Why Is The GOP Senate So Afraid To Call Witnesses??

[Care4all]

The House needs to present a complete and valid case. They are the prosecutors. The Senate is the jury. A jury does not investigate.

A jury does not get to tell the prosecution who can testify and what evidence can be presented by them.... A jury gets to view all of the evidence, hear all of the witnesses, from both the Prosecution and the defendant, and THEN get to deliberate and make an informed decision based off of that evidence.

guessing you forgot that part...?

No witnesses or evidence is presented to the jury during deliberations. Guessing you forgot about that part.

Yep.... And deliberation comes AFTER the trial case has been presented, after both sides have given their closing arguments and when the jury goes behind closed doors to DELIBERATE their verdict.

 

[Faun]

His record shows otherwise, lying con tool.

Statistics can be used to do one of two things, Faun...to illustrate the truth...or to obscure it! You use statistics to hide how badly Barack Obama's Administration did when it came to creating jobs. It's why you struggle so mightily for a response when I ask for something as simple as what Obama economic policy CREATED jobs!

Poor lying con tool, Obama was handed a horrible economy and turned it around. Impeached Trump was handed a good economy and kept it growing. I mentioned a bunch of things Obama did. It matters not to anyone the a lying con tool thinks Obama's policies didn't help. Of course, I'm saying this to an idiot who thinks Impeached Trump did help the economy before he was even sworn in, before even his first policy went into effect.

Wall Street welcomes Trump with a bang: Dow soars 257 points, nears lifetime high

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

It is an indicator of a positive or negative business climate.

No, it's not. The Dow, for example, dropped from 26K to to 23K in 2018 while during that same time, we had 2.9% GDP growth and millions of jobs added. Sometimes the market reflects the economy, sometimes it doesn't. It is not an economic indicator.

 

[Care4all]

Here is what you dic suckers were saying during the House proceedings.....anytime a witness that was relevant to the Ukrainian call and the extortion efforts associated with it -- all we heard was "but but, they didn't have DIRECT KNOWLEDGE, waah waah waah"

So I assume that if the witnesses with this DIRECT KNOWLEDGE were to testify, that would matter more to you right?? Or were you just whining just to be whining....

And who were these witnesses that had this DIRECT KNOWLEDGE?? Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney, Rudy Giulani.....so now you are saying that hearing from witnesses with DIRECT KNOWLEDGE will be a bad thing for Trump...why??

Well idiot, see if you can understand this. When the prosecution has NO case, there is no need for a defense. You have to prove a crime. You can’t because there isn’t one. So now you cry like a little ***** because you can’t just get your way when the other side is in charge.

The prosecution has not presented their case to the jury yet, in the trial... witnesses will need to be called, in order to present their case......

They have their case. They should not have voted to impeach if their case was incomplete.

You will see a motion to dismiss on Day One, and it will likely pass.

Bull crap. No prosecutor is limited to only witnesses they had to indict.

If this case is dismissed by McConnell, it would just show how CORRUPT the Gop and Trump are.... the FIX WAS IN... to exonerate their CROOK.

You're quite thick, so no reason to continually repeat myself.

I'm sure that's what Nancy is counting on, but no one cares how Nancy thinks. The Democrats look completely ridiculous, and no matter which way they go with this, they will be made to look even more ridiculous.

They've lost whatever momentum they may have generated for themselves..

Only to the brainwashed, brain dead, trumpettes.

 

[Faun]

His record shows otherwise, lying con tool.

Statistics can be used to do one of two things, Faun...to illustrate the truth...or to obscure it! You use statistics to hide how badly Barack Obama's Administration did when it came to creating jobs. It's why you struggle so mightily for a response when I ask for something as simple as what Obama economic policy CREATED jobs!

How about these statistics, we lost 800,000 jobs in jan & Feb of 2009. Our economy was shrinking at a rate over 6%.

The truth is that Obmsa built a string, growing economy.

