ukraine-dirt-on-joe-biden-report

[bowies]

Isn’t that the same lawyer who Trump wanted to name WH counsel? It’s hard for me to keep up with who’s who in the criming zoo. It was either WH counsel or his outside counsel.

[kilgrave]

Sept 29, 2019 12:12:55 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

More on the Chris Wallace report:

Fox News reported that two frequent guests on the network, Joe diGenova and his wife Victoria Toensing, were "working off the books" to help Rudy Giuliani dig up dirt on Biden—and the only person who knew about their involvement was Trump himself.

www.thedailybeast.com/joe-digenova-and-victoria-toensing-worked-with-rudy-giuliani-to-dig-up-ukraine-dirt-on-joe-biden-report    

It's posts like these where I really wish we had the full spread of reactions vs. just a thumbs-up. Damn.

[bowies]

The fact that Fox News is devolving into civil war is particularly excellent. That workplace has to be toxic AF even after the “bad actors” left. Team Smith/Wallace I guess.

[mbcdefg]

"'60 Minutes' has obtained a letter that indicates the government whistleblower who set off the impeachment inquiry of President Trump is under federal protection, because he or she fears for their safety."

www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-adam-schiff-kevin-mccarthy-why-trump-impeachment-inquiry-launched-60-minutes-2019-09-29/

[pixy0stix]

I was watching 60 min for once, and it was doing a good "no frills" job of explaining what was happening.

[AAM2012]

Sept 29, 2019 19:09:22 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

"'60 Minutes' has obtained a letter that indicates the government whistleblower who set off the impeachment inquiry of President Trump is under federal protection, because he or she fears for their safety."

www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-adam-schiff-kevin-mccarthy-why-trump-impeachment-inquiry-launched-60-minutes-2019-09-29/

Isn’t this a no brainer? Especially after the comments Drump made about being a spy?