Preet Bharara: House: Scorch the earth

[dajoki]

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[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Right fugging NOW!

ITTMF!

[dalton99a]

2. Public House hearings, please.

[onetexan]

42. K&R

[Iliyah]

3. The Department of Justice nor the US Supreme Court

represents the United States of America nor her people. Barr is corrupt.

[KPN]

9. And both were stolen, along with the WH!

[arthritisR_US]

48. I wish I could refute you.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. The Dems had better roll into town with both guns blazing.

They need to control the news cycles and open up hearing after hearing.

IMO, their Articles of Impeachment should include well over 50 allegations. And that would be a partial list. Trumpy is absolutely lawless. He's been committing felonies since before inauguration, and it's been a steady stream of crimes for which he MUST be held accountable. Do NOT stop with 3 or 4 articles. Go full bore. Show the US public that you are aware of everything and are charging Trumpy with everything. If YOU show that you are aware, then the public will become aware.

[Grasswire2]

8. Screw comity and bipartisanship. nt

[KPN]

10. THIS!

Call your Congressman and Senators, call Nadler, Schiff and Pelosi! Impeachment inquiry now!

[Duppers]

28. Yes! Let's get on the phone, folks.

Call. How else will they know we've got their backs?

[KPN]

29. Exactly! They need to know they have support.

[BigmanPigman]

44. Call [phone]

for the DC directory. 40 more Congress members have signed onto an inquiry during the past 6 week (and that includes Summer Recess). RESIST! Persist!

[Firestorm49]

5. Hire Bharara to run the investigation. I doubt it will take six years for him to get results.

[OnDoutside]

7. Good idea, though I suspect Preet has higher legal office in mind.

He'd certainly be tenacious.

[KPN]

11. Excellent idea!

I’m passing that along via phone calls to my Congressional, Nadler, Schiff and Pelosi Monday morning!

[OnDoutside]

6. While Preet is of course 100% right, the reality is that the House

have had to go to court to try to get those witnesses, which they haven't succeeded in doing, as of yet. These are not normal times, which is what the Democrats are being judged by.

[True Blue American]

15. Preet for AG!

[OnDoutside]

19. Well said.

[stopdiggin]

33. might be better to laser focus on a handful of obvious and egregious?

rather that a scattershot approach of running hither and thither after every little detail that crops up (and there's like 10 that crop up every day). We're attempting to engage the interest and concern of the general public (not known for a real attention span). So .. concentrate your efforts on the .. Clear, Easy to understand, and most Egregious, Toxic and Venal. Not sure if it makes sense to waste our time, or investigative powers, on all the small stuff.
(example: very, very few give a rats ass about Bill Barr spending 30 thou at a Trump hotel. That's chump change. {and apparently had clearance} And even the coal miner in KY recognizes it as nit-picky. How much money have the Russian mafia laundered through the same facility? Now there's a real story .. if you can run it down.)

[dajoki]

37. I think we can do it all n/t

[OnDoutside]

41. Yes I agree, there's just so much grift, focussing on key ones

is the best approach. That Prestwick one hits so many bells.

[Roy Rolling]

46. Revenue sharing

Prestwick Airport strikes me as a scheme where some of the $11 million in military jet fuel purchases could end up in Trump’s pocket.

I think they should look for some business connection between the airport and the resort.

[OnDoutside]

47. At a minimum there's been dialogue between them. It wouldn't

surprise any of us if there were kickbacks too

[CincyDem]

51. Trump does nothing unless he can personally "wet his beak"

You can be certain he’s getting a kickback. It’s his nature...like being an asshat.

[SCVDem]

12. Buy many cases of Snickers!

Not going anywhere for a while?

[usaf-vet]

13. I hope in the fall of 2020 (OCTOBER) we aren't saying ..."We should have gone for the jugular."

That is my fear. That we will be a day late and a dollar short.

Remember the lesson of your (our) youth.

It is better to have TRIED and lost than not to try at all!

If Trump wins in 2020 and we haven't hit him with everything including the kitchen sink.

Who will take the blame for the next four years and beyond?

[LiberalLovinLug]

24. I fear you are correct. If we don't do it now, when? This fear of Fox News has got to stop

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

[cilla4progress]

14. Absolutely

Turn his volly of shit right back at him.

If they took volunteers, I'd be right there!

