[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #678: GOP zweet peentjes

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 20:49 schreef Mike het volgende:

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Dit is wel prettig. Niet dat gehaast met 5 minuten per persoon, maar gewoon een grondige ondervraging zonder interrupties.

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 21:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Live op TV? Terwijl de Dems de ene na de andere misdaad aantonen? Het lijkt me een debiele strategie.

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 21:45 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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shannonrwatts twitterde op dinsdag 29-10-2019 om 21:19:46 What Americans don’t know you put Halloween candy in the bag the kid is carrying and not on top of their head? They’re like robots trying to mimic humans. https://t.co/3gv50msCLT reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 21:52 schreef koemleit het volgende:

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hahaha ik heb hier gewoon wel even hardop om gelachen.
schitterend.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 00:00:36 Testimony from Alexander Vindman appeared to contradict Energy Secretary Rick Perry's ardent denials that he ever heard former Biden or his son Hunter discussed in relation to U.S. requests that Ukraine investigate corruption. https://t.co/kkhEMmk7Z4 reageer retweet

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"Not once, as God is my witness, not once was a Biden name — not the former vice president, not his son — ever mentioned," Perry told the CBN News on Oct. 7. He repeated those denials in a Fox News radio interview last week.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 01:19 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Rick Perry heeft ook nog wat uit te leggen

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 00:00:36 Testimony from Alexander Vindman appeared to contradict Energy Secretary Rick Perry's ardent denials that he ever heard former Biden or his son Hunter discussed in relation to U.S. requests that Ukraine investigate corruption. https://t.co/kkhEMmk7Z4 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 02:00:08 Breaking via NYT: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told House investigators that the White House transcript of a July call between President Trump and Ukraine's president omitted crucial words and phrases, and that his attempts to restore them failed.https://t.co/4n2hCEO00x reageer retweet

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The omissions, Colonel Vindman said, included Mr. Trump's assertion that there were recordings of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. discussing Ukraine corruption, and an explicit mention by Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, of Burisma Holdings, the energy company whose board employed Mr. Biden's son Hunter.

Colonel Vindman, who appeared on Capitol Hill wearing his dark blue Army dress uniform and military medals, told House impeachment investigators that he tried to change the reconstructed transcript made by the White House staff to reflect the omissions. But while some of his edits appeared to have been successful, he said, those two corrections were not made.

Colonel Vindman did not testify to a motive behind the editing process. But his testimony is likely to drive investigators to ask further questions about how officials handled the call, including changes to the transcript and the decision to put it into the White House's most classified computer system -- and whether those moves were meant to conceal the call's most controversial aspects.

The phrases do not fundamentally change lawmakers' understanding of the call. There are plenty of other examples of Mr. Trump referring to Ukraine-related conspiracy theories and asking for investigations of the Biden family. But Colonel Vindman's account offered a hint to solving a mystery surrounding the conversation first reported by the intelligence whistle-blower whose complaint launched the impeachment inquiry: what Mr. Trump's aides left out of the transcript in places where ellipses indicate dropped words.

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The note-takers and voice recognition software used during the July 25 call had missed Mr. Zelensky saying the word "Burisma," but the reconstructed transcript does reference "the company," and suggests that the Ukrainian president is aware that it is of great interest to Mr. Trump.

The prosecutor general, Mr. Zelensky said, according to the document, "will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue."

The rough transcript also contains ellipses at three points where Mr. Trump is speaking. Colonel Vindman told investigators that at the point of the transcript where the third set of ellipses appears, Mr. Trump said there were tapes of Mr. Biden.

Mr. Trump's mention of tapes is an apparent reference to Mr. Biden's comments at a January 2018 event about his effort to get Ukraine to force out its prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin. Supporters of Mr. Biden have said Mr. Shokin was widely criticized for his lax anti-corruption efforts. Republicans charge, without evidence, that Mr. Biden was trying to stop an investigation into his son.

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 03:45:39 Trump has called it an "exact" transcript at least 16 times. https://t.co/A624sQDqYp reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 21:16 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Kijk eens, zouden de R’s wijzer (kunnen) worden?

“ To my Republican congressional colleagues and dear friends: President Trump takes your loyalty for granted and mocks your support. Stand up, reclaim your institutional prerogatives, protect your legacy and do what's best for our country.”

https://mobile.twitter.co(...)/1189226514220552193

Meer: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2(...)tter_impression=true

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 08:15 schreef De_Hertog het volgende:

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Dat is wel weer een voormalig congreslid. Het aantal zittende (of niet binnenkort met pensioen gaande) Republikeinen met kritiek is nog steeds erg klein.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 08:49 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ik hoor anders ook geen massale onvoorwaardelijke steunbetuigingen. De meesten houden hun mond.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 09:49 schreef Geytenbeekje het volgende:
Welke mensen erkennen die genocide niet dan ?

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 09:51 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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De turken.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 09:51 schreef Geytenbeekje het volgende:

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Zijn dat er veel ?
Allemaal Democraten denk ik ?

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 09:54 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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1 D, 15 R

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 09:51 schreef Geytenbeekje het volgende:

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Zijn dat er veel ?
Allemaal Democraten denk ik ?

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 09:54 schreef Geytenbeekje het volgende:

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15 Republikeinen ?
15 turken ?

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 05:32 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het is dus geen ‘transcript’. Dat is woord voor woord exact opgeschreven wat er is gezegd.

Trump gaf notities.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 10:26 schreef ATuin-hek het volgende:

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Dat het geen volledige transcript is kom je niet nu pas achter hoop ik?

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 21:49 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

MASH-UP: Trump’s al-Baghdadi Speech & Obama’s Bin Laden Speech

Korte vergelijking tussen Obamas en Trumps speeches na het neerschieten van Bin Laden en al-Baghdadi.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 15:17 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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thehill twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 14:28:02 JUST IN: Pathologist finds Jeffrey Epstein's body shows signs of homicide https://t.co/VlFgUJ9prp https://t.co/itDkxHKo2S reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 15:49 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het is natuurlijk wel bij Fox & Comrades verteld. Dat maakt het per definitie wel verdacht.