Trump's plan was to create jobs through borrowing 1.5 trillion.

Obama was President in January and February 2009.

Just the facts, Dave.

The Bush Recession started in the 4th quarter of 2007 you ******* moron.

The Democrats controlled Congress beginning January 2007. Barney had already had his way.

LOLOL

If you think the causes of the Great Recession began in 2007, then your mental deformity is beyond repair.

 

[Polishprince]

Statistics can be used to do one of two things, Faun...to illustrate the truth...or to obscure it! You use statistics to hide how badly Barack Obama's Administration did when it came to creating jobs. It's why you struggle so mightily for a response when I ask for something as simple as what Obama economic policy CREATED jobs!

How about these statistics, we lost 800,000 jobs in jan & Feb of 2009. Our economy was shrinking at a rate over 6%.

The truth is that Obmsa built a string, growing economy.

Trump's plan was to create jobs through borrowing 1.5 trillion.

Obama was President in January and February 2009.

Just the facts, Dave.

The Bush Recession started in the 4th quarter of 2007 you ******* moron.

The Democrats controlled Congress beginning January 2007. Barney had already had his way.

LOLOL

If you think the causes of the Great Recession began in 2007, then your mental deformity is beyond repair.

Sure, the root causes of the Obama Recession started before 2007. But the Do-nothing 110th Congress did nothing to address those causes, they were satisfied to see a downturn they could blame on Dubya.

 

[Faun]

How about these statistics, we lost 800,000 jobs in jan & Feb of 2009. Our economy was shrinking at a rate over 6%.

The truth is that Obmsa built a string, growing economy.

Trump's plan was to create jobs through borrowing 1.5 trillion.

Obama was President in January and February 2009.

Just the facts, Dave.

The Bush Recession started in the 4th quarter of 2007 you ******* moron.

The Democrats controlled Congress beginning January 2007. Barney had already had his way.

LOLOL

If you think the causes of the Great Recession began in 2007, then your mental deformity is beyond repair.

Sure, the root causes of the Obama Recession started before 2007. But the Do-nothing 110th Congress did nothing to address those causes, they were satisfied to see a downturn they could blame on Dubya.

LOLOLOL

One has to be a brain-dead cultist to call a recession that began under Bush, the "Obama Recession."

As far as the 110th Congress, what about the 109th Congress before them who did nothing? What about the 108th Congress before them who did nothing? What about the 107th Congress before them who did nothing?

The 110th Congress was the one to get a GSE reform bill to President Bush's desk.

 

[Ame®icano]

Leftists are losing their minds when they realize that Pelosi's gavel doesn't work in Senate.

 

[Oldstyle]

I do not see abuse of power and I dont see how an Executive Branch can obstruct Congress.

Gotcha. So, you think the republicans are correct. So, not all theater.

An executive branch can obstruct congress by refusing to comply with their subpoenas, of course. From where are you drawing your legal opinion, considering that precedent contradicts you?

Your stupidity is expected lifelong loser. The Dims had the option to go to court to attempt to compel testimony. Trump used the legal remedy of the courts to back up executive privilege. They declined to do so. Thus any “obstruction” that occurred was brought on by the Dims themselves. So eager to rush this through that they wouldn’t even try to compel witnesses to appear. So you’re charging Trump with something YOU caused. Talk about. brain dead.....

That's exactly right.

I'm not a high priced legal expert by any stretch of the imagination. But I know its a LEGAL question as to whether exec privilege applies.

And this has to meander its way through the courts. If Congress wins, they can compel these fellas to testify. If they don't, tough shit.

That's the American way.

Precedent has already been set on this, everyone who is subpoenaed, HAS TO SHOW UP.

Trumps order to not show up, is OBSTRUCTION of congress.

Precedent like Eric Holder not showing up when he was subpoenaed by Congress over Fast & Furious? How soon they forget! (eye roll)

 

[Oldstyle]

Wall Street welcomes Trump with a bang: Dow soars 257 points, nears lifetime high

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

Um, actually it is.