This is their moment. I believe people are sometimes called to a unique and monumental role in history. To step up. People who otherwise may have lived lives of ignominy, or at least some level of mediocrity or anonymity. But history and mere fate (timing? serendipity?) calls upon them and they become fundamental change agents. Churchill. LBJ. Rosa Parks. Sojourner Truth. Eugene McCarthy. Chief Joseph. Elvis. This is it for House Dems!

[True Blue American]

16. Democrats are on CSPAN 1 now!

Pete is on.

[cilla4progress]

17. And...

???

[True Blue American]

20. And, what

All the candidates are in New Hampshire making speeches. My spirits have lifted greatly listening to them. Joe and Pete were exceptionaL!

[cilla4progress]

43. Wanted to know what was going on

Yes, I heard a little of Pete on Morning Joe yesterday.

Joe (Scarborough) was schmucky. Pete was wonderful!!
.

[True Blue American]

49. On CSPAN

They were all in New Hampshire. Each one gave a speech. It was a chance to hear each one. Amy really impressed me, so did the others.

It was my birthday, I was really depressed. After listening to each of the inspiring speeches I came away smiling, was taken to lunch, given a cake and ended the day thinking that maybe we can get out of this dark hole.

The staff say Trump is a raging maniac when he gets out of sight, growing worse each day. Scary.

[FakeNoose]

18. It's the corruption, stupid!

Preet gets it. Chump has to go down.

[Hekate]

21. KICK!

[ffr]

22. I'd invite all DEMS to use the military to line their pockets whenever possible too

Divert planes to blue states, do whatever deposits the most taxpayer money in blue states until such time as the red-state grifters catch on, that two can play at that game.

[moondust]

23. Self-dealing is all he knows.

It's all he's ever done. Bubble Boy wants it all and he'll do anything to get it.

[Kablooie]

25. I wish.

But the Dems seem to be so timid and do everything slowly and strictly by the book so that Trump can do cartwheels around them.
While he runs madly around decimating law after law the Dems will never catch up unless they break out of their self imposed straight jacket and take some bold chances.

[MontanaMama]

26. From Preet's tweet to

the ears of congress. If they don’t come back to DC ready to roll, gawd knows what else the MF/Barr cabal will steal from us next. They get more brazen by the minute.

[Duppers]

30. +1000

[Duppers]

27. Your Honor...

I cannot bring this murder case to trial because there's a chance the jury may not convict.

[dalton99a]

31. Bingo.

[stopdiggin]

34. happens every day

realize you were trying to be sarcastic, but ..
you don't bring a case you can't win.

[Duppers]

35. There's enough info and evidence to convict.

Way enough. It's a matter of convincing the public. And how better to do that than with daily *broadcasted hearings* so that even Faux has to cover it. This is essential.

What's the point of the Constitution if it's principles are not upheld?

[stopdiggin]

36. but your post says ...

I cannot bring this murder case to trial because there's a chance the jury may not convict.

Now you have "Way enough" evidence to convict. Then where's the problem?
( I have no problem at all with hearings and convincing the public .. matter of fact I think that's what we should do .. but the "jury" here is the Senate, and they are NOT going to convict .. just to stay on point)

[Duppers]

38. It was an analogy....

...of Speaker Pelosi's and of others who would hesitate beginning impeachment hearings.

And the Senate is not going to convict why? Because of the voters' opinions in their districts.
Because these voters have not heard the FACTS.

Take the example of when REPUBLICAN Justin Amash held townhall meetings to explain his position to his constituents who hadn't heard the facts and didn't know what he was talking about.
Why? RW media never exposes the truth. Those meetings convinced enough of his constituents.

Chris Hayes even play a tape of a woman at a townhall saying she had not heard those facts before!!


The problem in this country IS the media and that too many folks listen only to Faux News and other right-wing media.

[Duppers]

39. My post was clear re: purpose of hearings

Publicly broadcasted and media covered hearings is to get the info to the public who've not yet heard the facts.

The members of the Senate are elected by their constituents, are they not?

Case closed.

[True Blue American]

50. Agree!

[kentuck]

32. So blatant!

Rules are made for other people.

[YOHABLO]

40. The pace at which the House Dems have been moving is deplorable.

They need to come back Monday showing some damn vigor, be confrontational, quit playing politics about whether to impeach. It's time to throw down. The House is making the Democratic Party look weak.

[Catch2.2]

45. Sadly the Dems

have shown that they do not have the backbone to do something like that.