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 14:45:35 Well here's a new character...https://t.co/A7ZP0MXxvC @AndrewDesiderio @kyledcheney https://t.co/5DgLOLudUj reageer retweet

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kyledcheney twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 14:47:03 @NatashaBertrand @AndrewDesiderio More to come on him. He's the former GOP speaker-in-waiting of the House (resigned before taking the post) and is FARA registered on behalf of a Ukrainian steel association. https://t.co/34f3nE6n1r reageer retweet

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Two veteran foreign service officers plan to reveal new details to House impeachment investigators on Wednesday about the unconventional efforts by President Donald Trump’s associates to influence U.S. policy toward Ukraine, according to copies of their opening statements obtained by POLITICO.

Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson, State Department officials who served as senior advisers on Ukraine, plan to describe to investigators the unusual intrusion into U.S. foreign policy by Trump-aligned consultants, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Robert Livingston, a lobbyist and former GOP congressman.

The officials’ opening statements implicitly criticize Trump’s posture toward Ukraine, with Croft singling out Trump’s “long-held view of Ukraine as a corrupt country,” which she and her colleagues hoped to reverse.

Croft and Anderson served separately under Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, and witnessed an unusual effort by non-government officials to influence U.S. foreign policy toward the besieged country as it was facing intensifying aggression from Russia.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 17:05 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
lobbyist

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 18:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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AndrewDesiderio twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 14:31:45 Catherine Croft on the withheld military aid:“The only reason given was that the order came at the direction of the president.”https://t.co/Fu8P9kY8fP reageer retweet

Whoa.....

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 18:14 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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AndrewDesiderio twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 14:48:56 !!!!! >> Anderson says senior WH officials blocked the issuing of a statement condemning Russia after Moscow seized Ukrainian ships in November 2018. Instead, “Ambassador Volker drafted a tweet condemning Russia’s actions, which I posted to his account.”https://t.co/Fu8P9kY8fP reageer retweet

Whoa whoa

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 19:12 schreef Jojoke het volgende:

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Wie heeft die lobbyist daarvoor betaald? En wiens balang was dat? Dit is een hele vreemde zaak.

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Foreign Agents Registration Act filings show that Mr. Livingston’s firm, the Livingston Group, has represented Ukrainian clients in the past, including in 2018.

NYT

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 19:21 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Livingston Group

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 19:31 schreef Jojoke het volgende:

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Misschien betalen dezelfde personen Giuliani, Parnas en Fruman.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 19:45:59 Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan implicitly broke with Trump, telling lawmakers that it would not be "in accord with our values" for a president to ask a foreign government to investigate a political rival. https://t.co/g2MWLBz9lI reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 oktober 2019 21:49 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

MASH-UP: Trump’s al-Baghdadi Speech & Obama’s Bin Laden Speech

Korte vergelijking tussen Obamas en Trumps speeches na het neerschieten van Bin Laden en al-Baghdadi.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 17:49 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Vandaag laat een poll uit New Hampshire een aantal opvallende ontwikkelingen zien voor wat betreft de Democratische kandidaten. Weet niet of dit slechts een outlier is of het begin van een trend.

Zo is Biden gezakt naar de 3e plek, komt Buttigieg vanuit het niets op de 4e plaats met 10% en krijgt Gabbard er maar liefst 4% bij waardoor ze plotseling op 5 staat!

Bernie trouwens op 1 en Warren op 2.

Heel apart iig...

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 20:56 schreef Hexagon het volgende:

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Pfff, waarom blijven mensen achter een kandidaat aan lopen die qua gezondheid wellicht 2021 niet haalt

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 21:05 schreef livelink het volgende:

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Warren is wel een krasse tante volgens mij. Die kan nog wel 1 ronde mee. Maar Sanders
Sowieso ben ik niet enthousiast over de democratische kandidaten.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 21:10 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Bolton heeft een uitnodiging gehad om volgende week donderdag te komen getuigen. Ben benieuwd of hij erop ingaat.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 18:17 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het lijkt dus dat Trump een dealtje sloot met Poetin:

“Jij valt Oekraïne militair lastig, dan chanteer ik ze zodat ik herkozen word. Doen ze dat niet heb je vrij spel want dan krijgen ze geen steun van de VS, doen ze het wel heb je gegarandeerd vier jaar langer je man in het WH.”

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business twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 21:08:29 BREAKING: Twitter will ban political advertising from its platform, CEO Jack Dorsey says. The new policy, to be enforced globally, will go into effect Nov. 22 https://t.co/Tt2tRVCFnp https://t.co/lekwbFdMpX reageer retweet

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washingtonpost twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 21:16:40 Trump tweeted a photo of a Medal of Honor recipient — who was edited out and replaced by a dog https://t.co/O3VWxMTt9E reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 21:40 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:

Zag net ook nog een grappig onderzoekje op TV, de meeste Republikeinse stemmers wonen blijkbaar in gebieden waar geen internationale luchthavens zijn. Tsja...

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The reason I'm so calm about it is that I see Trump for who he really is. It's very hard to get this across to the public, because every time people talk about him, they start out with the unspoken unconscious assumption that he's basically like the rest of us.

But in order to explain and predict Trump’s behavior, you have to begin with awareness that he is essentially a predator. Once you keep in mind that Trump lacks a conscience and lacks empathy, he becomes very easy to follow. Unlike normal people, who are complex, he's basically running on a very simple and very disordered program.

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robertarampton twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 22:12:52 BREAKING - Tim Morrison - slated to testify in the impeachment inquiry tomorrow - to leave Trump's National Security Council, via @FrancoOrdonez @nprpolitics https://t.co/dcO1YKIG6b reageer retweet

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 22:32:00 Morrison, a Bolton acolyte, had only been there for about 3 months. But testimony and documents released so far suggest he was uncomfortable with the shadow Ukraine foreign policy campaign (which Fiona Hill briefed him on when she left the WH, I'm told) https://t.co/ZCOF6Y5VRN reageer retweet

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Tim Morrison, the top Russia official on President Trump's National Security Council, who is scheduled to testify in the impeachment inquiry on Thursday, is expected to leave his White House post imminently, three sources familiar with the plan told NPR.

Morrison, a conservative hawk who has served as the senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council, will be replaced by Andrew Peek, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Iraq and Iran in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, according to the sources.

