The Daily Blow by Blow Impeachment Hearings and Trial of Donald Trump
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hanimmal
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DIY-HP-LED
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Looks like she has a lot of public support by those in attendance, I wonder if the GOP is gonna try to pack the hearings with Trumper supports who will disrupt on a tweeted command. These folks clapped spontaneously like good citizens after the chairman's gavel came down ending the proceedings. Nothing like fireworks to spark more public interest in the witness testimony, Donald's witness intimidation tweets helped a lot, and so did the republican whining after the end of the hearing.
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Impeachment hearing ends with fireworks and applause
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) offers concluding remarks as former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch ends her testimony at the impeachment inquiry hearings for President Trump.
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Impeachment hearing ends with fireworks and applause
rkymtnman
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do you have a copy of the opening statement of Mr Holmes. CNN had something about it but i didn't get to read teh whole thing
do you have a copy of the opening statement of Mr Holmes. CNN had something about it but i didn't get to read teh whole thing
DIY-HP-LED
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I imagine we will get much more soon.
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Impeachment witness says Sondland told Trump that Zelensky will "'do anything you ask him to'"
BY GRACE SEGERS
UPDATED ON: NOVEMBER 15, 2019 / 6:38 PM / CBS NEWS
Impeachment witness says Sondland told Trump that Zelensky will "'do anything you ask him to'"
A source attending the closed hearing told CBS News that the deposition of Holmes was "very damning" for Sondland
www.cbsnews.com
David Holmes, the aide who overheard a phone call between U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and President Trump, is testifying in a closed hearing with the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry. Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified in an open hearing before the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday that Holmes, who he only identified as a member of his staff, had informed him of the July 26 call last week.
David Holmes, a State Department official, arrives to appear in a closed-door deposition hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2019. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES / OLIVIER DOULIERY
Holmes is a counselor for political affairs at the U.S. embassy in Kiev, according to the embassy's website.
According to a portion of Holmes' opening statement obtained by CBS News, Holmes said he and two unnamed staffers were at lunch with Sondland in Ukraine when Sondland called Mr. Trump. Holmes said that Sondland told Mr. Trump that the Ukrainian president "loves your ass."
"I then heard President Trump ask, 'So, he's going to do the investigation?' Ambassador Sondland replied that 'he's gonna do it,' adding that President Zelensky will do 'anything you ask him to,'" Holmes said, according to the statement.
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DIY-HP-LED
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Cellphone pictures of his statement. Looks like he was pissed about the GOP going on about "hearsay" and decided to come forward.
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READ: State Department aide David Holmes' opening statement
By CNN
Updated 6:25 PM ET, Fri November 15, 2019
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READ: State Department aide David Holmes' opening statement
By CNN
Updated 6:25 PM ET, Fri November 15, 2019
UncleBuck
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You try way too hard"And never spray point on other people's abandoned houses.".
DIY-HP-LED
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Donald and a lot of other assholes must be shitting their pants over what has happened over the past several days and it's just getting started! Everybody from the vice president, to the secretary of state, to the AG and hundreds of others are looking at long prison sentences. If these clowns make it to the election they will be as desperate as Donald and are literally capable of anything. If the GOP senate does not convict Trump they will fucked in 2020 with Trump leading them over the cliff.
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Exclusive: After private White House meeting, Giuliani associate Lev Parnas said
By Vicky Ward
Updated 9:11 PM ET, Fri November 15, 2019
www.cnn.com
New York (CNN)Among the many guests who had their pictures taken with President Donald Trump at the White House's annual Hanukkah party last year were two Soviet-born businessmen from Florida, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
In the picture, which Parnas posted on social media, he and Fruman are seen smiling alongside Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal lawyer.
At one point during the party that night, Parnas and Fruman slipped out of a large reception room packed with hundreds of Trump donors to have a private meeting with the President and Giuliani, according to two acquaintances in whom Parnas confided right after the meeting.
Word of the encounter in the White House last December, which has not been previously reported, is further indication that Trump knew Parnas and Fruman, despite Trump publicly stating that he did not on the day after the two men were arrested at Dulles International Airport last month.
Eventually, according to what Parnas told his confidants, the topic turned to Ukraine that night. According to those two confidants, Parnas said that "the big guy," as he sometimes referred to the President in conversation, talked about tasking him and Fruman with what Parnas described as "a secret mission" to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
"James Bond mission"
In the days immediately following the meeting, Parnas insinuated to the two people he confided in that he clearly believed he'd been given a special assignment by the President; like some sort of "James Bond mission," according to one of the people.
