"Not a smidgen of corruption"
drcrinum said:
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2019/12/Turley-Testimony.pdf
I think the legal beagels will thoroughly enjoy Turley's thesis. It's quite long & historically detailed, but it completely destroys Schiff's impeachment scheme. Plus Turley is most definitely not a Trump fan -- he voted for Obama & does not like Trump.
drcrinum said:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/rudy-giuliani-meets-with-ukrainian-lawmaker-andrey-derkach-who-revealed-burisma-holdings-paid-joe-biden-900000-for-lobbying/
Older reference article:
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/press-conference/617936.html
Things are not looking good for Biden. Note: The above is not Biden Jr.
drcrinum said:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/adam-schiff-is-watching-11575591692?shareToken=stf82006f69db046469de36ee64a8fa8d5
(not paywalled at this link for me)
Very intriguing read by Kim Strassel. Schiff may have set himself up for legal suits over his phone-call records grab. Hopefully Nunes or someone else will sue him.
They make fun of Rudy a lot, and mock him in the media. Perhaps it is self-inflicted. But the media hates him because he's the effing Honey Badger of corruption.AG 2000' said:As I've mentioned before with the FISAGate stuff, team Trump is lining up RICO cases.Deats said:
Who better to have run point than a guy who prosecuted a RICO case on the mob? Dude's going to destroy Biden and many others with what he finds.
txaggie_08 said:drcrinum said:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/adam-schiff-is-watching-11575591692?shareToken=stf82006f69db046469de36ee64a8fa8d5
(not paywalled at this link for me)
Very intriguing read by Kim Strassel. Schiff may have set himself up for legal suits over his phone-call records grab. Hopefully Nunes or someone else will sue him.
As much as I hope it's true, I just can't see Schiff doing something illegal like that right out in the open.
If those phone records were obtained legally, Schiff would say so and say so loudly. When asked he demurs and refuses to answer. That's not the same thing as saying he personally stole information, however. They just suddenly "appeared" in his office one day, or some such cover story.Quote:
As much as I hope it's true, I just can't see Schiff doing something illegal like that right out in the open.
I wouldn't be surprised if she had a lot of material from Epstein and the Podestas as well. There are an awful lot of sick puppies within their close social and working circle. And when she was at State, she gathered similar materials on a global scale.Cow Hop Ag said:
Like the FBI files Hillary has been using all these years to blackmail the people she didn't kill.
When this Ukraine mess first came up, I did some internet sleuthing of my own. Disregarded any article written after 2017 and focused on open source material in the 2009-2014 time period which coincided with the ouster of Yanukovych in February 2014.Quote:
The more I learn, the more disgusted I become.
Schiff is power hungry and stupid. Bad combotxaggie_08 said:drcrinum said:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/adam-schiff-is-watching-11575591692?shareToken=stf82006f69db046469de36ee64a8fa8d5
(not paywalled at this link for me)
Very intriguing read by Kim Strassel. Schiff may have set himself up for legal suits over his phone-call records grab. Hopefully Nunes or someone else will sue him.
As much as I hope it's true, I just can't see Schiff doing something illegal like that right out in the open.
There were 6 Recommendations in this OIG Report. Number 6 is in-play regarding the Impeachment Hoax:Tibbers said:
Not sure if this will work on mobile but google foreign aid audit. The OIG looked into this in 2018. This happens with every single country. It's a huge problem and is the way how Soros and company fuel their efforts. Its the way the deep state fuels its efforts. It must stop.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-09/8-000-18-003-P.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwivsdWwnaHmAhWKnp4KHXYkBu0QFjABegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3jpJmUJ2ksOtfDFWv2atus
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Recommendation 6: Establish requirements for PIOs to notify USAID of suspected and identified serious criminal misconduct in activities funded by USAID to include unlawful actions taken by employees, subpartners, subcontractors, vendors, or other parties. The requirements should specify the process for reporting and criteria for what to report.
Management Decision: USAID concurs with Recommendation 6. The Agency agrees the lack of a systematic approach to the reporting of fraud and misconduct is a gap in our current procedures. While Operating Units have negotiated clauses and Memoranda of Understanding for certain high-risk programs and countries, a standard approach is needed. In addition to other new requirements to promote accountability, USAID intends to finalize a standard provision to (1) require PIOs to notify the Agency and the OIG of instances of possible fraud and misconduct identified in relation to their agreements; and, (2) describe the process for reporting and the criteria for what to report. The Agency will immediately begin socializing these new requirements with major PIO partners at the corporate level, with the objective of obtaining agreement on specific language for standard provision prior to updating official guidance for Operating Units. The target completion date for finalization of the provision language and incorporation into ADS 308 will be three months from the date of this response, on November 19, 2018.