Morrison and Peek could not immediately be reached for comment by NPR. The National Security Council declined comment.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 23:06 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Exit Tim Morrison

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robertarampton twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 22:12:52 BREAKING - Tim Morrison - slated to testify in the impeachment inquiry tomorrow - to leave Trump's National Security Council, via @:FrancoOrdonez @:nprpolitics https://t.co/dcO1YKIG6b reageer retweet

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 22:32:00 Morrison, a Bolton acolyte, had only been there for about 3 months. But testimony and documents released so far suggest he was uncomfortable with the shadow Ukraine foreign policy campaign (which Fiona Hill briefed him on when she left the WH, I'm told) https://t.co/ZCOF6Y5VRN reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 23:15 schreef Jojoke het volgende:

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Er is waarschijnlijk flinke druk op hem uitgeoefend door het Witte Huis. Hij is ontslagen of hij had er genoeg van.

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Morrison had alerted NSC lawyers about alleged demands being placed on the Ukrainian government to investigate a company where the son of former Vice President Joe Biden sat on the board, according to testimony this month from William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine.

Taylor testified that Morrison told him that Gordon Sondland, Trump's ambassador to the European Union, had informed a top Ukrainian official that U.S. military aid hinged on Zelenskiy's committing to investigating the firm connected with Biden's son.

An attorney for Morrison said Morrison planned to appear before House investigators on Thursday if subpoenaed.

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 18:08:03 We previously reported that Hill testified that Trump thought Patel was in charge of Ukraine policy for the NSC, but Vindman’s exclusion from a key Ukraine meeting because of concerns over a potential conflict with Trump has not been disclosed before. https://t.co/eOBF1raK7J reageer retweet

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The decorated Army officer who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort to involve himself further in Ukraine policy, according to two people familiar with his closed-door deposition.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, told lawmakers that after attending Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration in May as part of a delegation led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Vindman had been looking forward to debriefing Trump and giving a positive account of Zelensky’s vision for Ukraine’s future.

“The U.S. government policy community’s view is that the election of Zelenskyy and the promise of reforms to eliminate corruption will lock in Ukraine’s Western-leaning trajectory, and allow Ukraine to realize its dream of a vibrant democracy and economic prosperity,” Vindman said in his opening statement.

But he was instructed “at the last second” not to attend the debriefing, Vindman told lawmakers, because Trump’s advisers worried it might confuse the president: Trump believed at the time that Kashyap Patel, a longtime Nunes staffer who joined the White House in February and had no discernible Ukraine experience or expertise, was actually the NSC’s top Ukraine expert instead of Vindman.

Vindman testified that he was told this directly by his boss at the time, NSC senior director for European and Russian affairs Fiona Hill.

Hill told Vindman that she and national security adviser John Bolton thought it best to exclude Vindman from the debriefing to avoid “an uncomfortable situation,” he said.

POLITICO previously reported that Hill testified that Trump thought Patel was in charge of Ukraine policy for the NSC, but Vindman’s exclusion from a key Ukraine meeting because of concerns over a potential conflict with Trump has not been disclosed before.

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nytmike twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 23:18:52 Bolton's lawyer, Charles Cooper, has responded to the House request for his testimony, saying "Bolton is not willing to appear voluntarily." Cooper added: "I stand ready at all times to accept service of a subpoena on his behalf." reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 23:40 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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nytmike twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 23:18:52 Bolton's lawyer, Charles Cooper, has responded to the House request for his testimony, saying "Bolton is not willing to appear voluntarily." Cooper added: "I stand ready at all times to accept service of a subpoena on his behalf." reageer retweet

Bolton komt niet vrijwillig maar staat klaar om een dagvaarding te ontvangen

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 23:36 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Nog een artikel over Kash Patel, het hulpje van Nunes, waarvan Trump blijkbaar (onterecht) dacht dat hij de leiding had over het Oekraine beleid en waardoor Vindman buitengesloten werd van een debriefing meeting om verwarring te voorkomen.

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 18:08:03 We previously reported that Hill testified that Trump thought Patel was in charge of Ukraine policy for the NSC, but Vindman’s exclusion from a key Ukraine meeting because of concerns over a potential conflict with Trump has not been disclosed before. https://t.co/eOBF1raK7J reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 21:28 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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business twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 21:08:29 BREAKING: Twitter will ban political advertising from its platform, CEO Jack Dorsey says. The new policy, to be enforced globally, will go into effect Nov. 22 https://t.co/Tt2tRVCFnp https://t.co/lekwbFdMpX reageer retweet

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jack twitterde op woensdag 30-10-2019 om 21:05:11 For instance, it‘s not credible for us to say: “We’re working hard to stop people from gaming our systems to spread misleading info, buuut if someone pays us to target and force people to see their political ad…well...they can say whatever they want! 😉” reageer retweet

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1189634360472829952.html

We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons...?

A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet. Paying for reach removes that decision, forcing highly optimized and targeted political messages on people. We believe this decision should not be compromised by money.

While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions.

Internet political ads present entirely new challenges to civic discourse: machine learning-based optimization of messaging and micro-targeting, unchecked misleading information, and deep fakes. All at increasing velocity, sophistication, and overwhelming scale.

These challenges will affect ALL internet communication, not just political ads. Best to focus our efforts on the root problems, without the additional burden and complexity taking money brings. Trying to fix both means fixing neither well, and harms our credibility.

For instance, it's not credible for us to say: "We're working hard to stop people from gaming our systems to spread misleading info, buuut if someone pays us to target and force people to see their political ad...well...they can say whatever they want! ?"

We considered stopping only candidate ads, but issue ads present a way to circumvent. Additionally, it isn't fair for everyone but candidates to buy ads for issues they want to push. So we're stopping these too.

We're well aware we're a small part of a much larger political advertising ecosystem. Some might argue our actions today could favor incumbents. But we have witnessed many social movements reach massive scale without any political advertising. I trust this will only grow.

In addition, we need more forward-looking political ad regulation (very difficult to do). Ad transparency requirements are progress, but not enough. The internet provides entirely new capabilities, and regulators need to think past the present day to ensure a level playing field.