The big dip in stock prices in October 1929 foretold the Great Depression. Ditto with the dip in stock prices in 08-09 and the resultant Obama Recession, that fortunately, Trump was able to get us out of.

How the **** is a recession in 2008 an Obama recession. He didn't take office until 2009.

You people are so ******* stupid that it makes me sick.

Obama took office in January 2009, and is clearly responsible for everything from that date.

But even before than, businesses saw the upcoming Obama Regime as bad news, and started to cut back as soon as they saw his victory was inevitable during the summer of 2008.

LOLOLOL

So Obama is responsible for the recession that started 14 months before he became president?

Dud ya think the forum really needed more evidence you're a brain-dead cultist?

The ONLY thing that Barack Obama is "responsible" for is his choices once he became President! He "chose" to pursue the Affordable Care Act as his primary legislative goal despite being told that it would retard job creation at a time when millions of Americans were unemployed and desperate for work! He and you progressives "chose" to propose Cap & Trade legislation that would have placed additional costs on American businesses! Barack Obama and the Democratically led Congress "chose" to burden American businesses with record numbers of new regulations that again increased costs on American businesses! Barack Obama "chose" to shut down all oil exploration in the Gulf following a deep water leak...even shallow water drilling operations that had impeccable safety records! Barack Obama "chose" to sign the Paris Accord which once again would have burdened American businesses with costs that it's competitors would not have had to bear! Barack Obama "chose" to reorder who got paid and who didn't in the auto bailouts so as to reward his supporters in the UAW...screwing the other creditors who had invested their capital! ALL of these things were a deterrent to job creation.

Barack Obama isn't responsible for what took place BEFORE he became President but he sure as hell is responsible for the worst recovery from a recession since The Great Depression! THAT is his economic legacy...not the sham graphs that you post to hide how badly his choices affected job creation in this country!

 

[Ame®icano]

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

Um, actually it is.


The big dip in stock prices in October 1929 foretold the Great Depression. Ditto with the dip in stock prices in 08-09 and the resultant Obama Recession, that fortunately, Trump was able to get us out of.

How the **** is a recession in 2008 an Obama recession. He didn't take office until 2009.

You people are so ******* stupid that it makes me sick.

Obama took office in January 2009, and is clearly responsible for everything from that date.

But even before than, businesses saw the upcoming Obama Regime as bad news, and started to cut back as soon as they saw his victory was inevitable during the summer of 2008.

LOLOLOL

So Obama is responsible for the recession that started 14 months before he became president?

Dud ya think the forum really needed more evidence you're a brain-dead cultist?

The ONLY thing that Barack Obama is "responsible" for is his choices once he became President! He "chose" to pursue the Affordable Care Act as his primary legislative goal despite being told that it would retard job creation at a time when millions of Americans were unemployed and desperate for work! He and you progressives "chose" to propose Cap & Trade legislation that would have placed additional costs on American businesses! Barack Obama and the Democratically led Congress "chose" to burden American businesses with record numbers of new regulations that again increased costs on American businesses! Barack Obama "chose" to shut down all oil exploration in the Gulf following a deep water leak...even shallow water drilling operations that had impeccable safety records! Barack Obama "chose" to sign the Paris Accord which once again would have burdened American businesses with costs that it's competitors would not have had to bear! Barack Obama "chose" to reorder who got paid and who didn't in the auto bailouts so as to reward his supporters in the UAW...screwing the other creditors who had invested their capital! ALL of these things were a deterrent to job creation.

Barack Obama isn't responsible for what took place BEFORE he became President but he sure as hell is responsible for the worst recovery from a recession since The Great Depression! THAT is his economic legacy...not the sham graphs that you post to hide how badly his choices affected job creation in this country!

 

[Polishprince]

Democrats Are Daring Mitch McConnell to Call Impeachment Witnesses

Less than a couple of months ago -- Trump's BFF at Fox & Friends said this....

