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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 All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday September 24 2019, @02:01PM
You can rest assured that Republicans scare most Democrats more than Mexican migrants (of either side) or progress.
Dunno. I see a lot more accusations of "I would've won there but it was rigged!" or "It was rigged but I still won there anyway!" calls from Donald J. Trump than any Democrat has asserted. So I don't think your "believe the only way they can lose is corruption" point to be correct. We just look at the polls that say right now Biden would win over Trump, and has been doing so consistently for six months, which includes every one of 7 mainline polls including Fox News. We look at the polls and see Sanders would win over Trump, and has been doing so consistently for six months, which includes every one of 7 mainline polls including Fox News. We look at the polls and see Warren would win over Trump, and has been doing so consistently for six months, which includes every one of 7 mainline polls including Fox News. And the only one of these that falls within margins of error are Warren's. I'd love to know which polls are saying Trump would win? But if all predictions are heading towards a Trump loss, then why wouldn't one think it would take corruption to make a Trump win?
The Democrats want to convince everyone else that instead of draining the swamp it has been replaced by a toxic waste dump and don't understand why anyone should think otherwise. The Republicans want to convince everyone things are now Great Again and don't understand why anyone should think otherwise.
None of that, by the way, touches the objectiveness as to whether or not Trump making a point of Biden's son to the Ukrainian President in what was supposed to be a congratulatory call isn't actual evidence of corruption. Far from desperation, this could well finally be a smoking gun saying the President acts in his own political interest over that of the country.
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