We'll share the final policy by 11/15, including a few exceptions (ads in support of voter registration will still be allowed, for instance). We'll start enforcing our new policy on 11/22 to provide current advertisers a notice period before this change goes into effect.

A final note. This isn't about free expression. This is about paying for reach. And paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today's democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle. It's worth stepping back in order to address.

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Former US President Barack Obama has challenged "woke" culture telling young people: "The world is messy."

He made the comments at the Obama Foundation's annual summit in Chicago on Tuesday.

Mr Obama said that calling people out on social media did not bring about change, and that change was complex.

"Woke" is described as being alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice, along with being aware of what's going on in the community.

Mr Obama told the audience: "I get a sense among certain young people on social media that the way of making change is to be as judgemental as possible about other people.

"If I tweet or hashtag about how you didn't do something right or used the wrong verb, then I can sit back and feel pretty good about myself because 'Man did you see how woke I was? I called you out!'"

"That's enough," he said. "If all you're doing is casting stones, you are probably not going to get that far."

Mr Obama added that "people who do really good stuff have flaws".

His comments come as Democrats prepare for the 2020 presidential nomination race. So far, there has been a focus on how "woke" candidates are, with a number apologising for past incidents.

Before withdrawing from the race, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand went on television to apologise for using the term "illegal alien" in the past. Elizabeth Warren has apologised for identifying as Native American, while Pete Buttigieg has apologised for his use of the phrase "all lives matter".

Last April, he told a crowd at an Obama Foundation event in Berlin: "One of the things I do worry about among progressives in the United States, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say 'Uh, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be' and then we start sometimes creating what's called a 'circular firing squad', where you start shooting at your allies because one of them has strayed from purity on the issues."

Jen Psaki, former Obama White House communications director, told CNN that she believed Mr Obama's most recent comments were a message for the Democratic Party and those running for election.

"If we are launching purity tests, we are going to have such a small party and will not be able to win. Governing is not about saying: 'You don't agree with me, then you can't be part of the conversation.'"

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 03:30:03 Inbox tonight: "In a court filing on Wednesday evening, the State Department agreed to release multiple categories of Ukraine-related records, including any communications with Rudy Giuliani, to American Oversight by November 22, 2019." reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 04:05:17 Breaking via WaPo: Lt. Col. Vindman told John Eisenberg, the NSC's lead counsel, about his concerns over Trump's call with Zelensky. Eisenberg then proposed moving a transcript of the call to a highly classified server and restricting access to it.https://t.co/SUeger1wzY reageer retweet

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Moments after President Trump ended his phone call with Ukraine’s president on July 25, an unsettled national security aide rushed to the office of White House lawyer John Eisenberg.

Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine adviser at the White House, had been listening to the call and was disturbed by the pressure Trump had applied to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rivals, according to people familiar with Vindman’s testimony to lawmakers this week.

Vindman told Eisenberg, the White House’s legal adviser on national security issues, that what the president did was wrong, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

Scribbling notes on a yellow legal pad, Eisenberg proposed a step that other officials have said is at odds with long-standing White House protocol: moving a transcript of the call to a highly classified server and restricting access to it, according to two people familiar with Vindman’s account.

The details of how the White House clamped down on information about the controversial call comes as the House impeachment inquiry turns its focus to the role of Eisenberg, who has served as deputy White House counsel since the start of Trump’s administration. House impeachment investigators on Wednesday evening announced they have asked Eisenberg and a fellow White House lawyer, Mike Ellis, to testify Monday.

On Thursday, the House is scheduled to vote on rules governing the next phase of the inquiry and hear from Tim Morrison, a former deputy to national security adviser John Bolton. Bolton has also been asked to testify next week.

Vindman’s account marks the first known instance in which a witness before the impeachment inquiry has provided a firsthand account linking Eisenberg to the decision to move the problematic transcript to a highly classified server.

Eisenberg did not respond to requests for comment. A White House spokesman declined to discuss Eisenberg’s role in handling the July 25 transcript or how he addressed the concerns he heard from staff.

“Consistent with the practices of past administrations from both parties, we will not discuss the internal deliberations of the White House Counsel’s Office,” said deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley.

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Rachel Maddow highlights reporting on a piece of impeachment inquiry testimony from diplomat Christopher Anderson in which he reveals some backstory on the Trump administration's failure to condemn Russian aggression toward Ukrainian ships in 2018.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 05:37 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dan kan hij zeggen dat hij wel moest.

Immigration chief spars with Missouri lawmaker over ‘medical deferred-action’ policy

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The acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services faced tough questions from several members of the House Oversight and Reform hearing Wednesday on the agency's since-reversed decision to end granting foreign nationals with serious medical conditions the temporary ability to stay in the country.

Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., used his allotted five minutes to ask Ken Cuccinelli if he had heard about several cases interest groups had brought to the agency's attention. Clay characterized them as "truly heartbreaking."

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Pelosi has never been quick to cry “Impeach!” She pointed out that she dismissed demands from some House Democrats to pursue impeachment against George W. Bush over the Iraq War in the final two years of his presidency. More recently, she rebuffed demands from her party’s liberal wing to impanel a full-scale impeachment effort following Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report about Trump and Russian interference in 2016. But now that she’s begun an impeachment inquiry, she betrays no doubt about seeing it through. Impeachment promises to be an ordeal, especially against a president so volatile, combative, and willing to twist the truth. Approaching that heaving sea, Pelosi projected resolve. “When we decide if we are going to go forward, we will be ready, and we will be ironclad,” she said, referring to potential votes on articles of impeachment. It sounded less like a boast than a statement of fact.

Without detailing specific plans, Pelosi left the clear impression that the impeachment process will conclude sooner rather than later, and its focus will be more narrow than broad. She refused to answer when asked directly whether any eventual articles of impeachment will cover issues beyond Trump’s interactions with Ukraine and the administration’s defiance of subpoenas from the committees investigating them. Some House Democrats have advocated for articles that address everything from family separations to emoluments. “No one should infer from what we’re doing that there is an imprimatur to do emoluments if it’s not” listed among Democrats’ justifications for impeaching Trump, Pelosi said. (She was careful to say, too, that if Trump’s team has “exculpatory testimony they want to present” on Ukraine, House Democrats are open to it: “We pray that that will be the case—something we don’t understand about how he interprets the Constitution.”)

