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Roland99
Roland99's Journal
Roland99's Journal
November 5, 2019
Ok. Bolton to testify but this comment wins the internet today!
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1191535374264360961When it Ukraines, it pours. 🌧️🌧️🌧️
Emma Loop
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@LoopEmma
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton will testify as part of the impeachment probe this Thursday, per an official working on the inquiry.
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Emma Loop
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@LoopEmma
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton will testify as part of the impeachment probe this Thursday, per an official working on the inquiry.
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November 4, 2019
Nationals player disses Twitler to his face!
https://twitter.com/DCBarno/status/1191452189962706946
November 4, 2019
*Tweet* *Tweet* goes the canary! Lev Parnas will comply
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1191479108590559232 Breaking via Reuters: Lev Parnas, the indicted Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to Rudy Giuliani, is now prepared to comply with requests for records and testimony from congressional impeachment investigators, his lawyer told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-parnas-exclusiv/exclusive-giuliani-associate-now-willing-to-comply-with-trump-impeachment-inquiry-lawyer-idUSKBN1XE297
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lev Parnas, an indicted Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to President Donald Trumps personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is now prepared to comply with requests for records and testimony from congressional impeachment investigators, his lawyer told Reuters on Monday.
Parnas, who helped Giuliani look for dirt on Trumps political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, is a key figure in the impeachment inquiry that is examining whether Trump abused his office for personal political gain.
His apparent decision to now work with the congressional committees represents a change of heart. Parnas rebuffed a request from three House of Representatives committees last month to provide documents and testimony.
We will honor and not avoid the committees requests to the extent they are legally proper, while scrupulously protecting Mr Parnas privileges including that of the Fifth Amendment, said the lawyer, Joseph Bondy, referring to his clients constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination.
Parnas, who helped Giuliani look for dirt on Trumps political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, is a key figure in the impeachment inquiry that is examining whether Trump abused his office for personal political gain.
His apparent decision to now work with the congressional committees represents a change of heart. Parnas rebuffed a request from three House of Representatives committees last month to provide documents and testimony.
We will honor and not avoid the committees requests to the extent they are legally proper, while scrupulously protecting Mr Parnas privileges including that of the Fifth Amendment, said the lawyer, Joseph Bondy, referring to his clients constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination.
November 4, 2019
Conversation
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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False stories are being reported that a few Republican Senators are saying that President Trump may have done a quid pro quo, but it doesnt matter, there is nothing wrong with that, it is not an impeachable event. Perhaps so, but read the transcript, there is no quid pro quo!
Wow! #TraitorTrump essentially just confessed!
Conversation
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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2h
False stories are being reported that a few Republican Senators are saying that President Trump may have done a quid pro quo, but it doesnt matter, there is nothing wrong with that, it is not an impeachable event. Perhaps so, but read the transcript, there is no quid pro quo!
November 4, 2019
'Seven whistleblowers' And a story that -- if true -- could be deadly for Jared Kushner
https://spectator.us/seven-whistleblowers-jared-kushner-bin-salman/amp/ Some we know about already. Theres the original whistleblower, the CIA officer at the White House who first reported Trumps call to the Ukrainian president. Republicans are now pushing to unmask him, though his name is already all over the internet. He is, supposedly, a 33-year-old graduate of Yale, a registered Democrat who had worked for both Joe Biden and John Brennan. These facts, so helpful to the White House, are in a dossier circulated on Capitol Hill by the presidents allies. Theres also Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the senior Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, who came to the US from Ukraine to Little Odessa in Brooklyn as a child aged three. He arrived to give evidence to the House Intelligence Committee wearing his dark blue Army dress uniform and military ribbons. He said that the White House transcript of the call between Trump and Ukraines president had important gaps and that his attempts to include crucial words and phrases had been rebuffed. I am a patriot and it is my sacred duty and honor to advance and defend our country irrespective of party or politics. And theres Tim Morrison, the NSCs director for European and Russian Affairs, who was one of the small group to have listened to the call. He said that Trumps ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, told him that Ukraine wouldnt get US arms unless it investigated Biden.
Thats three whistleblowers. What about the other four? Cockburns source says that at least one is nothing to do with Ukraine but instead was reporting a call between Trump and the Saudi ruler, Mohammed bin Salman. Specifically, the whistleblower is said to have concerns about what was said on the call about the presidents son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner. Kushner himself is known to have a very close relationship with MBS. Cockburn has previously written that Kushner may have been what Cosmo would call an oversharer when it came to MBS. Unfortunately, its claimed that what he was sharing was American secrets: information Kushner had requested from the CIA would (allegedly) be echoed back in US intercepts of calls between members of the Saudi royal family. Once source said this was Kushner lost his intelligence clearances for a while.
According to Cockburns source about the seven whistleblowers, theres more. It is that Kushner (allegedly) gave the green light to MBS to arrest the dissident journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who was later murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. A second source tells Cockburn that this is true and adds a crucial twist to the story. This source claims that Turkish intelligence obtained an intercept of the call between Kushner and MBS. And President Erdogan used it to get Trump to roll over and pull American troops out of northern Syria before the Turks invaded. Cockburn hears that investigators for the House Intelligence Committee know this whole tale and the identities of some of the people telling it. Whether any of is true is another matter but Adam Schiff certainly seems to be smiling a lot these days.
