Post by CallingAllAngels on Sept 25, 2019 9:14:24 GMT -5
From the WaPo article:
Career prosecutors and officials in the Justice Department’s criminal division then reviewed the transcript of the call, which they obtained voluntarily from the White House, and determined the facts “could not make out and cannot make out” the appropriate basis for an investigation, a senior Justice Department official said. As part of their reasoning, Justice Department lawyers determined that help with a government investigation could not be considered “a thing of value” under the law.
In a statement, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said that the Justice Department’s criminal division “reviewed the official record of the call and determined, based on the facts and applicable law, that there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted.”
“All relevant components of the Department agreed with this legal conclusion, and the Department has concluded the matter,” Kupec said.
There it is. The only part that matters to Republicans (besides the fact that now Biden is associated with shady Ukraine stuff). I want to barf.
Holy shit! "At the outset of the call, Trump also asks for Ukraine’s help in finding the location of the Democratic National Committee server that U.S. officials say was hacked by Russian intelligence in the run-up to the 2016 election."
He asked Ukraine to do him a favor and work with Barr and Giuliani regarding Biden and his son.
My God. It’s right there.
He sure showed us.
What did he think was going to happen if this got released? If I understand things correctly, true transcripts don't exist - this is based on notes from intelligence people that were on the call.
Career prosecutors and officials in the Justice Department’s criminal division then reviewed the transcript of the call, which they obtained voluntarily from the White House, and determined the facts “could not make out and cannot make out” the appropriate basis for an investigation, a senior Justice Department official said. As part of their reasoning, Justice Department lawyers determined that help with a government investigation could not be considered “a thing of value” under the law.
In a statement, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said that the Justice Department’s criminal division “reviewed the official record of the call and determined, based on the facts and applicable law, that there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted.”
“All relevant components of the Department agreed with this legal conclusion, and the Department has concluded the matter,” Kupec said.
There it is. The only part that matters to Republicans (besides the fact that now Biden is associated with shady Ukraine stuff). I want to barf.
We need the whole whistleblower complaint.
The part about the DoJ concluding there was no crime is making my head explode. It’s so clear as day to anyone with a shred of decency.
How the fuck is he going to get out of this one (because we all know that he will).
Is it just simply a matter of the GOP-controlled Senate saying “eh nothing to see here” and then it’s over?
I ... just don’t possibly see a reasonable way to explain this away. I know it WILL be, as everything else up until now has, but this is beyond out of control.
There it is. The only part that matters to Republicans (besides the fact that now Biden is associated with shady Ukraine stuff). I want to barf.
We need the whole whistleblower complaint.
The part about the DoJ concluding there was no crime is making my head explode. It’s so clear as day to anyone with a shred of decency.
Hence the whistleblower coming forward because of aforementioned head explosion!
I’m aghast at the flipping spin & if I see John Neely Kennedy on one more MSNBC/ CNN show both-side comparing Hunter Biden with this corrupt BS my head might, literally, explode.
So no one else has to give Fox News a click, here's the headline and intro graph to their lead news (not opinion) story on the issue:
Ukraine call transcript shows Trump sought Biden probe, asked about DNC server – but made no mention of US aid
The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing him seeking a review of Biden family dealings in the country – but the document does not show Trump explicitly leveraging military aid as part of a quid-pro-quo, as Democrats have suggested in pressing forward with impeachment.
The part about the DoJ concluding there was no crime is making my head explode. It’s so clear as day to anyone with a shred of decency.
Hence the whistleblower coming forward because of aforementioned head explosion!
I’m aghast at the flipping spin & if I see John Neely Kennedy on one more MSNBC/ CNN show both-side comparing Hunter Biden with this corrupt BS my head might, literally, explode.
Exactly, it’s a false equivalence. 1) Hunter Biden is not a sitting president nor is he currently running for president. 2) Both parties can be wrong. The Bidens can be wrong (and truthfully, I hope that whole family takes a seat now) and Trump can also be very, very wrong. And two wrongs don’t make a right here.
So no one else has to give Fox News a click, here's the headline and intro graph to their lead news (not opinion) story on the issue:
Ukraine call transcript shows Trump sought Biden probe, asked about DNC server – but made no mention of US aid
The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing him seeking a review of Biden family dealings in the country – but the document does not show Trump explicitly leveraging military aid as part of a quid-pro-quo, as Democrats have suggested in pressing forward with impeachment.
I'm going to Hulk smash something out of frustration. It doesn't matter about withholding aid. It was the conversation that is the entire problem here. In fact, the money is just a secondary (although pretty big) concern.
I just...can't. It's not a campaign finance violation since there's no monetary value attached to information. Never mind that he is literally asking for a foreign government to provide influential (and proven false already) information on our election. No biggie here, you guys!
And the way he releases it like he knows nothing will happen...this comes from years of nothing happening, Dems. Nice job sitting around wringing your hands worrying about the assholes that are the Trump base.
They are being purposefully obtuse. It’s frustrating as hell! All they say is no quid pro quo. When that is not what is needed to make this an improper and impeachable offense. It is implicit and anyone can see that. They’re closing their eyes and ears and saying “nope don’t see it!”
Get ready for a wild ride because the twists and turns these assholes will do to protect trump, will be worse than the Mueller report.
There’s a few “...” omissions in that memo in sensitive areas. Also 45 brings up his BS immediately after Zelensky thanks him for the military aid. I know the right will still say it’s nothing, but it’s definitely not nothing.