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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 24 2019, @03:54PM (3 children)
Not only that, ElzabethGreene has conveniently forgotten or ignored the fact that there actually are people prosecuted and serving jail time over these matters. And I'm sure there are more prosecutions to come. I wonder why she forgot about those?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 24 2019, @10:15PM (2 children)
That user is just another sock puppet. It would be hilarious to find out who was running these crazy accounts, but respect for privacy > lulz. Just the name! Probably a combo of taking Warren's 1st name and the "green" movement, but that is just amusing speculation.
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Wednesday September 25 2019, @02:45AM (1 child)
The irony of anonymous suggesting I am a sock puppet is not lost on me.
Coward.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 25 2019, @07:36PM
Supporter of evil :P
Called out by one of Satan's minions! How ever will my ego recover?