Thats three whistleblowers. What about the other four? Cockburns source says that at least one is nothing to do with Ukraine but instead was reporting a call between Trump and the Saudi ruler, Mohammed bin Salman. Specifically, the whistleblower is said to have concerns about what was said on the call about the presidents son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner. Kushner himself is known to have a very close relationship with MBS. Cockburn has previously written that Kushner may have been what Cosmo would call an oversharer when it came to MBS. Unfortunately, its claimed that what he was sharing was American secrets: information Kushner had requested from the CIA would (allegedly) be echoed back in US intercepts of calls between members of the Saudi royal family. Once source said this was Kushner lost his intelligence clearances for a while.
According to Cockburns source about the seven whistleblowers, theres more. It is that Kushner (allegedly) gave the green light to MBS to arrest the dissident journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who was later murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. A second source tells Cockburn that this is true and adds a crucial twist to the story. This source claims that Turkish intelligence obtained an intercept of the call between Kushner and MBS. And President Erdogan used it to get Trump to roll over and pull American troops out of northern Syria before the Turks invaded. Cockburn hears that investigators for the House Intelligence Committee know this whole tale and the identities of some of the people telling it. Whether any of is true is another matter but Adam Schiff certainly seems to be smiling a lot these days.
November 1, 2019
Breaking - Testimony: White House lawyer (Eisenberg) told Vindman not to discuss Ukraine call
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/11/01/white-house-vindman-ukraine-call-063892The senior White House lawyer who placed a record of President Donald Trumps July 25 call with Ukraines president in a top-secret system also instructed at least one official who heard the call not to tell anyone about it, according to testimony heard by House impeachment investigators this week.
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Eisenberg recorded Vindmans complaints in notes on a yellow legal pad, then conferred with his deputy Michael Ellis about how to handle the conversation because it was clearly sensitive, Vindman testified. The lawyers then decided to move the record of the call into the NSCs top-secret codeword systema server normally used to store highly classified material that only a small group of officials can access.
Vindman did not consider the move itself as evidence of a cover-up, according to a person familiar with his testimony. But he said he became disturbed when, a few days later, Eisenberg instructed him not to tell anyone about the callespecially because it was Vindmans job to coordinate the interagency process with regard to Ukraine policy.
Eisenbergs decision to move the call record to the codeword system following his conversation with Vindman was first reported by The Washington Post. But Eisenbergs subsequent request that Vindman not disclose the content of the call to anyone has not been previously reported.
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Eisenberg recorded Vindmans complaints in notes on a yellow legal pad, then conferred with his deputy Michael Ellis about how to handle the conversation because it was clearly sensitive, Vindman testified. The lawyers then decided to move the record of the call into the NSCs top-secret codeword systema server normally used to store highly classified material that only a small group of officials can access.
Vindman did not consider the move itself as evidence of a cover-up, according to a person familiar with his testimony. But he said he became disturbed when, a few days later, Eisenberg instructed him not to tell anyone about the callespecially because it was Vindmans job to coordinate the interagency process with regard to Ukraine policy.
Eisenbergs decision to move the call record to the codeword system following his conversation with Vindman was first reported by The Washington Post. But Eisenbergs subsequent request that Vindman not disclose the content of the call to anyone has not been previously reported.
November 1, 2019
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Here's why the Orange Blunder is leaving NY for FL - fleeing crime infested city
https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1155488356165398528https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1155493447664656384
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https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1155668260978864128
https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1156546557015134208
https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1156580419510448128
https://twitter.com/Zeddary/status/1156604964271263745
October 31, 2019
F me. I don't want this f'n traitor anywhere near me!!!!
And now hell be tainting one of our prime venues.
https://wdwnt.com/2019/10/president-donald-trump-to-attend-gop-fundraiser-at-disneys-grand-floridian-resort-in-florida/
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shared that President Donald Trump will headline the states major annual Republican Party fundraiser. The Republican Partys Statesmans Dinner will be held on December 7th at Disneys Grand Floridian Resort in Walt Disney World.
Last year, the event raised Florida Republicans $500,000 and is their preeminent fundraising event annually.
Spectrum News was the first to report the event would be held at Disneys Grand Floridian Resort.
Last year, the event raised Florida Republicans $500,000 and is their preeminent fundraising event annually.
Spectrum News was the first to report the event would be held at Disneys Grand Floridian Resort.
October 31, 2019
Resolution passed 231-196. Impeachment Inquiry Rules passes 232-196
1 GOP member HAD voted Yea but has changed that vote apparently.
82-48 Yea v Nay so far
EDIT: 2 Dem defectors on both votes.
October 31, 2019
You know what I'm loving the MOST about the whiny Repukes complaining about "lack of due process"
That they are totally obtuse re: how a grand jury (which is what this is in essence) works...
That they made many of these rules 4 years ago...
That the leaked like sieves during Benghazi...
That they unethically modified reports during the Benghazi investigations...
But the biggest is hearing the absolute desperation in their whining right now!
I. Am. LOVING IT!!!
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