Trump's 12 Impeachable Offenses

[georgephillip]

Putting aside ignorance, arrogance, and stupidity...

The End of the Rule of Law

"Bruce Fein a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump.

"But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations..."

As far as Trump's unique brand of criminality goes:

"The 12 impeachable offenses committed by Trump and singled out by Fein are:

"1. Contempt of Congress

"Trump made clear his contempt of Congress when he boasted, '… I have Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.'"

1. He beat Hillary
2. He beat Hillary
3. He beat Hillary
4. He beat Hillary
5. He beat Hillary
6. He beat Hillary
7. He beat Hillary
8. He beat Hillary
9. He beat Hillary
10. He beat Hillary
11. He beat Hillary
12. He beat Hillary

There; the list.

Greg

1. He beat Hillary
2. He beat Hillary
3. He beat Hillary
4. He beat Hillary
5. He beat Hillary

He lost the popular vote by eight million ballots.

The End of the Rule of Law

"12. Suppression of Free Speech

"'President Trump is violating the First Amendment in stretching the Espionage Act to prosecute publication of leaked classified information that are instrumental to exposing government lies and deterring government wrongdoing or misadventures, including the outstanding indictment against Julian Assange for publishing information which was republished by the New York Times and The Washington Post with impunity,' the memo reads."

 

[georgephillip]

CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS is a Virtue to be admired....and re-elected.

Not when the contempt is expressed by a malignant gangster like Trump:

Legal affairs of Donald Trump - Wikipedia

"Journalists David Cay Johnston and Wayne Barrett, the latter of whom wrote an unauthorized 1992 Trump biography, have claimed that Trump and his companies did business with New York and Philadelphia families linked to the Italian-American Mafia.[202][203]

"A reporter for The Washington Post writes, 'he was never accused of illegality, and observers of the time say that working with the mob-related figures and politicos came with the territory.'[204]

"Trump helped a financier for the Scarfo family get a casino license, and constructed a casino using firms controlled by Nicodemo Scarfo.[205]

"Trump also bought real estate from Philadelphia crime family member Salvatore Testa, and bought concrete from companies associated with the Genovese crime family and the Gambino crime family.[202][203][204]

"Trump Plaza paid a $450,000 fine leveled by the Casino Gaming Commission for giving $1.6 million in rare automobiles to Robert LiButti, the acquaintance of John Gotti already mentioned.[29]

"Starting in 2003, the Trump Organization worked with Felix Sater, who had a 1998 racketeering conviction for a $40 million stock fraud scheme orchestrated by the Russian mafia, and who had then become an informant against the mafia.[206][207]

"Trump's attorney has said that Sater worked with Trump scouting real estate opportunities, but was never formally employed.[20"

 

[georgephillip]

...........let's continue with the carols.......silent night, holy trump........

Thats not a carol.

Thats not a carol.

Quo.

 

[georgephillip]

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Legal affairs of Donald Trump - Wikipedia

"During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, media began reporting in detail on how the Donald J. Trump Foundation was funded and how Donald Trump used its funds. The Washington Post in particular reported several cases of possible misuse, self-dealing and possible tax evasion.[citation needed]

"Regarding the various irregularities in the Trump Foundation, former head of the Internal Revenue Service's Office of Exempt Organizations Division Marc Owens told The Washington Post: 'This is so bizarre, this laundry list of issues.... It's the first time I've ever seen this, and I've been doing this for 25 years in the IRS, and 40 years total.'

"When interviewed for the Post's article, Trump spokesperson Boris Epshtein said that Trump did not knowingly violate any tax laws.[citation needed]

"The office of New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman investigated the foundation 'to make sure it's complying with the laws governing charities in New York.' The Trump Foundation was in fact found to have committed fraud and misappropriated funds, and was ordered to be shut down."