Though Pelosi is vague on just how much longer the inquiry will go on, she expressed concern about Americans’ appetite for a lengthy process. “How much drama can the American people handle?” she asked. “Where does the law of diminishing returns set in? Where is the value added not worth the time?”

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 06:52 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Pelosi spreekt: Nancy Pelosi’s Predictions for Impeachment
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Denk niet dat Trump nog veel slaap krijgt de komende weken.

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RepMGriffith twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 00:35:01 I am in the Rules Committee room where Democrats are marking up their impeachment resolution. @RepDLesko offered an amendment requiring any evidence which is exculpatory regarding the President to be given to the Judiciary Committee.Democrats rejected it. reageer retweet

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Bannon is ramping up his own efforts in part because he has come to believe that some Republicans are willing to save Trump only if he makes concessions to the party on issues like immigration and trade. “They want to see the end of the Trump presidency and the beginning of a Republican presidency,” Bannon said of mainstream Republicans.

“I think they’ve had enough of Trump.”

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 08:20 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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RepMGriffith twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 00:35:01 I am in the Rules Committee room where Democrats are marking up their impeachment resolution.@:RepDLesko offered an amendment requiring any evidence which is exculpatory regarding the President to be given to the Judiciary Committee.Democrats rejected it. reageer retweet

Blijkbaar is er dus ontlastend bewijs, waarom zou je als democraat anders tegenstemmen?
Als het er namelijk niet zou zijn zou je gewoon ja stemmen.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 08:20 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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RepMGriffith twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 00:35:01 I am in the Rules Committee room where Democrats are marking up their impeachment resolution.@:RepDLesko offered an amendment requiring any evidence which is exculpatory regarding the President to be given to the Judiciary Committee.Democrats rejected it. reageer retweet

Blijkbaar is er dus ontlastend bewijs, waarom zou je als democraat anders tegenstemmen?
Als het er namelijk niet zou zijn zou je gewoon ja stemmen.

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Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 23:33 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Interessant, Boltons advocaat vraagt zélf om een dagvaarding voor z'n cliënt hoor ik net, dat betekend dat Bolton waarschijnlijk wel degelijk komt getuigen.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 08:30 schreef speknek het volgende:
Dat lijkt me een wat haastige conclusie zonder het amendement te zien. "Any evidence" kan ook de deur open zetten naar filibusteren, waarbij de republikeinen voortdurend nieuwe wissewasjes ter tafel brengen om het proces een jaar te frustreren.

Edit: vroeg me ook al af waarom de judiciary genoemd werd, maar dacht dat die misschien ook een rol hadden.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 08:41 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
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Dat is dus die Lesko. Ja, die zal goede bedoelingen hebben met zo'n amandement .

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 08:41 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
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Dat is dus die Lesko. Ja, die zal goede bedoelingen hebben met zo'n amandement .

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 08:53 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:

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Is dat niet een van de SCIF stormers?

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 09:00 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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kan best: ERG effectieve tactiek.
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Oeps, dat is een ander plaatje

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Mr. VanDyke’s accomplishments are offset by the assessments of interviewees thatMr. VanDyke is arrogant, lazy, an ideologue, and lacking in knowledge of the day-to-day practice including procedural rules. There was a theme that the nominee lacks humility, has an “entitlement” temperament, does not have an open mind, and does not always have a commitment to being candid and truthful.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 12:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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ansleyvaughan twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 02:53:49 Baseball fans booing at a trump commercial at the nationals stadium viewing party #WorldSeries #Nationals https://t.co/9SrUjPfHKK reageer retweet

Het begint een volkssport te worden in de stadions......

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 12:47 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Gister is een potentiele rechter in de Senaat in huilen uitgebarsten omdat de American Bar Association hem onder andere als volgt kwalificeerde:
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https://www.rawstory.com/(...)zy-and-an-ideologue/

Als dat klopt vraag je je toch af hoe zo iemand in vredesnaam ooit genomineerd kan zijn?!

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 13:22 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Via Blendle, in Trouw.
Een Nederlandse honT

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:32 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Resolutie is zojuist aangenomen 232 voor, 196 tegen.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:32 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Resolutie is zojuist aangenomen 232 voor, 196 tegen.

Welke resolutie?

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:44 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Welke resolutie?

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:44 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Welke resolutie?

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:39 schreef Mryc het volgende:

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- de enige independent stemde voor
- twee Democraten stemden tegen
- alle Republikeinen stemden tegen

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 15:49 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Geld geven aan politici in ruil voor steun is toch gewoon omkoping? Kunnen deze senatoren die dit vragen of accepteren daarvoor worden aangepakt?

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kyledcheney twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 14:42:30 NEWS: There are now four impeachment depositions scheduled for Monday: https://t.co/MljioUKvJV reageer retweet

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 14:44:09 EISENBERG, NSC lawyer who allegedly suggested placing Trump calls in top secret code word system to conceal them, is expected to testify on Monday >>; https://t.co/RBupOAUheO reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:53 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Van wat ik begrijp geeft Trump niet letterlijk geld, maar vraagt hij de donors geld te geven aan geprefereerde senatoren. Lijkt me dat aan zo campagnevoeren voor andere Republikeinen voor de rest niets (wettelijk) mis is.

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TRUMP IS COMMITTING 'FELONY BRIBERY' BY GIVING FUNDRAISING CASH TO GOP SENATORS AHEAD OF IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: EX-BUSH ETHICS LAWYER (Newsweek)

Attorney Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, warned on Thursday that President Donald Trump appeared to be committing "felony bribery" by giving Republican senators fundraising cash ahead of an increasingly likely impeachment trial in the Senate.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 16:53 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Van wat ik begrijp geeft Trump niet letterlijk geld, maar vraagt hij de donors geld te geven aan geprefereerde senatoren. Lijkt me dat aan zo campagnevoeren voor andere Republikeinen voor de rest niets (wettelijk) mis is.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 19:14 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Oh ja, dit ook nog...

