Let's see what falls out of the tree. Trump just started shaking the branches.
It's lovely that you're enough of an idealist to think that a notoriously corrupt government investigating its own corruption and finding nothing is result that ought to be taken at face value.Of course they are. And in fact they have already investigated and determined there was no crime committed by the Bidens.
Also correct. And if trump had asked them to investigate there would be no problem. Trump has the authority to ask law enforcement to investigate. He does not have the power to pressure a foreign government to investigate his rivals. The moment he did that, he committed a crime.Again, if this were what happened we wouldn't be having this conversation. Asking the ukranians to co-operate with an investigation by the FBI would have been fine. But Trump never asked the FBI to investigate. There is nothing to suggest that he was ever going to ask the FBI to investigate. There was no investigation for Ukraine to co-operate with. He just wanted to send Giuliani on a fishing expedition. So when trump asked them to dig up dirt on Biden, it was a crime.
But Trump is absolutely guilty of the same things. He brought his children with him on state trips, and they got business contracts shortly after the trip. That is exactly what trump accuses Biden of, but he did the same thing with Ivanka. The difference being that Ivanka is actually using a semi-official position to profit herself. At least hunter wasn't a government official trying to cash in.If you want to go after all corruption, i am absolutely on board with that. But if you aren't willing to include Trump in that, then it isn't corruption you want to go after. You are just looking for an excuse to target your enemies, just like trump was.
It's lovely that you're enough of an idealist to think that a notoriously corrupt government investigating its own corruption and finding nothing is result that ought to be taken at face value.
So you think that Trump can delegate his authority to enforce the laws to his cabinet, but cannot use said power himself? Under whose authority did he delegate it, then? Either he is vested with the power and can use it, or he isn't vested with it and is incapable of delegating it to law enforcement.
If Congress were willing to impeach Trump under the Emoluments Clause for things like his involvement with the Saudis, they would have much better luck.
Just because he is the head of an agency and can ask them to do things, that does not mean he has the power to personally do those things. If you are in charge of a hospital you can't just go and start operating on people.
"Hey Yeewkraine""Mhmm? Vaat you vaunt?""Actually I caaan't dew this overr the phone, let me send yeww a dawcewwmended ledderrr so plausible deniability 'n' all for my vice pres""No, just let him read de transkript!!""Okay, here's the thenggg, I want the dirt if you want the protection y'know what aye meeean?""You Vot?!""Look do you wanna be Mother Russia's bitch?""Okay okay sirrr, Veee'll see vot ve ken do...""You better."No pressure at all.
You must have never watched House MD. Cuddy was more than capable of telling House to go away while she fixed a patient up.
The one thing Trump is more qualified than the FBI or CIA is following the will of the people. FBI deepstate has its own agenda.
The FBI is there is there to enforce the law.
There is no such thing as an FBI deepstate. That is a conspiracy theory pushed by the right wing.
CIA "whistleblower" disagrees.
There is compelling evidence that corrupt comedian Adam Schiff helped write the whistleblower complaint.
I forgot that the trial was already underway.
Worship this comedian.
Hopefully, the public shares this sentiment.I don't care what Schiff has to say about it.
Hopefully, the public shares this sentiment.
