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17 minutes ago, triplehorn said:

How far does this go ?  The WB report states that WH attys were involved in the process.  Sounds like an ongoing operation that spans no telling what.

 

So really, the Trump political folks aren't stupid.  Wrong and a danger to the country, but the classified server is great place to hide shit.  Do you really want to be the Congress to set the precedent of opening up the server for impeachment, which is inherently political? These WH fuckers are sick, but they have used their complete lack of shame and patriotism take advantage of the norms of the past 200+ years to "win" for their guy.   It's amazing who much our country has relied on the inherent honesty and nobility of servants who take their oath seriously to maintain what we've held dear since it's founding.  Crazy how fragile this whole place truly is and how quickly it can be destroyed by unscrupulous cunts who care nothing about the greater good and the future of a once great nation.  

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4 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Democrats not taking this opportunity to focus on the complaint itself, and instead focusing on why this dude took so long to get it to them, is a huge mistake.

I agreed with you right up until he got Maguire to repeatedly characterize the withholding of the complaint as "unprecedented."  It furthers the narrative of a cover up.  And a cover up is importantly because only a person with a guilty conscience covers something up.

Dr. Wenstrup is just fine with Devin Nunes' verbal fellating of Donald Trump but has a problem with Adam Schiff's characterization of the phone call between Trump and Zelenskyy.

1 minute ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Hope the dude behind Wenstrup hasn't eaten the WB. 

Mmm...that was some good whistle blower. Can I have more? How about that secret server ?

1 minute ago, tantric superman said:

Dang that's a double chin.

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Just now, Ghost of LL said:

I agreed with you right up until he got Maguire to repeatedly characterize the withholding of the complaint as "unprecedented."  It furthers the narrative of a cover up.  And a cover up is importantly because only a person with a guilty conscience covers something up.

Correct. What they are doing is laying the groundwork for a clear violation of a statute. They even highlighted that the statute says "shall," which doesn't seem like much, but the difference between a "must" and "may" statute is huge. They're trying to get him to admit why he violated statute or perjure himself.

Wait, the committee broke the law?  How?

Did you feel rushed?

 

I did not.

 

Nice job idiot!

For those keeping score at home, the legal opinion Maguire relied on was bullshit. 

 

5 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I agreed with you right up until he got Maguire to repeatedly characterize the withholding of the complaint as "unprecedented."  It furthers the narrative of a cover up.  And a cover up is importantly because only a person with a guilty conscience covers something up.

You lawyers...always thinking and shit. 

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Speier to the point, and brought Maguire right into the cover-up

1 minute ago, Pig Bellmont said:

For those keeping score at home, the legal opinion Maguire relied on was bullshit. 

 

. . . and its also ludicrous to assert that POTUS isn't part of the intelligence community.

Executive Privilege is a different argument which practically asserts that the President is above the law.

Just now, jimmyjazz said:

. . . and its also ludicrous to assert that POTUS isn't part of the intelligence community.

Executive Privilege is a different argument which practically asserts that the President is above the law.

Yes. And executive privilege was never asserted. No doubt Barr personally directed the OLC to provide some legal fig leaf

8 minutes ago, Dertyberd said:

So really, the Trump political folks aren't stupid.  Wrong and a danger to the country, but the classified server is great place to hide shit.  Do you really want to be the Congress to set the precedent of opening up the server for impeachment, which is inherently political? These WH fuckers are sick, but they have used their complete lack of shame and patriotism take advantage of the norms of the past 200+ years to "win" for their guy.   It's amazing who much our country has relied on the inherent honesty and nobility of servants who take their oath seriously to maintain what we've held dear since it's founding.  Crazy how fragile this whole place truly is and how quickly it can be destroyed by unscrupulous cunts who care nothing about the greater good and the future of a once great nation.  

If they are hiding items that are 'inherently political' on the classified server for no other reason than covering the President's crimes?  Absolutely.  Otherwise you create a shield for future administrations to get away with the same shit.

LOL dumbass just admitted that his earlier "I will not disclose executive conversations" was actually a "yes."

If the comments on predictit are to be believed, the next narrative is that Trump releasing ‘the transcript’ is unprecedented transparency in the face of an invented scandal.  Hooray.  

21 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Turner just accused Schiff of making this all up.  Interesting.

That was related to his paraphrasing during his opening statement of the message Trump was sending during his call. He was right in how he was characterizing the implied message but I thought it was a bad idea to say it that way. Of course the Republicans are seizing on that. 

They need to stop calling that summary memo a "transcript."  It's not.  

2 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

LOL dumbass just admitted that his earlier "I will not disclose executive conversations" was actually a "yes."

Yep, someone needs to circle back around to the "did you discuss this w/ POTUS" question.  