Target Completion Date: November 19, 2018
They do it domestically as well - case in point - ACORN, Planned Parenthood, etcMouthBQ98 said:
David Horowitz wrote extensively about how the left basically launders government money through these departments to non government groups and puts it to work for progressive political causes. Billions of dollars a year, and the idiot republicans have ignored it for decades.
Hoping "gored" is back door legalese for indicted. Also hoping I live long enough to witness it.aggiehawg said:
Schiff and Pelosi are really going to regret going down the Ukraine rabbit hole. There will a lot of oxen gored but not one of them will be Trump.
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are seeking records from and transcribed staff interviews with two individuals reportedly involved in an effort by Ukrainian embassy officials to undermine the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. The interview and records requests are a continuation of an inquiry that Grassley launched in 2017 following news reports that a Democratic National Committee (DNC) consultant solicited derogatory information on the Trump campaign from Ukrainian embassy officials prior to the 2016 election. According to those reports, elements of the Ukrainian government were actively working to undermine candidate Trump's electoral prospects in favor of Hillary Clinton.
"Contrary to the popular narrative in the 'main stream media' that Ukrainian involvement in the 2016 election has been debunked, or 'no evidence exists,' there are many unanswered questions that have festered for years. One of the reasons our nation remains so divided is the disconnect between those who are curious about any and all possible foreign interference and those who are not. Those who are curious, have a legitimate and understandable desire to know if wrongdoing occurred. The American public also has a right to know if no wrongdoing occurred. The sooner we get answers to the many unanswered questions, the sooner we can turn our attention to the many challenges our nation faces," Johnson said.
"Election interference by any foreign entity is a serious matter. Since the last presidential election, our nation rightly expended significant resources to examine allegations of collusion and foreign interference by Russia to influence the outcome. While there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, we know that Russia meddled in our democratic processes. However, certain reports of collusion and interference involving Ukrainian officials have not been sufficiently examined, and the few answers that have been given are inadequate. With another election right around the corner, choosing to ignore these matters or conflating them with separate, uncorroborated allegations is no way to adequately safeguard the sanctity of our elections," Grassley said.
"To believe that the mainstream media will investigate all things Russia or Ukraine is to hope against hope. The hacking of the Democratic National Committee's emails was done by the Russians and no one else. Whether there's a connection between Democratic operatives and Ukrainian officials during the 2016 election has yet to be determined. It will only be found by looking. We intend to look," said Graham.
In additional to the production of relevant records, Johnson, Grassley and Graham are requesting staff-led transcribed interviews with then-DNC consultant Alexandra Chalupa, who reportedly solicited damaging information on Trump campaign associates and lobbied Congress to launch a congressional investigation months before the election. They are also seeking a similar interview with Andrii Telizhenko, a political officer within the Ukrainian embassy at the time. According to reports, Telizhenko was ordered to assist in an off-the-books investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia he said was being coordinated between Ukrainian officials and "the Hillary team." That investigation included then-Trump campaign advisor Paul Manafort's prior business dealings in the region. A CBS News analysis of the reported arrangement noted that "it's deeply unusual for an American campaign to be working with foreign assets like this, regardless of whether it's Ukraine or Russia."
Grassley and Johnson recently requested information from the National Archives and Records Administration regarding White House meetings in 2016 that included representatives from the Obama administration, Ukrainian government and the DNC. They also requested Justice Department records related to the FBI's interactions with Chalupa. The senators' inquiries are unrelated to an uncorroborated theory that Ukraine was also behind the hack of DNC servers. U.S. intelligence officials and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation found that Russia was responsible for the DNC hack.
Grassley, Johnson, and Graham also have outstanding requests (see here, here, here, and here) related to potential conflicts of interest and political influence by Ukrainian elements, including the natural gas firm Burisma, which employed as a board member Hunter Biden while his father was the U.S. vice president and public face of the Obama administration's handling of Ukraine. Additional records and interviews related to these matters may also be necessary.
Considering it is Ukraine, where actual bribery of public officials is a daily occurrence and the number of American citizens who have business interests there, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is squarely in play, in my view.Quote:
Hoping "gored" is back door legalese for indicted. Also hoping I live long enough to witness it.