"If the president said, I'll give you the money, but you've got to investigate Joe Biden, that'd be off the rails wrong" --- and thru the UNDER OATH TESTIMONIES of Trump's own officials, they proved that is exactly what happened....and what did Steve Doocy do?? Pretend that he never said what he said, why?? Because he and most other Trumpers are full of shit.....

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And in the spirit of being full of shit, Mitch McConnell doesn't want to call any witnesses..even tho Trump wants to have a long drawn out trial with lots of witnesses, even tho Democrats wants to call witnesses who Trump claims will exonerate him -- it is the GOP who is refusing to call any witnesses, why??

"Chuck Schumer on Thursday tore into Mitch McConnell for “breaking precedent” in announcing he will be in lock step with Donald Trump’s legal team throughout an impeachment trial, accusing him of helping the president skirt accountability. “We ask: Is the president’s case so weak that none of the president’s men can defend him under oath?” Schumer said on the Senate floor, after McConnell dismissed the historic vote to impeach Trump as a “partisan crusade.” “If the House case is so weak, why is Leader McConnell so afraid of witnesses and documents?”

For months, all I have seen from you trumpers was "just wait until it gets to the Senate, then Trump can present his case" …"just wait until Trump presents his secret evidence that will totally own the Dems" --

Witnesses were called in the last impeachment trial, why not this one?? Why aren't you demanding that the GOP Senate Leader give Trump what he claims he wants?? Or is this tough talk about witnesses and evidence just shit he tells yall -- even tho both you and he knows all of yall are full of shit...

What makes the libs think that they would be able to get Mr. Mulvaney or Mr. Bolton to lie about their President on the stand? Mr. Mueller locked Paul Manafort- an ailing senior citizen- in the Hole for a year straight, and still couldn't get him to lie about Donald J. Trump. What can Chuck U. Schumer do to get these other men to tell tales about Trump? Seems sort of a pointless exercise, just an exercise of vengeance, to try and put these men "on the rack".

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

I do not see abuse of power and I dont see how an Executive Branch can obstruct Congress.

Gotcha. So, you think the republicans are correct. So, not all theater.

An executive branch can obstruct congress by refusing to comply with their subpoenas, of course. From where are you drawing your legal opinion, considering that precedent contradicts you?

Your stupidity is expected lifelong loser. The Dims had the option to go to court to attempt to compel testimony. Trump used the legal remedy of the courts to back up executive privilege. They declined to do so. Thus any “obstruction” that occurred was brought on by the Dims themselves. So eager to rush this through that they wouldn’t even try to compel witnesses to appear. So you’re charging Trump with something YOU caused. Talk about. brain dead.....

That's exactly right.

I'm not a high priced legal expert by any stretch of the imagination. But I know its a LEGAL question as to whether exec privilege applies.

And this has to meander its way through the courts. If Congress wins, they can compel these fellas to testify. If they don't, tough shit.

That's the American way.

Precedent has already been set on this, everyone who is subpoenaed, HAS TO SHOW UP.

Trumps order to not show up, is OBSTRUCTION of congress.

Eric Holder didn’t show up. Per Alan Dershowitz it is not obstruction as the Executive branch may veto requests from Congress and the Judicial branch breaks the tie.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

When you can answer why Chucky is asking for more witnesses in the same speech that he said "the house has a very strong case against the president." If it's so strong, why continue with more witnesses? And since when does the jury call witnesses? That's the houses job. They failed to let the POTUS defend himself so **** 'em. The senate belongs to the republicans and now the liberals are whining like little babies when they can't get their way yet accused republicans of doing the same during the scam impeachment hearings.

If liberals weren't hypocritical shithead assholes, they wouldn't be anything at all.

Why were they in such a ******* hurry to vote for impeachment and then sit on the articles? What a bunch of ******* losers.

