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kpete

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Wed Dec 18, 2019, 11:01 AM Dec 2019

The evidence is overwhelming and indeed includes the Presidents own words.

The impeachment fight boils down to four simple questions:

1. Did the president of the United States ask another country to interfere in the upcoming 2020 election?

(The answer sure appears to be a yes from the partial transcript of the July 25 call.)



2. Did Trump and his administration withhold military aid and a White House visit to compel Ukraine to start this investigation into Joe Biden and his son?

(Again, the answer sure seems to be a yes. Here's the testimony from EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland...)



3. Were those actions -- first the ask of interference, then the temporary withholding of military aid -- an abuse of the president's powers?

Here's the oath of office a president takes...



4. Do those actions amount to impeachable offenses?

The Constitution says the following offenses are impeachable: "treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors"











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The evidence is overwhelming and indeed includes the Presidents own words. (Original Post) kpete Dec 2019 OP
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