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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump openly tweeting extortion - "this is the thing House Dems drew analogies to"
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Sam Stein ✔@samstein
A bit wild to see it out in the open here. But Trump is conditioning aid to a state based on whether it is pursuing lawsuits against him. Its all been sanctioned now by the acquittal I suppose. But this is the thing House Dems drew analogies to in their senate presentation
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
Im seeing Governor Cuomo today at The White House. He must understand that National Security far exceeds politics. New York must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits & harrassment, start cleaning itself up, and lowering taxes. Build relationships, but dont bring Fredo!
1:40 PM - Feb 13, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/13/tweet-trump-again-appears-leverage-his-office-his-personal-benefit/
In a tweet, Trump again appears to leverage his office for his personal benefit
By Philip Bump
Feb. 13, 2020 at 2:53 p.m. EST
You may recall that, not very long ago, President Trump faced possible removal from office after he attempted to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations that would benefit him personally. Last Wednesday amazingly, barely a week ago the Senate acquitted Trump on the impeachment charges passed by the House. Several senators who voted to acquit nonetheless indicated that Trump had in fact done what the House alleged, leveraging his position for his benefit. They just didnt think it warranted removal from office.
Trumps legal team in that effort deployed a number of defenses to convince the Senate to vote the way it ultimately did. Among them was an argument used by Trump attorney Patrick Philbin, who argued that in situations in which there might be both a personal motive for acting and a legitimate public interest, the president couldnt be held to account. Another Trump attorney, Alan Dershowitz, took this much further, arguing at one point that public interest could include a presidents own reelection.
Philbin and others didnt go that far, but he did, near the end of the trial, argue that in situations in which there was a purely private pecuniary gain a personal family, financial interest impeachment would be warranted. He was talking about former vice president Joe Biden, warping the facts of Bidens actions in office for a rhetorical point. But that argument also seems as though it might apply to a tweet from Trump on Thursday afternoon.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) is meeting with Trump at the White House to discuss the administrations decision last week that it would remove New Yorkers from several programs aimed at speeding security checks at airports and the border. The suspension of those programs for New Yorkers was predicated on New Yorks immigration laws, including a policy in which the state wouldnt allow the Department of Homeland Security to access driver records. A memo published last week by BuzzFeed News reveals that DHS staffers saw the freeze on travel programs as a way to punish the state.
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In a tweet, Trump again appears to leverage his office for his personal benefit
By Philip Bump
Feb. 13, 2020 at 2:53 p.m. EST
You may recall that, not very long ago, President Trump faced possible removal from office after he attempted to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations that would benefit him personally. Last Wednesday amazingly, barely a week ago the Senate acquitted Trump on the impeachment charges passed by the House. Several senators who voted to acquit nonetheless indicated that Trump had in fact done what the House alleged, leveraging his position for his benefit. They just didnt think it warranted removal from office.
Trumps legal team in that effort deployed a number of defenses to convince the Senate to vote the way it ultimately did. Among them was an argument used by Trump attorney Patrick Philbin, who argued that in situations in which there might be both a personal motive for acting and a legitimate public interest, the president couldnt be held to account. Another Trump attorney, Alan Dershowitz, took this much further, arguing at one point that public interest could include a presidents own reelection.
Philbin and others didnt go that far, but he did, near the end of the trial, argue that in situations in which there was a purely private pecuniary gain a personal family, financial interest impeachment would be warranted. He was talking about former vice president Joe Biden, warping the facts of Bidens actions in office for a rhetorical point. But that argument also seems as though it might apply to a tweet from Trump on Thursday afternoon.
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
Im seeing Governor Cuomo today at The White House. He must understand that National Security far exceeds politics. New York must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits & harrassment, start cleaning itself up, and lowering taxes. Build relationships, but dont bring Fredo!
1:30 PM - Feb 13, 2020
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) is meeting with Trump at the White House to discuss the administrations decision last week that it would remove New Yorkers from several programs aimed at speeding security checks at airports and the border. The suspension of those programs for New Yorkers was predicated on New Yorks immigration laws, including a policy in which the state wouldnt allow the Department of Homeland Security to access driver records. A memo published last week by BuzzFeed News reveals that DHS staffers saw the freeze on travel programs as a way to punish the state.
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Trump openly tweeting extortion - "this is the thing House Dems drew analogies to" (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
OP
Funny how everyone knew he'd double down on his crimin' after his acquittal...
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
#4
If I were Cuomo, I wouldn't go and allow rump to gin up a fake press conference at his ...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2020
#5
I hope you are right. Might be why he's going to go ahead and meet rump, Cuomo's been ...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2020
#11
Yeah, remember that time Obama took shots at Gov Pence's goofy-ass brother?
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
#9
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)1. Fredo was shot in the back of the head...
tRump must think he's Michael Corleone.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)2. he dreams...
he's more likely to end up with the horse head in his bed.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)3. And that's bribery and abuse of power ...
Article IV, Section 2The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
trumPutin abuses his power to 1. bribe NY, and 2. deprive NY citizens of the "privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states".
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)4. Funny how everyone knew he'd double down on his crimin' after his acquittal...
...except 52 GOP Senators.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)6. 52 cowardly Gangsters Of Putin
They're too chickenshit to speak against Putin's pet.
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)5. If I were Cuomo, I wouldn't go and allow rump to gin up a fake press conference at his ...
expense. I would file a lawsuit and restraining order immediately against the hold. Any court would throw out the 'pursuing lawsuits against him' excuse immediately.
Danascot
(4,694 posts)10. I wouldn't worry about Cuomo
He's not my favorite person but he's smart and mouthy. He'll hold his own against Trump. I hope it's televised. It could be a nice smack-down.
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)11. I hope you are right. Might be why he's going to go ahead and meet rump, Cuomo's been ...
around the block and knows what he is doing.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,191 posts)7. "When you're a President, they let you do it. Let you do anything."
dweller
(23,651 posts)8. Fredo?
wtf ... Chris needs to kick his ass
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)9. Yeah, remember that time Obama took shots at Gov Pence's goofy-ass brother?
Yeah, me neither.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)12. Kick for the addition of the Philip Bump article
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)13. Walter Shaub: "HOLY COW!!! HOLY COW!!!"
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)14. The show must go on!
PROGRAM UPDATES FOR TODAYS MATINEE
Andrew Cuomo will play the role of Volodymyr Zelensky.
MIke Bloomberg will play the role of Joe Biden.
Andrew Cuomo will play the role of Volodymyr Zelensky.
MIke Bloomberg will play the role of Joe Biden.
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