 

[georgephillip]

If the limbs didn't spend all their time making up crazy stories about Trump they might actually try and get something passed in congress. Imagine how screwed we would all be then. I hope they keep their little temper tantrum going. At least that way we are all safe from them crashing the economy and throwing out running the country into ruin.

"10. Soliciting a Foreign Contribution for the 2020 Presidential Campaign and Bribery

"'President Trump has endeavored to corrupt the 2020 presidential campaign by soliciting the President of Ukraine to contribute something of value to diminish the popularity of potential rival Joe Biden, i.e., a Ukrainian investigation of Mr. Biden and his son Hunter relating to potential corrupt practices of Burisma, which compensated Hunter handsomely ($50,000 per month). In so doing, Mr. Trump violated the criminal campaign finance prohibition set forth in 52 U.S.C. 30121,' Fein’s memo reads."

The End of the Rule of Law

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people. But if you are wrapping yourself in upholding the constitution, if you have the evidence and right on your side why back down? Oh of course it was and is political theater in hopes of creating a better arena for their poor candidate.

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people

Which people would that be?

New Impeachment Poll: Quid Pro Quo Trouble Ahead

 

[Maxdeath]

If the limbs didn't spend all their time making up crazy stories about Trump they might actually try and get something passed in congress. Imagine how screwed we would all be then. I hope they keep their little temper tantrum going. At least that way we are all safe from them crashing the economy and throwing out running the country into ruin.

"10. Soliciting a Foreign Contribution for the 2020 Presidential Campaign and Bribery

"'President Trump has endeavored to corrupt the 2020 presidential campaign by soliciting the President of Ukraine to contribute something of value to diminish the popularity of potential rival Joe Biden, i.e., a Ukrainian investigation of Mr. Biden and his son Hunter relating to potential corrupt practices of Burisma, which compensated Hunter handsomely ($50,000 per month). In so doing, Mr. Trump violated the criminal campaign finance prohibition set forth in 52 U.S.C. 30121,' Fein’s memo reads."

The End of the Rule of Law

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people. But if you are wrapping yourself in upholding the constitution, if you have the evidence and right on your side why back down? Oh of course it was and is political theater in hopes of creating a better arena for their poor candidate.

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people

Which people would that be?

New Impeachment Poll: Quid Pro Quo Trouble Ahead

Try current polls. But then again don't let reality get in the way of your narrative.

But of course it would be nice if you actually posted current polls on impeachment nd not election interferance. But hey why bother you couldn't understand them anyway.

 

[Oddball]

 

[georgephillip]

Trump is a poo poo head, must impeach.

 

[georgephillip]

The thing about impeachment is you got to wait for it

So let the mud slinging begin and just remember to duck or it may stick

but in the mean time watching the Donald dance is prime time television

as I have said, Donald is his own worst enemy

He will make the case for impeachment but it will take some defectors to find him guilty in what is called the US Senate

Apparently, Trump will have the chance to defend himself before the House votes on charges of impeachment?

Guide to the 2019 Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump

"What’s happening now

"The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made transcripts of the depositions public, has held public hearings with key witnesses, and will make a public report of its findings.

"Then the House Committee on the Judiciary may report articles of impeachment, which would be the grounds on which the House could vote to impeach the President. Before a possible vote on impeachment, both committees will hold one or more public hearings, in which the President may participate.

Possible Charges » Chronology » How Impeachment Works »"

 

[georgephillip]

I bet GP loves pork.

Not as much as Trump

No worries, you get the pickled feet.

No worries, you get the pickled feet

Check your phone

The End of the Rule of Law

"11. Violating Citizen Privacy

“'Government spying on Americans ordinarily requires a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate based on probable cause to believe crime is afoot,' the memo reads. 'President Trump, however, routinely violates the Fourth Amendment with suspicionless surveillance of Americans for non-criminal, foreign intelligence purposes under Executive Order 12333 and aggressive interpretations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.'"

Sorry gp. That was W that started the spying.

Sorry gp. That was W that started the spying.

