[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #662 Dems gonna Dem

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:15 schreef Olga het volgende:

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AP twitterde op donderdag 19-09-2019 om 17:01:53 BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns. reageer retweet

Ik snap nog steeds niet waarom hij zijn tax returns niet openbaart net zoals elke president voor hem

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“In response to the subpoenas issued by the New York County District Attorney, we have filed a lawsuit this morning in federal court on behalf of the President in order to address the significant constitutional issues at stake in this case,” Jay Sekulow, the president’s lawyer, said in a statement.

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:26 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Wat ik ook gek vind is dat kennelijk de wet niet gevolgd wordt rondom de procedure van wie kennis krijgt hierover als ik het goed begrijp. Waarom zou iemand bereid zijn dat te doen die er verder niet echt wat mee te winnen zou hebben met als waarschijnlijke uitkomst dat het sowieso toch wel uit komt?

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:15 schreef Olga het volgende:

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AP twitterde op donderdag 19-09-2019 om 17:01:53 BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns. reageer retweet

Ik snap nog steeds niet waarom hij zijn tax returns niet openbaart net zoals elke president voor hem

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 16:30 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Wat is POTUS stil vandaag? En dat terwijl er niks op zijn agenda staat.

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En waarom meldt Fox News helemaal niets over de whistleblower-klacht

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:29 schreef svann het volgende:

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Daar kan maar één reden voor zijn, toch?

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:31 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ik weet niet in hoeverre het verder onder de aandacht gebracht is, maar er is wel een artikel over van een paar dagen terug: https://www.foxnews.com/p(...)stleblower-complaint

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 19-09-2019 om 17:20:01 Breaking via NYT: The internal watchdog for American spy agencies declined repeatedly to disclose to lawmakers the content of a potentially explosive whistle-blower complaint that is said to involve a discussion between Trump and a foreign leader.https://t.co/fNWzZohQ7M reageer retweet

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During a private session on Capitol Hill, Michael Atkinson, the inspector general of the intelligence community, told lawmakers he was unable to confirm or deny anything about the substance of the complaint, including whether it involved the president, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the closed-door conversation. The meeting was still underway.

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:15 schreef Olga het volgende:

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AP twitterde op donderdag 19-09-2019 om 17:01:53 BREAKING: President Donald Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns. reageer retweet

Ik snap nog steeds niet waarom hij zijn tax returns niet openbaart net zoals elke president voor hem

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Waarschijnlijk omdat dan snel uit te vinden is hoe de geldstromen lopen. De financiers van Trump Witwasserijen BV komen dan in het vizier. En dan zal.blijken dat hele goede vriendjes van Poetin Trump hebben gefinancierd.

Dat denk ik.

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It is a conclusion that even Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has appeared to confirm, saying in 2008—after the Trump Organization was prospering again—that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.”

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 02:03:06 Nice meeting with Mark Zuckerberg of @Facebook in the Oval Office today. https://t.co/k5ofQREfOc https://t.co/jNt93F2BsG reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 20:50 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het gesprek met Zelinsky waarin Trump zei dat Oekraïne steun krijgt als ze Joe Biden opzichtig gaan onderzoeken om Trump aan een herverkiezing te helpen krijgt nu ineens veel aandacht.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 02:10:01 Breaking via WaPo: A whistleblower complaint about President Trump made by an intelligence official centers on Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter, which has set off a struggle between Congress and the executive branch.https://t.co/YwQ0EypUoj reageer retweet

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Two and a half weeks before the complaint was filed, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian and political newcomer who was elected in a landslide in May.

That call is already under investigation by House Democrats who are examining whether Trump and his attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani sought to manipulate the Ukrainian government into helping Trump's reelection campaign. Lawmakers have demanded a full transcript and a list of participants on the call.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 02:35:04 NYT confirms: At least part of the allegation in the whistleblower complaint deals with Ukraine, two people familiar with it said. https://t.co/zHFHAMEeiu reageer retweet

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Lawyers for President Trump argued in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that he could not be criminally investigated while in office, as they sought to block a subpoena from state prosecutors in Manhattan demanding eight years of his tax returns.

Taking a broad position that the lawyers acknowledged had not been tested, the president’s legal team argued in the complaint that the Constitution effectively makes sitting presidents immune from all criminal inquiries until they leave the White House.

Presidents, they asserted, have such enormous responsibility and play a unique role in government that they cannot be subject to the burden of investigations, especially from local prosecutors who may use the criminal process for political gain.

Several constitutional law scholars interviewed by The New York Times said that if the lawyers’ position were accepted by the court, it would set a sweeping new precedent.

But they also said it was far from certain that the theory, which was not based on established case law, would succeed. While an onslaught of investigations would most assuredly disrupt a presidency, the Constitution does not explicitly say that presidents are shielded from criminal inquiries.

“President Trump’s position that he is unequivocally beyond the reach of criminal investigators is doubtfully absolutist,” said Joshua Matz, who wrote, with Laurence H. Tribe, “To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment.”

At the least, the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Manhattan, is likely to delay the latest attempt to secure Mr. Trump’s financial records.

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rgoodlaw twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 02:23:09 @colvinj @violagienger AP's @colvinj asked Pence a very pointed question on Sept 2, 2019 in Poland:"Can you assure Ukraine that the hold-up of that money [U.S. security assistance] has absolutely nothing to do with efforts, including by Rudy Giuliani, to try to dig up dirt on the Biden family?" reageer retweet

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rgoodlaw twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 02:37:02 @colvinj @violagienger Pence's reply was NOT a denial. If anything, he referred to Trump wanting the new government to move ahead with process against "corruption." That's the same word Giuliani uses in reference to his (false) Ukraine-Biden conspiracy.Read Pence's non-response for yourself: https://t.co/WtHdA3vw1Y reageer retweet

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Mr. Giuliani also wants a probe of claims that revelations of payments by a Ukrainian political party to Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, were part of a plot to wreck Mr. Trump’s candidacy. In other words, Trump associates want the Ukrainian government to prove that Ukraine improperly acted against Mr. Trump in the 2016 election; but they also want it to meddle in his favor for 2020.

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Billy Bush | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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look, you just tell them and they believe it. That's it: you just tell them and they believe. They just do.'"

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 04:00 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
Rudy Giuliani had even een dieptepuntje op CNN, pijnlijk om te zien.

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CuomoPrimeTime twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 03:23:27 CNN's @ChrisCuomo: "Did you ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?" @RudyGiuliani: "Of course I did"President Trump's attorney says he had spoken with a Ukrainian official about Joe Biden's possible role in that government's dismissal of a prosecutor who investigated Biden's son. https://t.co/hqmqtmx2VW reageer retweet

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NickNehamas twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 04:27:55 NEW: U.S. Marine unit wants to hold annual ball at presidential venue: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club https://t.co/jXuV0Wvh3R with @TaraCopp reageer retweet