You people are going to get shellacked in November.

Here is what you dic suckers were saying during the House proceedings.....anytime a witness that was relevant to the Ukrainian call and the extortion efforts associated with it -- all we heard was "but but, they didn't have DIRECT KNOWLEDGE, waah waah waah"

So I assume that if the witnesses with this DIRECT KNOWLEDGE were to testify, that would matter more to you right?? Or were you just whining just to be whining....

And who were these witnesses that had this DIRECT KNOWLEDGE?? Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney, Rudy Giulani.....so now you are saying that hearing from witnesses with DIRECT KNOWLEDGE will be a bad thing for Trump...why??

Well idiot, see if you can understand this. When the prosecution has NO case, there is no need for a defense. You have to prove a crime. You can’t because there isn’t one. So now you cry like a little ***** because you can’t just get your way when the other side is in charge.

The prosecution has not presented their case to the jury yet, in the trial... witnesses will need to be called, in order to present their case......

They have their case. They should not have voted to impeach if their case was incomplete.

You will see a motion to dismiss on Day One, and it will likely pass.

Bull crap. No prosecutor is limited to only witnesses they had to indict.

If this case is dismissed by McConnell, it would just show how CORRUPT the Gop and Trump are.... the FIX WAS IN... to exonerate their CROOK.

If you cannot see that this process is 100% partisan then honestly no one and nothing can help you.

 

[Oldstyle]

Um, actually it is.


The big dip in stock prices in October 1929 foretold the Great Depression. Ditto with the dip in stock prices in 08-09 and the resultant Obama Recession, that fortunately, Trump was able to get us out of.

How the **** is a recession in 2008 an Obama recession. He didn't take office until 2009.

You people are so ******* stupid that it makes me sick.

Obama took office in January 2009, and is clearly responsible for everything from that date.

But even before than, businesses saw the upcoming Obama Regime as bad news, and started to cut back as soon as they saw his victory was inevitable during the summer of 2008.

LOLOLOL

So Obama is responsible for the recession that started 14 months before he became president?

Dud ya think the forum really needed more evidence you're a brain-dead cultist?

The ONLY thing that Barack Obama is "responsible" for is his choices once he became President! He "chose" to pursue the Affordable Care Act as his primary legislative goal despite being told that it would retard job creation at a time when millions of Americans were unemployed and desperate for work! He and you progressives "chose" to propose Cap & Trade legislation that would have placed additional costs on American businesses! Barack Obama and the Democratically led Congress "chose" to burden American businesses with record numbers of new regulations that again increased costs on American businesses! Barack Obama "chose" to shut down all oil exploration in the Gulf following a deep water leak...even shallow water drilling operations that had impeccable safety records! Barack Obama "chose" to sign the Paris Accord which once again would have burdened American businesses with costs that it's competitors would not have had to bear! Barack Obama "chose" to reorder who got paid and who didn't in the auto bailouts so as to reward his supporters in the UAW...screwing the other creditors who had invested their capital! ALL of these things were a deterrent to job creation.

Barack Obama isn't responsible for what took place BEFORE he became President but he sure as hell is responsible for the worst recovery from a recession since The Great Depression! THAT is his economic legacy...not the sham graphs that you post to hide how badly his choices affected job creation in this country!

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What in any of what I've cited falls under the heading of "erased history"? It's what Barack Obama and the left DID with the power they were granted in the 2008 elections...power that was was indeed given to them by the voters...power that they used to push a progressive agenda that put policy before people's lives...an agenda that left millions of private sector Americans twisting in the wind without jobs.

 

[Faun]

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

Um, actually it is.


The big dip in stock prices in October 1929 foretold the Great Depression. Ditto with the dip in stock prices in 08-09 and the resultant Obama Recession, that fortunately, Trump was able to get us out of.

How the **** is a recession in 2008 an Obama recession. He didn't take office until 2009.

You people are so ******* stupid that it makes me sick.