Trump is not the only recent president who deserved impeachment...

The End of the Rule of Law

"Bruce Fein a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump.

"But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration.

"They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations..."

"'Many of the Democrats in the past have been complicit in these violations,' Fein said when I reached him by phone in Washington, D.C.

"'They have unclean hands. They have acquiesced in illegal surveillance, as revealed by Edward Snowden. The most serious constitutional violations are the ones that are institutional usurpations. These usurpations [by both parties] have permanently weakened, if not eviscerated, the power of the legislature versus the executive.'"

 

[JoeMoma]

Trump is not the only recent president who deserved impeachment...

If other recent presidents were held to the same contorted standards as Trump by the libs and MSN, then they all deserved to be impeached.

 

[georgephillip]

i grant you that Trump can be a jerk sometimes.

now, show me where in the constitution it says you can impeach a president because he acts like a jerk! HMMMM?

How about bribery?

Guide to the 2019 Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump

"The White House has said that in a July 25, 2019 phone call, President Trump asked Ukraine president Volodymr Zelenskyy for a 'favor' to investigate the President’s chief political opponent at the time, former vice president Joe Biden ('Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution [into the Ukrainian energy company that paid his son] so if you can look into it...,' Trump said on the call) and to locate the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s 2016 email server ('The server, they say Ukraine has it,' Trump said on the call).

"The President asked Zelenskyy to coordinate the investigations with the President’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who told Fox News on Oct. 2, 2019, 'I explored [the accusation] as part of my duty as an attorney to show that the crimes committed, were not by my client, but by Democrats.' Trump and his associates accuse Biden of using his position as vice president, around 2016, to help a Ukrainian energy company which made payments to his son, although the accusation is unsubstantiated.

"Although the President has said he asked Zelenskyy for a legitimate investigation into corrupt acts by Biden, whether or not Biden acted improperly is not actually at issue.

"The President’s motivation is the central component of this potential charge.

"The President’s focus on domestic issues related to the 2016 presidential election (in which he won) and a likely candidate in the 2020 presidential election (who he will likely run against), and not any other corruption in Ukraine, and the involvement of the President’s personal lawyer who said he is being paid to pursue partisan goals, suggest the President’s motivation may have been political.

"Foreign entities are prohibited by law from making contributions to political campaigns, including by providing favors of material value, and an impeachment charge could be based on a violation of law or perceived norms for foreign interference in elections or abuse of power."

 

[georgephillip]

Putting aside ignorance, arrogance, and stupidity...

The End of the Rule of Law

"Bruce Fein a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump.

"But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations..."

As far as Trump's unique brand of criminality goes:

"The 12 impeachable offenses committed by Trump and singled out by Fein are:

"1. Contempt of Congress

"Trump made clear his contempt of Congress when he boasted, '… I have Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.'"

Are you?

 

[georgephillip]

Trump is not the only recent president who deserved impeachment...

If other recent presidents were held to the same contorted standards as Trump by the libs and MSN, then they all deserved to be impeached.

If other recent presidents were held to the same contorted standards as Trump by the libs and MSN, then they all deserved to be impeached.

Trump has asked two foreign countries to investigate a domestic political rival in public; can you name another POTUS whose blatant criminality rivals that?

 

[Hossfly]

Putting aside ignorance, arrogance, and stupidity...

The End of the Rule of Law

"Bruce Fein a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump.

"But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations..."

As far as Trump's unique brand of criminality goes:

"The 12 impeachable offenses committed by Trump and singled out by Fein are:

"1. Contempt of Congress

"Trump made clear his contempt of Congress when he boasted, '… I have Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.'"

Are you?

I'm not surprised. And he'll never get a good paying job.

 

[georgephillip]

Putting aside ignorance, arrogance, and stupidity...

The End of the Rule of Law

"Bruce Fein a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump.

"But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations..."

