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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 10:38 AM Sep 2019

The 7 avenues of the impeachment-inquiry:

The whistleblower-complaint:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/26/whistleblower-trump-ukraine-read-in-full-text-document

1.
The whistleblower-complaint (pages 1, 2, 3, 7, 9) alleges that Trump, Giuliani and Barr are involved in a scheme of foreign election interference by strong-arming the President of Ukraine.


2.
The whistleblower-complaint (pages 3, 4, 8) alleges that the White House is using a storage-site intended for classified material of "code-word" level (which is the highest there is), instead of the usual storage, to keep politically sensitive (not national security sensitive) phone-transcripts away from prying eyes.


3.
The whistleblower-complaint (page 3) says that, as is customary, a word-for-word transcript of the phone-call was produced. The WH has only published a summary.


4.
According to the whistleblower-complaint (page 7), Rudy Giuliani met with members of the ukrainian government in a manner that circumvented standard procedures of US foreign policy.


5.
The released summary of the phone-call consists of only roughly 10 minutes of dialogue, even though the phonecall lasted 30 minutes.


6.
Rudy Giuliani has said in a Fox News interview that the transcript was "read to him". Rudy Giuliani has no security-clearance, so how was he privy to that classified information?


7.
DNI Maguire took a troubling stance during his hearing: He asserted that he cannot tell whether he discussed the whistleblower-complaint with Trump, because such a conversation would be covered by executive privilege. However, he had no problem telling the commitee that he didn't discuss the domestic political situation in Ukraine with the President.
Conversations about the whistleblower-complaint are covered by executive privilege, but conversations about Ukraine somehow are not?





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