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Why is this important?
Mr Trump's most ardent critics accuse him of using the powers of the presidency to bully Ukraine into digging up damaging information on a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump and his supporters the former vice-president abused his power to pressure Ukraine to back away from a criminal investigation that could implicate his son, Hunter.
Mr Biden is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination to take on Mr Trump next year.
In other words, it is nothing less than the White House at stake.
[...] What happened to the whistleblower's complaint?
After receiving the [whistleblower] complaint, the inspector general informed Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, and said the matter was "urgent". The intelligence community whistleblower law says the director has seven days to pass the complaint along to congressional intelligence committees.
That didn't happen.
Instead, Mr Maguire spoke to a lawyer who told him the issue was not "urgent", at least according to legal standards, according to [T]he New York Times.
As a result, Mr Maguire decided that the members of the congressional oversight committees did not need to see it.
On 9 September, the inspector general informed Congress about the complaint's existence, but not the details. Democrats in Congress have since clamoured for more information - including a transcript of Mr Trump's call - but the administration has refused to co-operate.
And that's where things currently stand.
[...] Did Mr Trump commit an impeachable offence?
The constitutional process for handling a president who committed illegal and-or unethical acts is impeachment by a majority of the House of Representatives and conviction and removal by a two-thirds majority of the US Senate.
The US constitution outlines the grounds for impeachment as "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors". When it comes down to it, an "impeachable offense" is whatever a majority of the House says it is.
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Letters to Congressional Intelligence Committees
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday September 24 2019, @11:44PM (3 children)
Not tribal -- I'm looking at what has been going on in the I5 corridor from Portland and northward, and it is clear to me that the Democrat types are engaging in economic warfare against anyone who dares express a contrary opinion. I don't see that happening on the GOP side. I don't see twitter mobs coming to destroy people's ability to make a living from the GOP side of the aisle -- I see it from the Democrat side only. That goes back to the reference I made earlier -- Democrats feel that they are 100% right all the time about all things and that anyone who opposes them are literal nazis. Literal nazis deserve death.
Maybe Democrats are more rational in other places of the country, I can't speak to that.
I'm not a republican either -- I'm pro-gay rights (lifelong), pro-abortion (lifelong), anti-imperialist wars (lifelong), pro-workers (lifelong), pro-freedom and privacy (BoR) (lifelong), pro-public healthcare. I'm an atheist, post-grad degree, jewish heritage, long time self-described lefty. I don't know what to call myself any more. The Democrats are going down a path of mob-based authoritarianism (metoo is a prime example), are unwilling to accept that other people can have different opinions and it doesn't make them "literal nazis". And yeah, if you go anywhere right wingers are, you'll hear "libtard" -- but it's an empty insult and nothing more. Make one wrong move with the Democrats, and you're a litteral nazi where it is fair game to assault you, economically destroy you, and I suspect in the near future, to literally kill you. Because Democrats have the moral high ground and everyone else should die. That's close to where we are at.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 25 2019, @12:20AM (2 children)
"Democrat types" and you share all the values ostensibly associated with Democrats, but here you are spreading FUD and victimhood without even a single reference. Waging economic warfare? Seriously bad projection you've got there. Or is that what you call boycotts?
HOW DARE THEY NOT SHOP WHERE I WANT??
Thanks for the FUD bub.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday September 25 2019, @01:12AM (1 child)
I already linked to the recent Portland lynching of Ristretto Roasters: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33767&page=1&cid=898261#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
What is interesting is that they went after Nancy's spouse's business because of thoughts *Nancy* had, and did great damage. That's some woke feminism at work. /sarc
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 25 2019, @07:31PM
Ah, you're a nutter ok. Personally I file such stories under "crazies gotta crazy" like zealots who attack doctors and minorities. Go ahead, take the worst examples and apply them to everyone you don't like, it is the bigot's way!!