As far as Trump's unique brand of criminality goes:

"The 12 impeachable offenses committed by Trump and singled out by Fein are:

"1. Contempt of Congress

"Trump made clear his contempt of Congress when he boasted, '… I have Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.'"

Are you?

I'm not surprised. And he'll never get a good paying job.

I'm not surprised. And he'll never get a good paying job.

He had that covered at birth.

"By age 3, Mr. Trump was earning $200,000 a year in today’s dollars from his father’s empire.

"He was a millionaire by age 8.

"By the time he was 17, his father had given him part ownership of a 52-unit apartment building.

"Soon after Mr. Trump graduated from college, he was receiving the equivalent of $1 million a year from his father.

"The money increased with the years, to more than $5 million annually in his 40s and 50s."

Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father

 

[georgephillip]

If the limbs didn't spend all their time making up crazy stories about Trump they might actually try and get something passed in congress. Imagine how screwed we would all be then. I hope they keep their little temper tantrum going. At least that way we are all safe from them crashing the economy and throwing out running the country into ruin.

"10. Soliciting a Foreign Contribution for the 2020 Presidential Campaign and Bribery

"'President Trump has endeavored to corrupt the 2020 presidential campaign by soliciting the President of Ukraine to contribute something of value to diminish the popularity of potential rival Joe Biden, i.e., a Ukrainian investigation of Mr. Biden and his son Hunter relating to potential corrupt practices of Burisma, which compensated Hunter handsomely ($50,000 per month). In so doing, Mr. Trump violated the criminal campaign finance prohibition set forth in 52 U.S.C. 30121,' Fein’s memo reads."

The End of the Rule of Law

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people. But if you are wrapping yourself in upholding the constitution, if you have the evidence and right on your side why back down? Oh of course it was and is political theater in hopes of creating a better arena for their poor candidate.

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people. But if you are wrapping yourself in upholding the constitution, if you have the evidence and right on your side why back down? Oh of course it was and is political theater in hopes of creating a better arena for their poor candidate

Can you say "quid pro quo"?

Guide to the 2019 Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump

"One of the President’s foreign policy goals has been to get European countries to step up their support for military security, rather than relying on the United States.

"According to the White House, in the July 25, 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy phone call, the President told Zelenskyy that he thought the United States’s security aid to Ukraine made the nations’ relationship not “reciprocal,” and then in his next sentence asked Zelenskyy for the 'favor' described above. Trump told Zelenskyy, 'it’s very important that you do it.'

"Additionally, prior to the call, on July 10, 2019, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told a high-ranking Ukrainian official that a previously extended invitation for Zelenzyy to meet President Trump at the White House was on the condition that Ukraine investigate Joe Biden, according to testimony by White House adviser Alexandar Vindman.

"On the Trump-Zelenskyy call, Zelenskyy replies that they will “look into the situation” related to the Ukrainian energy company that Biden is accused of helping.

"Although not stated in clear words on the call, Zelenskyy may have understood the President as asking Ukraine to make the relationship reciprocal by performing the favor in exchange for either the military aid that Ukraine already receives from the United States or for a meeting with Trump at the White House — a quid pro quo.

"Quid pro quo is a generally accepted tool in foreign policy and well within the President’s foreign policy powers — so long as the President is conducting foreign affairs.

"If an investigation into Biden is deemed to be a political or domestic matter, and not a legitimate foreign policy goal, an impeachment charge might be based on violating bribery law, abuse of power, or the norms around the President not interfering in domestic law enforcement cases."

 

[Hossfly]

If the limbs didn't spend all their time making up crazy stories about Trump they might actually try and get something passed in congress. Imagine how screwed we would all be then. I hope they keep their little temper tantrum going. At least that way we are all safe from them crashing the economy and throwing out running the country into ruin.