Obama took office in January 2009, and is clearly responsible for everything from that date.

But even before than, businesses saw the upcoming Obama Regime as bad news, and started to cut back as soon as they saw his victory was inevitable during the summer of 2008.

LOLOLOL

So Obama is responsible for the recession that started 14 months before he became president?

Dud ya think the forum really needed more evidence you're a brain-dead cultist?

The ONLY thing that Barack Obama is "responsible" for is his choices once he became President! He "chose" to pursue the Affordable Care Act as his primary legislative goal despite being told that it would retard job creation at a time when millions of Americans were unemployed and desperate for work! He and you progressives "chose" to propose Cap & Trade legislation that would have placed additional costs on American businesses! Barack Obama and the Democratically led Congress "chose" to burden American businesses with record numbers of new regulations that again increased costs on American businesses! Barack Obama "chose" to shut down all oil exploration in the Gulf following a deep water leak...even shallow water drilling operations that had impeccable safety records! Barack Obama "chose" to sign the Paris Accord which once again would have burdened American businesses with costs that it's competitors would not have had to bear!

Barack Obama isn't responsible for what took place BEFORE he became President but he sure as hell is responsible for the worst recovery from a recession since The Great Depression! THAT is his economic legacy...not the sham graphs that you post to hide how badly his choices affected job creation in this country!

Lying con tool, Deepwater Horizon was not just "deep water leak," as you attempt to minimize, it was a massive explosion that killed 11 people and sunk an oil rig.

Obama pushed through a moratorium for 6 months to evaluate the industry's safety guidelines to prevent more Deepwater Horizons. And he collected $20 billion from BP to clean up their mess. And his moratorium pertained only to deep water drilling (non-oil producing) in 500 feet of water or more. Even worse for your lies is his moratorium affected a grand total of 33 rigs (out of many thousands in the Gulf) and none of the 33 had begun producing oil yet so oil production was not impeded.

Your claim that Obama shut down all Gulf oil exploration is nothing but you, a lying con tool, lying yet again.

Do you ever stop lying, lying con tool?

Ever???

 

[RealDave]

Poor lying con tool, Obama was handed a horrible economy and turned it around. Impeached Trump was handed a good economy and kept it growing. I mentioned a bunch of things Obama did. It matters not to anyone the a lying con tool thinks Obama's policies didn't help. Of course, I'm saying this to an idiot who thinks Impeached Trump did help the economy before he was even sworn in, before even his first policy went into effect.

Wall Street welcomes Trump with a bang: Dow soars 257 points, nears lifetime high

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

Um, actually it is.


The big dip in stock prices in October 1929 foretold the Great Depression. Ditto with the dip in stock prices in 08-09 and the resultant Obama Recession, that fortunately, Trump was able to get us out of.

How the **** is a recession in 2008 an Obama recession. He didn't take office until 2009.

You people are so ******* stupid that it makes me sick.

Obama took office in January 2009, and is clearly responsible for everything from that date.

But even before than, businesses saw the upcoming Obama Regime as bad news, and started to cut back as soon as they saw his victory was inevitable during the summer of 2008.

You blamed Obama for losing 800,000 jobs in January of 2009 when to was sworn in on the 20th.

This is why you are such an uninformed jerk.

 

[RealDave]

I do not see abuse of power and I dont see how an Executive Branch can obstruct Congress.

Gotcha. So, you think the republicans are correct. So, not all theater.

An executive branch can obstruct congress by refusing to comply with their subpoenas, of course. From where are you drawing your legal opinion, considering that precedent contradicts you?

Your stupidity is expected lifelong loser. The Dims had the option to go to court to attempt to compel testimony. Trump used the legal remedy of the courts to back up executive privilege. They declined to do so. Thus any “obstruction” that occurred was brought on by the Dims themselves. So eager to rush this through that they wouldn’t even try to compel witnesses to appear. So you’re charging Trump with something YOU caused. Talk about. brain dead.....