To Parnas, the chain of command was clear: Giuliani would issue the President's directives while Parnas, who speaks fluent Russian, would be an on-the-ground investigator alongside Fruman, who has numerous business contacts in Ukraine.
"Parnas viewed the assignment as a great crusade," says one of the people in whom Parnas confided. "He believed he was doing the right thing for Trump."
The White House did not respond to repeated requests for comment to a series of questions regarding the meeting and Trump's relationship with Parnas and Fruman.
Giuliani, through his lawyer, Robert Costello, denies that any private meeting took place that night at the White House, saying it was a mere handshake and photo opportunity. Costello also rejects Parnas' claims of being put on a "James Bond" style mission, saying that Parnas is "no Sean Connery," and that he suffers from "delusions of grandeur."
Joseph A. Bondy, a lawyer for Parnas, told CNN, "Mr. Parnas at all times believed that he was acting only on behalf of the President, as directed by his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and never on behalf of any Ukrainian officials."
A lawyer for Fruman declined to comment for this article.
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Exclusive: After private White House meeting, Giuliani associate Lev Parnas said
By Vicky Ward
Updated 9:11 PM ET, Fri November 15, 2019
Exclusive: After White House meeting, Parnas said he was on a 'secret mission' for Trump in Ukraine
Among the many guests who had their pictures taken with President Donald Trump at the White House's annual Hanukkah party last year were two Soviet-born businessmen from Florida, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
www.cnn.com
New York (CNN)Among the many guests who had their pictures taken with President Donald Trump at the White House's annual Hanukkah party last year were two Soviet-born businessmen from Florida, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
In the picture, which Parnas posted on social media, he and Fruman are seen smiling alongside Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal lawyer.
At one point during the party that night, Parnas and Fruman slipped out of a large reception room packed with hundreds of Trump donors to have a private meeting with the President and Giuliani, according to two acquaintances in whom Parnas confided right after the meeting.
Word of the encounter in the White House last December, which has not been previously reported, is further indication that Trump knew Parnas and Fruman, despite Trump publicly stating that he did not on the day after the two men were arrested at Dulles International Airport last month.
Eventually, according to what Parnas told his confidants, the topic turned to Ukraine that night. According to those two confidants, Parnas said that "the big guy," as he sometimes referred to the President in conversation, talked about tasking him and Fruman with what Parnas described as "a secret mission" to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
"James Bond mission"
In the days immediately following the meeting, Parnas insinuated to the two people he confided in that he clearly believed he'd been given a special assignment by the President; like some sort of "James Bond mission," according to one of the people.
To Parnas, the chain of command was clear: Giuliani would issue the President's directives while Parnas, who speaks fluent Russian, would be an on-the-ground investigator alongside Fruman, who has numerous business contacts in Ukraine.
"Parnas viewed the assignment as a great crusade," says one of the people in whom Parnas confided. "He believed he was doing the right thing for Trump."
The White House did not respond to repeated requests for comment to a series of questions regarding the meeting and Trump's relationship with Parnas and Fruman.
Giuliani, through his lawyer, Robert Costello, denies that any private meeting took place that night at the White House, saying it was a mere handshake and photo opportunity. Costello also rejects Parnas' claims of being put on a "James Bond" style mission, saying that Parnas is "no Sean Connery," and that he suffers from "delusions of grandeur."
Joseph A. Bondy, a lawyer for Parnas, told CNN, "Mr. Parnas at all times believed that he was acting only on behalf of the President, as directed by his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and never on behalf of any Ukrainian officials."
A lawyer for Fruman declined to comment for this article.
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Crap Weasle
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Look what he did to his first wife when she stood next to him and not behind him...
It's a generational thing. I'm not from the more modern era where looking lazy is a cool thing. "I just...like....barely even try and I'm so awesome, maaaaaan".
UncleBuck
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You whine a lot
DIY-HP-LED
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Monologue: I'm a Crook, So What? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
UncleBuck
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Is everyone who finds you to be a whiny fraud an antifa nazi
DIY-HP-LED
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A Late Show Impeachment Pre-Enactment
Small Town Big News: Anti-Trump Books Disappearing From Idaho Library
Small Town Big News: Anti-Trump Books Disappearing From Idaho Library
Oh good, some new ones. But...you're way more on the antifa side than I am. You're kinda nazi in your whole "DEM-OR-DIE, NO LITERALLY...GO DIE...AND FK UR MOM POOP NO U WARE MAH SLURPEE AT?!? MAAAAAAA THE MEATLOAF!!!!" schtick.