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catturd2 twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 17:26:04 For all you foolish Tulsi Gabbard fans ...She just voted for the illegal impeachment coup. She's just a better looking Nancy Pelosi. reageer retweet

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AnnCoulter twitterde op donderdag 31-10-2019 om 18:14:38 No she didn't. Tulsi is a SENATOR, meaning she's in the SENATE and doesn't vote on HOUSE resolutions. https://t.co/QnG2XyL1LB reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 20:34 schreef Ulx het volgende:
De frontpage is verdacht stil. Jammer hoor. Ik had wel wat genuanceerde reacties willen lezen.

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Op donderdag 31 oktober 2019 20:42 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Tja, op een of andere manier posten ze mijn inzendingen over Trump nooit. Het lijkt wel of ze daar niet van een fris tegengeluid houden.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 02:40:11 Chairman Schiff to @maddow: "One of the aspects of the resolution that we passed today authorizes me to begin releasing transcripts. And I would expect that process will begin as early as next week." reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 03:02 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Vanaf volgende week worden de transcripts vrijgegeven van de getuigenverklaringen achter gesloten deuren.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 02:40:11 Chairman Schiff to @:maddow: "One of the aspects of the resolution that we passed today authorizes me to begin releasing transcripts. And I would expect that process will begin as early as next week." reageer retweet

Ik ben benieuwd of de Republikeinen het dan eindelijk eens over de inhoud gaan hebben en niet meer alleen over de procesgang nu er gestemd is over de impeachmentprocedure, de transcripts worden vrijgegeven en de verhoren openbaar worden.

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A federal judge sharply challenged the Trump administration on Thursday over its objections to a House Democratic lawsuit trying to force the testimony of one of Robert Mueller’s star witnesses as part of their broader impeachment inquiry.

Lawmakers have been fighting to bring in former White House counsel Don McGahn for questioning since he showed up repeatedly at the center of anecdotes detailing President Donald Trump’s potential obstruction of justice in the special counsel’s final report. But the Justice Department has tried to block McGahn’s testimony, arguing that the ex-Trump aide can essentially ignore a congressional subpoena related to his time in the White House, and that the courts shouldn’t weigh in on a dispute between Congress and the executive branch.

U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday struggled to size up the department’s argument. The judge’s approach is being closely watched because her ultimate decision could have an effect on separate court battles over Democrats’ attempts to subpoena other reluctant witnesses as it investigates Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine into launching politically advantageous probes. During the hearing, Jackson directed several pointed questions at the Justice Department.

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DavidMDrucker twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 02:17:40 NEWS: A defiant @realDonaldTrump signaled he's disinclined to cooperate with House Dems in impeachment proceedings, while suggesting he might read transcript of Zelensky call aloud to nation in "fireside chat." https://t.co/L4eUpXjKJi me & @robcrilly from the Oval. @dcexaminer reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 05:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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60%-70% is nu toch vóór het houden van een impeachmentonderzoek?

Ik noem niet aan dat je dat bent als je de resultaten wil negeren.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 05:17 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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DavidMDrucker twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 02:17:40 NEWS: A defiant @:realDonaldTrump signaled he's disinclined to cooperate with House Dems in impeachment proceedings, while suggesting he might read transcript of Zelensky call aloud to nation in "fireside chat." https://t.co/L4eUpXjKJi me & @:robcrilly from the Oval. @:dcexaminer reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 05:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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60%-70% is nu toch vóór het houden van een impeachmentonderzoek?

Ik noem niet aan dat je dat bent als je de resultaten wil negeren.

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The identical twin brother of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official who shared before House committees this week his concerns about President Trump’s July phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, may also be called to testify.

Col. Vindman allegedly told impeachment investigators that his sibling, Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, an NSC lawyer handling ethics issues, had witnessed the decision to move the call’s transcript to a top secret server. House committees have contacted his lawyer, although no decision has been made, according to a person briefed on the outreach.

Col. Yevgeny Vindman didn’t listen in on the call, during which Mr. Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic front-runner Joe Biden and other matters, according to a person familiar with his brother’s testimony. However, Col. Yevgeny Vindman was allegedly present when his brother, at the direction of superiors, reported the call to the NSC’s general counsel, John Eisenberg, according to a person familiar with Col. Alexander Vindman’s testimony.

He allegedly reported his concerns to Mr. Eisenberg in person at the NSC shortly after the Trump-Zelensky phone call took place. During that meeting, Col. Alexander Vindman read the notes he took while listening in on the leaders’ call in his capacity as director of Ukraine policy and expressed his concern.

On Tuesday he told House investigators of asking his brother to join in his capacity as an NSC ethics lawyer, according to the person familiar with Col. Vindman’s testimony. During the meeting, Mr. Eisenberg listened to his concerns, jotting down notes on a yellow legal pad. Mr. Eisenberg’s deputy, Michael Ellis, entered the room toward the end of the meeting and Messrs. Eisenberg and Ellis then allegedly began discussing what to do with the transcript, given its “sensitive” nature, this person said.

Mr. Eisenberg then made the suggestion to store the transcript on the top secret server, according to this person.

Gordon Lang, Col. Yevgeny Vindman’s attorney, declined to comment.

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement that the White House “will not discuss the internal deliberations of the White House Counsel’s Office.”

The White House said in September that the record of the Trump-Zelensky call was added to the highly secure server at the direction of National Security Council lawyers. According to the whistleblower complaint that initiated the impeachment inquiry, White House officials were “directed” to remove the electronic records from the computer system where such documents are normally stored “for coordination, finalization and distribution to Cabinet-level officials.”

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 07:04 schreef Lord_Vetinari het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 05:39 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:

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Minder, bovendien is minder dan de helft momenteel voor afzetting. Vooral dat laatste cijfer moet veel hoger wil McConnell Trump laten vallen.