Republicans more concerned about sucking up than getting at the truth 

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

That was related to his paraphrasing during his opening statement of the message Trump was sending during his call. He was right in how he was characterizing the implied message but I thought it was a bad idea to say it that way. Of course the Republicans are seizing on that. 

Sarcasm doesn't work when the intended audience has, on average, a room temperature IQ.

Just now, Brisketexan said:

They need to stop calling that summary memo a "transcript."  It's not.  

Oh, they're doing it on purpose.  They're laying the groundwork for the "transparency" argument, which has jack shit to do with anything, but Trumpies gonna Trump.

Is that great big fat guy behind Stewart eating something?

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Speier drew Maguire's attention to the WB reporting the flashing red light matter of politically sensitive/legally incriminating information being hidden BY THE WHITE HOUSE and yet he WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE FIRST about the report.  

 

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1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Is that great big fat guy behind Stewart eating something?

Question is:  Is he ever not eating something. 

Quigley is angling towards Rudy.

7 minutes ago, Homercles said:

If the comments on predictit are to be believed, the next narrative is that Trump releasing ‘the transcript’ is unprecedented transparency in the face of an invented scandal.  Hooray.  

The comment section of that site is special. 

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Quigley is angling towards Rudy.

Really strong line of questions here.

Goddamn it, stop calling it a transcript or even "modified transcript". What the fuck is wrong with democrats?!?!?!?!?!?! 

10 minutes ago, Jester said:

If they are hiding items that are 'inherently political' on the classified server for no other reason than covering the President's crimes?  Absolutely.  Otherwise you create a shield for future administrations to get away with the same shit.

I sure hope so, but it'll be damn hard to prove that.  I don't know the mechanisms of proving that, but I assume it would the courts.  Seems like that will take a long time when you have the power of Barr and the DOJ behind the stalling.  

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Quigley is angling towards Rudy.

Rudy would call that a fishing expedition. 

I can never listen to these things as I can usually only tolerate, at best, one congressman.

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Just now, Dertyberd said:

I sure hope so, but it'll be damn hard to prove that.  I don't know the mechanisms of proving that, but I assume it would the courts.  Seems like that will take a long time when you have the power of Barr and the DOJ behind the stalling.  

Barr has to recuse yesterday.  Why not done ?

What happened to the lawyer from the previous hearing that cleaned their fucking clocks?  Bring that guy back to ask questions.  Dems suck at this.

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Yes.  Swallwell advancing what Speier started.  

1 minute ago, triplehorn said:

Barr has to recuse yesterday.  Why not done ?

That would be the actions of a guy who cares for his reputation, oath, and rule of law.  You're talking about Barr.  He's lived his life, he's made his money in the private sector.  He gives no fucks other than protecting the President.  

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Maguire is BAD at rope a dope.  Ff this guy.

11 minutes ago, triplehorn said:

Speier drew Maguire's attention to the WB reporting the flashing red light matter of politically sensitive/legally incriminating information being hidden BY THE WHITE HOUSE and yet he WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE FIRST about the report.  

 

Nice start by Swalwell to focus on this element ...

16 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

LOL dumbass just admitted that his earlier "I will not disclose executive conversations" was actually a "yes."

I actually lean towards that being intentional. Tons of people don’t like Trump, even within his administration, and this is a man who did just threaten to resign. It’s a way to say yes without saying yes. He could have just as easily said he couldn’t confirm or deny, but if there was such a conversation, it’d be covered by executive privilege and he couldn’t discuss. This is a sophisticated dude who was most definitely prepped for that exact question.  

by the way, I agree with Maguire that this whistleblower complaint is fairly unprecedented. Has there ever been a credible whistleblower, from within the Administration, that accused the President of an impeachable crime?  

If anything, it should create a scenario where its brought to the attention of the appropriate people ASAP.   The contents of the complaint could still be kept confidential while security and/or exec priv are worked out.

3 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

Nice start by Swalwell to focus on this element ...

That was really nice line of questioning. Generally good cross examination technique as well. 

I'm really excited about Hurd asking questions about this. I don't think he's planning on taking any shit today

I'll bet Will Hurd rehearsed this in front of the mirror last night. 

Just now, Captainant said:

I'm really excited about Hurd asking questions about this. I don't think he's planning on taking any shit today

He’s gonna find a way to avoid asking hard questions. He sucks

Just now, hobbes2702 said:

He’s gonna find a way to avoid asking hard questions. He sucks

well that's a shame then.

1 minute ago, hobbes2702 said:

He’s gonna find a way to avoid asking hard questions. He sucks

He's not needing to win a re-election next year, so maybe today is the day.

Just now, Francisco 2.0 said:

He's not needing to win a re-election next year, so maybe today is the day.

Nope. 

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