That's exactly right.

I'm not a high priced legal expert by any stretch of the imagination. But I know its a LEGAL question as to whether exec privilege applies.

And this has to meander its way through the courts. If Congress wins, they can compel these fellas to testify. If they don't, tough shit.

That's the American way.

Precedent has already been set on this, everyone who is subpoenaed, HAS TO SHOW UP.

Trumps order to not show up, is OBSTRUCTION of congress.

Subpoenas can be fought in court, that's all that's happening.

Obama did the same thing, ditto with clinton and bush. Pick up those guys too, if its really a "high crime".

Why is Trump fighting witnesses that will clear him?

 

[RealDave]

Poor lying con tool, Obama was handed a horrible economy and turned it around. Impeached Trump was handed a good economy and kept it growing. I mentioned a bunch of things Obama did. It matters not to anyone the a lying con tool thinks Obama's policies didn't help. Of course, I'm saying this to an idiot who thinks Impeached Trump did help the economy before he was even sworn in, before even his first policy went into effect.

Wall Street welcomes Trump with a bang: Dow soars 257 points, nears lifetime high

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

It is an indicator of positive or negative business climate.

Not necessarily.

When Drumpf handed well off corporations money in his tax cut, these corporations went on the buying spree buying back their stocks. This pushed more money into the stock market driving it upwards.

Nothing to do with the economy.

Of course, you are an ignoramus here, dave, very misinformed.

When a corporation buys back its stock, those who they buy the stock from have the money and can invest if elsewhere.

In 2019, this kind of uncommitted cash was used to invest in important IPO's like UBER technologies which provides transportation services at rates lower than what we paid in the 1990's.

You are an idiot in every subject. Adding money to the stock market drives the market upward.

 

[Polishprince]

Gotcha. So, you think the republicans are correct. So, not all theater.

An executive branch can obstruct congress by refusing to comply with their subpoenas, of course. From where are you drawing your legal opinion, considering that precedent contradicts you?

Your stupidity is expected lifelong loser. The Dims had the option to go to court to attempt to compel testimony. Trump used the legal remedy of the courts to back up executive privilege. They declined to do so. Thus any “obstruction” that occurred was brought on by the Dims themselves. So eager to rush this through that they wouldn’t even try to compel witnesses to appear. So you’re charging Trump with something YOU caused. Talk about. brain dead.....

That's exactly right.

I'm not a high priced legal expert by any stretch of the imagination. But I know its a LEGAL question as to whether exec privilege applies.

And this has to meander its way through the courts. If Congress wins, they can compel these fellas to testify. If they don't, tough shit.

That's the American way.

Precedent has already been set on this, everyone who is subpoenaed, HAS TO SHOW UP.

Trumps order to not show up, is OBSTRUCTION of congress.

Subpoenas can be fought in court, that's all that's happening.

Obama did the same thing, ditto with clinton and bush. Pick up those guys too, if its really a "high crime".

Why is Trump fighting witnesses that will clear him?

President Trump has already been cleared. He has a firm majority in the Senate that are convinced of his innocence.

 

[Polishprince]

Wall Street welcomes Trump with a bang: Dow soars 257 points, nears lifetime high

Um, the stock market is not an economic indicator.

It is an indicator of positive or negative business climate.

Not necessarily.

When Drumpf handed well off corporations money in his tax cut, these corporations went on the buying spree buying back their stocks. This pushed more money into the stock market driving it upwards.

Nothing to do with the economy.

Of course, you are an ignoramus here, dave, very misinformed.

When a corporation buys back its stock, those who they buy the stock from have the money and can invest if elsewhere.

In 2019, this kind of uncommitted cash was used to invest in important IPO's like UBER technologies which provides transportation services at rates lower than what we paid in the 1990's.

You are an idiot in every subject. Adding money to the stock market drives the market upward.

Depends on how much money is being invested in new issues- IPO's.