Maar we zullen zien.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 07:15 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:

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Neh, dat gaat zo niet.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 08:07 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Er moet heel wat gebeuren wil de GOP Trump daadwerkelijk laten vallen. Het zal wel blijven bij heel wat rookgordijnen opwerpen, karaktermoord op getuigen een enkele dappere senator die zal zeggen dat het toch allemaal niet zo netjes is van Trump om daaraan toe te voegen dat het verder niet zwaar genoeg is voor impeachment en ga zo maar door.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 08:07 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Er moet heel wat gebeuren wil de GOP Trump daadwerkelijk laten vallen. Het zal wel blijven bij heel wat rookgordijnen opwerpen, karaktermoord op getuigen een enkele dappere senator die zal zeggen dat het toch allemaal niet zo netjes is van Trump om daaraan toe te voegen dat het verder niet zwaar genoeg is voor impeachment en ga zo maar door.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 09:02 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Dan moet hij zich wel persoonlijk onthouden van elke inmenging in die procedure. Iedere actie van Trump om die procedure te verstoren is not done, dat heeft McConnell hem blijkbaar geprobeerd uit te leggen, blijf afzijdig.. Bij Trump twijfel ik of hij daadwerkelijk aan de verleiding kan weerstaan om "toch iets te proberen"

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 09:20 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Dat heeft hij tot dusver nooit gedaan en heeft de GOP ook nooit problematisch gevonden.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 09:32 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Trump is vrij onconventioneel, dat hebben we de afgelopen 3 jaar wel gezien. Een kat in het nauw kan rare sprongen maken, het is maar net wat er in zijn hoofd speelt. We zullen het zien.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 09:33 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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We hebben het echter niet over Trump, maar over de GOP.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 09:53 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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De GOP is de afgelopen 3 jaar de speelbal van Trump geweest. Die moeten dit zo langzamerhand zat worden. De GOP heeft natuurlijk ook 2020 in het hoofd. Met Trump hebben ze de kans dat swingstates (die ze bitter nodig hebben) in 2020 richting Dems gaan. Trump toverde in 2016 een truukje uit zijn hoed, maar vooralsnog zie ik dit niet gebeuren. Daar komt nog bij dat de gevolgen van zijn beleid pijn begint te doen.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:00 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Ik denk dat de GOP zo machtsgeil is en omdat ze democratie toch al vervelend vinden, ze geen enkel probleem hebben met een figuur als Trump

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:27 schreef Jojoke het volgende:
De Democraten hebben de jongeren nodig om in 2020 te winnen. Ongeacht of Trump uiteindelijk wel of niet wordt afgezet, helpt het proces vermoedelijk wel om de jongeren op de been te brengen en te zorgen dat ze stemmen in 2020.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:34 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Goh, logisch toch. Waarom...daarom.
Bedenkt de man dat zelf?

https://www.cbsnews.com/n(...)ork-city-to-florida/
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“New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted "Good riddance. It's not like @:realDonaldTrump paid taxes here anyway."

Wat ik never zal begrijpen, als iemand zó slim en bijdehand en stinkend rijk is / zou zijn...Investeer dan in de mensen én de wereld om het beter te krijgen.
Of doet bijv. Gates met goede doelen industrie het ook voor zelfverrijking.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:32 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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En vrouwen en gekleurde stemmers. Gaan ze allemaal stemmen, dan is het over en uit met de meerderheid van de GOP in het Congres.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:38 schreef Jojoke het volgende:

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Dan kan de GOP inderdaad hun koffers wel pakken

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 11:07 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
Man, man, man... Bedankt Trump...
https://www.nu.nl/buitenl(...)nse-pijpleiding.html

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 11:13 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:

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Oeps, is nog een red state ook volgens mij.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:48 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Na het tijdperk Trump zal de GOP zichzelf moeten heruitvinden. Dat staat vast.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 11:23 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:

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Dat is geen enkel probleem hoor.
Zodra er een democratische president is, zijn begrotingstekorten, obstructie van rechtsgang, belangenverstrengeling, corruptie, echtscheiding, vreemdgaan, opstappende kabinetsleden, gebrek aan transparantie, golf spelen, rijke donoren, familieleden met baantjes, sluitende kolenfabrieken, failliete boeren, een niet gebouwd grenshek enz enz opeens weer superbelangrijk. En impeachment waardig.

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NYGovCuomo twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 01:13:10 Good riddance.It’s not like @realDonaldTrump paid taxes here anyway... He’s all yours, Florida. https://t.co/9AX0q1aBkQ reageer retweet

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NYCMayor twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 05:07:16 Our deepest condolences to the good people of Florida as Trump attempts to outrun his past (and near future). https://t.co/QFqeYO7xTq reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 11:51 schreef pullup het volgende:
Twee wat agressievere reacties vn New Yorkers op het vertrek van Trump dan we van de deocratische presidentskandidaten gewend zijn. Die zijn veel suffer over het algemeen

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NYGovCuomo twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 01:13:10 Good riddance.It’s not like @:realDonaldTrump paid taxes here anyway... He’s all yours, Florida. https://t.co/9AX0q1aBkQ reageer retweet

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NYCMayor twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 05:07:16 Our deepest condolences to the good people of Florida as Trump attempts to outrun his past (and near future). https://t.co/QFqeYO7xTq reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 11:57 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Ik kan me voorstellen dat Trump naar Florida wil. Hij heeft in principe het Witte Huis al opgegeven. New York is besmet terrein geworden en die duiken nu diep in zijn lokale belastingpapieren. In Florida zitten nog genoeg schatrijke bejaarden die hij geld kan aftroggelen in Trump casino's of golfclubs.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 12:16 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:

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Neh, tax rates in NY zijn 9%, in FL slechts 4%.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 12:16 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 12:00:00 Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano: Proof of Trump's impeachable offenses plain to see.https://t.co/1TPmA0BtXm reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 12:48 schreef De_Hertog het volgende:
Napolitano is wel vaker kritisch over Trump en heeft al eerder gezegd dat wat Trump tot nu toe zelf heeft toegegeven over het telefoongesprek een misdaad is: https://www.foxnews.com/o(...)p-attacks-presidency

Alsnog goed dat dit op Fox ook langs kan komen, natuurlijk.

