A shift in the political winds towards impeachment on Capitol Hill is apparent. As suggested here numerous times by US Person when impeachment was a word that could not be spoken, the Democrats are finally considering a formal vote on the impeachment inquiry, to remove the regime's often stated objection to compliance with discovery requests. Historic precedent is that a formal vote should be taken. Democrats are highly sensitive to the effects such a vote would have on swing district incumbents. In US Person's opinion, the party could afford to lose a few seats in defense of the Constitution. Voting against an inquiry is also problematic at this point, considering the mounting crimes committed by the Malignant One*. An average of credible opinion polls now indicate a majority of 'Mericans support impeachment.
More: {12.10.19}The WaPo reported yesterday that at least four National Security Council officials knew in advance of the Orange King's intention to extort the President of Ukraine. They were concerned enough about his illegal request for campaign assistance that they raised the issue with a Very White House lawyer before and after the September 25th call. When then National Security advisor John Bolton found out about the Malignant One's blatant attempt to secure dirt on Joe Biden and his son, he reportedly "went ballistic" and scrambled to find a transcript of the 9:00am call that had already been 'locked down' in an ultra-secret server. As officials attempted to report the incident to their superiors, they contacted National Security Counsel legal advisor John Eisenberg. Accounts conflict on whether Eisenberg took any action concerning the alarming information he received. But this new information is certainly consistent with the established fact that the Very White House was aware of the incident before being contacted by the CIA's General Counsel weeks before a whistle-blower complaint was made.
Those involved in sounding alarms “were not a swamp, not a deep state,” said a former senior official. Rather, they were White House officials “who got concerned about this because this is not the way they want to see the government run.” As some pundits have pointed out, it is clear that the CIA whistleblower has some institutional support among the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill, but whether the unrest amounts to a "palace coup" as Trumpians would have you think is certainly not accurate. No one at PNG thinks the Democrats are without sin (Hunter Biden never held public office, and Joe Biden never threatened to withhold federal aid for his own benefit). To leave the Malignant One in control of the Executive Branch would be the death knell of what remains of democracy in 'Merica. So US Person says: Let the great impeachment begin!
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Update{11.10.19}A federal three judge appeals panel ruled that Il Douche's accountants must turn over his tax returns in a major defeat for the Orange King. Mazars USA must turnover eight years of financial records sought by the House investigating committees. It took the appeals judges sixty-six pages to explain why the regime's legal argument that the congressional subpoena had no relation to a legitimate legislative purpose had no merit. The regime, in accordance with its stonewall policy of resistance, will appeal the ruling to the full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or the US Supreme Court. Tellingly, the appeals panel voted along partisan lines with two Democrat appointed judges in the majority for enforcing the subpoena. It is an open question in Washington whether the conservative majority of the Supreme Court will vote to defend the Malignant One from congressional oversight and impeachment.
The panel majority did not address the question of whether the House needed to invoke its impeachment powers to make its discovery demands legitimate since the case was decided solely on its executive oversight responsibilities. Chairman Cummings of the House Oversight Committee hailed the decision saying, "Today’s ruling is a fundamental and resounding victory for congressional oversight, our constitutional system of checks and balances and the rule of law...” US Person continues to think that as a matter of jurisprudence, and even though the House is following its own adopted rules in declaring an impeachment inquiry is underway, the full House should take the extra step and hold a formal vote endorsing Speaker Pelosi's decision. The political risks of doing so are minimal since a majority of 'Mericans now support impeachment. Only eight Democrat representatives have not publicly declared support for an impeachment inquiry.
The ruling comes one day after Deutsche Bank told a federal court in New York that it no longer has Il Douche's tax returns in its possession. The admission surprised former bank officials cooperating with House investigations into alleged financial fraud by Trump and his organization. Normally, financial records including tax returns are required to support loan applications. The bank collected his records in 2011 when it became his lender of last resort after a string of bankruptcies cost other financial firms significant losses. Deutsche Bankt relied on the submitted information when it approved loans for Trump's Doral golf course and a Chicago skyscraper in 2012. By the time Trump was sworn into office he owed Deutsche Bank an estimated $300 million, making it his largest creditor.
{11.10.19}This week, Il Douche drew his legal guns, as predicted by US Person {28.09.29, Just the Facts, Ma'm} and turned the Very White House into the Alamo. He told Congress through his mouthpiece that he and his administration would not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry under any circumstances. The letter, written by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, was widely criticized by legal scholars as being puerile and a strange hybrid of absurd legal argument (citing George III as precedent, no less) and political polemic. The letter is concllusive proof of another impeachable offense: obstruction of Congress. Nixon tried the same tactic and lost. US Person has noted before that impeachment is a political process wrapped in legalisms. So Repugnants should take note, 'Merican have woken up to the 'yuge' con of Don Veto Trumpilliini: a majority now support impeachment and removal from office.
Smilin' Jack once told us in "A Few Good Men", 'Mericans "Can't handle the truth..." Well, US is going to give it to you anyway: Donald Trump is mobbed up with the Russians. This 'wise guy' got financing for his failing businesses from them via Deutsche Bank, his casinos laundered money for them, Russian agents got him elected in 2016, and illegal Russian money is now flowing into his 2020 campaign. You can bet your life that the cappo di tutti capi, Vladimir Vladimirovitch Putin, has the goods on Il Douche. Which explains why he put the arm on the Ukrainians to dig up 'dirt' on the Bidens, and threw the only effective US ally in Syria under the Turkish bus. Remember, you read it at PNG first.
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Wackydoodle sez: He told me he was callin' "Dialing for Dollars"
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