"10. Soliciting a Foreign Contribution for the 2020 Presidential Campaign and Bribery

"'President Trump has endeavored to corrupt the 2020 presidential campaign by soliciting the President of Ukraine to contribute something of value to diminish the popularity of potential rival Joe Biden, i.e., a Ukrainian investigation of Mr. Biden and his son Hunter relating to potential corrupt practices of Burisma, which compensated Hunter handsomely ($50,000 per month). In so doing, Mr. Trump violated the criminal campaign finance prohibition set forth in 52 U.S.C. 30121,' Fein’s memo reads."

The End of the Rule of Law

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people. But if you are wrapping yourself in upholding the constitution, if you have the evidence and right on your side why back down? Oh of course it was and is political theater in hopes of creating a better arena for their poor candidate.

You have to give the Dems credit. They are so sure that they have right on their side, that they are upholding the constitution, that they have damning evedince a number of them are now calling for censure rather then impeachment. The polls are telling them they don't have the intrest of the people. But if you are wrapping yourself in upholding the constitution, if you have the evidence and right on your side why back down? Oh of course it was and is political theater in hopes of creating a better arena for their poor candidate

Can you say "quid pro quo"?

Guide to the 2019 Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump

"One of the President’s foreign policy goals has been to get European countries to step up their support for military security, rather than relying on the United States.

"According to the White House, in the July 25, 2019 Trump-Zelenskyy phone call, the President told Zelenskyy that he thought the United States’s security aid to Ukraine made the nations’ relationship not “reciprocal,” and then in his next sentence asked Zelenskyy for the 'favor' described above. Trump told Zelenskyy, 'it’s very important that you do it.'

"Additionally, prior to the call, on July 10, 2019, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told a high-ranking Ukrainian official that a previously extended invitation for Zelenzyy to meet President Trump at the White House was on the condition that Ukraine investigate Joe Biden, according to testimony by White House adviser Alexandar Vindman.

"On the Trump-Zelenskyy call, Zelenskyy replies that they will “look into the situation” related to the Ukrainian energy company that Biden is accused of helping.

"Although not stated in clear words on the call, Zelenskyy may have understood the President as asking Ukraine to make the relationship reciprocal by performing the favor in exchange for either the military aid that Ukraine already receives from the United States or for a meeting with Trump at the White House — a quid pro quo.

"Quid pro quo is a generally accepted tool in foreign policy and well within the President’s foreign policy powers — so long as the President is conducting foreign affairs.

"If an investigation into Biden is deemed to be a political or domestic matter, and not a legitimate foreign policy goal, an impeachment charge might be based on violating bribery law, abuse of power, or the norms around the President not interfering in domestic law enforcement cases."

Many legal minds have said none of the charges would hold up in a court of law.

 

[Correll]

Putting aside ignorance, arrogance, and stupidity...

The End of the Rule of Law

"Bruce Fein a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump.

"But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations..."

As far as Trump's unique brand of criminality goes:

"The 12 impeachable offenses committed by Trump and singled out by Fein are:

"1. Contempt of Congress

"Trump made clear his contempt of Congress when he boasted, '… I have Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.'"

Are you?

For years, people like Ann Coulter were saying that the way for the republicans to win, were to appeal to working class whites.


The experts, the talking heads, the professional politician, all dismissed such talk as crazy.


Trump disagreed, and ran with it.


The entire political class, the entire pollster industry, and the entire media industry, all laughed at him.


He was right and they were wrong.


Anyone who can look at that, and not see brilliance, is a self blinded fool.

 

[JoeMoma]

Trump is not the only recent president who deserved impeachment...

If other recent presidents were held to the same contorted standards as Trump by the libs and MSN, then they all deserved to be impeached.

If other recent presidents were held to the same contorted standards as Trump by the libs and MSN, then they all deserved to be impeached.

Trump has asked two foreign countries to investigate a domestic political rival in public; can you name another POTUS whose blatant criminality rivals that?

Obama gave millions of illegal aliens legal status contrary to law passed by congress and signed by a previous president.