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MoveOn twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 17:00:06 @cathymcmorris @repgregwalden @RepLarryBucshon @RepBuddyCarter @repdonyoung .@RepRobBishop (R-UT) invokes Will Smith and Aladdin in his failed attempt to answer the yes-or-no question of whether it’s acceptable for a president to pressure a foreign government to interfere with our elections. https://t.co/2ZqQt3pKo2 reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 10:27 schreef Jojoke het volgende:
De Democraten hebben de jongeren nodig om in 2020 te winnen. Ongeacht of Trump uiteindelijk wel of niet wordt afgezet, helpt het proces vermoedelijk wel om de jongeren op de been te brengen en te zorgen dat ze stemmen in 2020.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 12:48 schreef De_Hertog het volgende:
Napolitano is wel vaker kritisch over Trump en heeft al eerder gezegd dat wat Trump tot nu toe zelf heeft toegegeven over het telefoongesprek een misdaad is: https://www.foxnews.com/o(...)p-attacks-presidency

Alsnog goed dat dit op Fox ook langs kan komen, natuurlijk.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 22:38 schreef trein2000 het volgende:
Beto out https://www.bbc.co.uk/new(...)tter_impression=true

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 23:20 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Jammer -Een Harris/O’Rourke ticket had me wel wat geleken. Ik verwacht dat Harris binnenkort ook stopt.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 23:20 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Jammer -Een Harris/O’Rourke ticket had me wel wat geleken. Ik verwacht dat Harris binnenkort ook stopt.

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 22:38 schreef trein2000 het volgende:
Beto out https://www.bbc.co.uk/new(...)tter_impression=true

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Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 23:20 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Jammer -Een Harris/O’Rourke ticket had me wel wat geleken. Ik verwacht dat Harris binnenkort ook stopt.

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Federal prosecutors seeking to bolster their defense of the investigation into former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn took an unusual step Friday: releasing the handwritten notes of two FBI agents who conducted a fateful January 2017 White House interview during which he allegedly lied about his dealings with Russia.

The disclosure came as a new defense team led by a prominent critic of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, Sidney Powell, has mounted an extraordinarily broad attack on Mueller’s team and the FBI, accusing them of altering key evidence in the case and essentially tricking Flynn into the guilty plea he offered in December 2017 and reaffirmed a year later.

In a court filing Friday that included the notes and other records, prosecutors roundly rejected the defense’s new tack.

“The defendant’s protestations of innocence and being misled into a guilty plea are demonstrably false,” wrote prosecutor Brandon Van Grack, who handled Flynn’s case for Mueller and is now the lead prosecutor on it for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington.

Van Grack also dismissed Flynn’s lawyers’ claims that the FBI agents changed the report on the interview in any significant way as it went through several drafts.

“Both interviewing agents’ notes are clear that the defendant maintained he had ‘[n]o recollection’ of speaking with the Russian Ambassador about U.S. Sanctions, and that the defendant did not have a ‘long drawn out’ conversation with the Russian Ambassador about ‘don’t do something,’” the prosecutor wrote.

Van Grack said the conduct of the FBI in the pivotal Jan. 24, 2017, interview at Flynn’s West Wing office was proper and that agents even offered up extra details when he claimed not to remember some of the interactions they were questioning him about.

“When the defendant lied in his interview, the FBI was engaged in a legitimate and significant investigation into whether individuals associated with the campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump were coordinating with the Russian government in its activities to interfere with the 2016 presidential election,” the prosecutor wrote. “The defendant was not ‘ambushed’ at the interview, and the interviewing agents certainly did not engage in ‘outrageous’ conduct that undermines the fact that he lied.”

Prosecutors stressed they had no duty to provide any evidence to Flynn before charging him, but that they did share a number of potential weaknesses in the investigation with him. That included the fact that one of the FBI agents who interviewed him, Peter Strzok, had sent text messages that showed a preference for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and that both agents’ initial read on their exchange with Flynn was that he was being candid with them.

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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed right-wing conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi’s lawsuit against Robert Mueller, ruling that Corsi lacked standing, that the lawsuit was never properly served, and the complaint failed to state any valid claims against the former special counsel.

The lawsuit, initially filed late last year, claimed that Mueller and several other government actors unlawfully pressured Corsi to perjure himself, alleging that the government coerced him to lie that he acted as a conduit between longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

In a 42-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, meticulously dismantled each of Corsi’s proposed causes of action and highlighted the fact that his attorney’s service of the lawsuit was insufficient, as it was delivered more than a month after the date required by law.

As a threshold matter, Huvelle ruled that the complaint did not allege sufficient facts to establish proper standing, stating that Corsi failed to plead an actual or imminent injury because the claim that he was unlawfully surveilled by the government “relie[d] on a highly attenuated chain of possibilities.”

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Om spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.

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GusMoot twitterde op zaterdag 02-11-2019 om 05:22:04 @ddale8 Did he not also say at one point in the rally;"I withheld the money". ??? reageer retweet

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KevinlyFather twitterde op zaterdag 02-11-2019 om 06:28:52 @GusMoot @ddale8 https://t.co/rWaC6GPlWC reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 2 november 2019 09:00 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Vaak vrees ik dat er nog 4 jaren gaan volgen.
Gelukkig heeft iemand gerekend.

https://mobile.twitter.com/billkristol/status/1190246881760366593

Only 74% of Republicans now approve of Trump's job performance, lowest ever in Post-ABC poll, down eight points from September.

(George Conway:...” But the great and unmatched wisdom of our stable genius president says he is at 95%!”)

Ergens daaronder als comment:
“ there are about 158 million registered voters. 26% identify as Rs, or a little over 48 million. Today's polling shows approval at 74% with Rs, or 35.5 million approving - 27 million less than his 2016 vote total. And he's bragging?”

Zou de berekening (waar zijn?).
Wat een gegoochel met cijfers, getallen en %%.
Blijkbaar gaat het om (voorlopig ! ) 74% van 23% van de voters...

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Op zaterdag 2 november 2019 12:57 schreef Ulx het volgende:

they are basically asking, in quite robust terms, for help in doing a hatchet job on their own intelligence services

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De Britten willen het spelletje van Bart niet meespelen.

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Op zaterdag 2 november 2019 13:41 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 01-11-2019 om 23:48:59 You can’t Impeach someone who hasn’t done anything wrong! reageer retweet

Helemaal mee eens. Trump heeft gelijk. Hij zegt waar het op staat. Klare.taal.


Overigens heeft Trump natuurlijk wèl dingen geflikt waarvoor hij kan worden afgezet.