So, are there now smoking Gun(S)?

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Plural:


Trump admits to conspiring with a foreign power to receive something of value.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/trump-admits-pressuring-ukraine-over-biden/598609/
Trump Admits Everything

Usually the drama of an investigation lies in finding out what happened, but the drama of this investigation lies in what happens next.

By the end of last week, rumors were swirling about what President Donald Trump might or might not have done to elicit a whistle-blower complaint about his conversations with a foreign leader. A rough outline had emerged: Trump had pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate business dealings of the Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden’s son. The president was refusing to answer questions.

And then on Sunday, Trump helpfully put an end to the speculation: Of course he did it.

“The conversation I had was largely congratulatory. It was largely corruption—all of the corruption taking place. It was largely the fact that we don’t want our people, like Vice President Biden and his son, creating to [sic] the corruption already in the Ukraine,” Trump said. (Neither Ukraine nor Trump has produced any evidence to support that claim about the Bidens.) Trump once again implicitly admitted pressuring Ukraine during remarks at the United Nations Monday.

Then there is the hiding of the transcripts.

https://theweek.com/speedreads/867915/whistleblower-complaint-alleges-white-house-tried-hide-politically-sensitive-trump-transcripts-multiple-times

Whistleblower complaint alleges White House tried to hide 'politically sensitive' Trump transcripts multiple times

The White House allegedly took steps to restrict access to President Trump's call with Ukraine's president, a declassified whistleblower complaint alleges. And it may not have been a one-time thing.

The whistleblower complaint released Thursday alleges that after Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president, senior White House officials moved to "lock down" all records of the call, with officials allegedly being "'directed' by White House lawyers to remove the electronic transcript from the computer system in which such transcripts are typically stored for coordination, finalization, and distribution to Cabinet-level officials."

Instead, the transcript was allegedly put into a "standalone computer system reserved for codeword-level intelligence information, such as covert action," which some officials said "would be an abuse of the system."

And, then the threatening of witnesses (wink, wink, it's a joke, ha ha ha, right?)

'Almost a spy': Donald Trump suggests whistleblower source committed treason as Ukraine firestorm builds

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/26/whistleblower-donald-trump-says-source-complaint-almost-spy/2441808001/

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump lashed out angrily on Thursday at whoever provided a whistleblower with details of his phone call with the president of Ukraine, calling the source of the leak “almost a spy” and suggesting the culprit had committed treason.

“You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart with spies and treason, right?” Trump said, according to published reports. “We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.”

Trump’s remarks, made at a private event in New York, came as the whistleblower’s complaint was made public and was the subject of a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee. The complaint has prompted House Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump.

And... Rep. Swalwell wants to know what other shady deals the president is up to? ie. What conversations were with MBS about Jamal Khashoggi.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/17/668953493/reports-cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-killing-of-jamal-khashoggi

Reports: CIA Concludes Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi

Welcome, Congressman.

ERIC SWALWELL: Thank you for having me on.

SINGH: Well, Congressman Swalwell, all of this reporting is according to unnamed officials. Since you sit on the House Intelligence Committee, I have to ask - have you been briefed by the CIA on this latest development?

SWALWELL: I've been briefed on the Khashoggi incident. I can't say much more. I'm awaiting an update when Congress returns after the Thanksgiving holiday. But, you know, I'll say this - you don't have to have an intelligence background to know that the way that the Saudi kingdom works is that nothing happens without, you know, approval from the crown prince or the king. And, the way that this assassination was conducted, it very much seems like there was involvement.

Uhmm, Am I missing any others? There seems to be too muany to keep track of: Focus, focus.

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2. Uhm, that seems a little too optimistic

Have you tried soma?

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5. seemd like snark to me.

I replied in kind.

[Skittles]

4. there has been for some time

they just can no longer be logically ignored

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6. One would hope so

I have been unable to post coherently or politely since November 2016.

I hope this nightmare is over soon.