All The Presidents* Men*
Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State, who is said to lust after the White House circa 2024, was listening in on the infamous Trump phone call to the Ukranian president in which the president* of the United States asked that foreign government to investigate Trump's main political rival in next year's election. Pompeo then did a bamboozling move when asked directly about his knowledge of the phone call by a tv news interviewer. He ignored a direct question about his involvement and instead talked about something else, which is tantamount to a lie.
William Barr is reported this morning to have been asking foreign leaders and foreign governments for information or help in 'investigating' the conspiracy theory that the origins of the Mueller investigation were tainted by 'deep state' motives.
Rudy Giuliani, aka Trump's new Roy Cohn, aka Trump's "fixer", has spent countless days and hours trying to muscle foreign leaders into conducting witch hunts of Joe Biden, then lies buffoonishly about his activities on myriad cable news programs. Giuliani's main role is to try and confuse the American voter with constant convoluted streams of discredited nonsense.
All The President's * Men*
A new CNN poll indicates almost half of Americans support Trump's removal from office NOW. aka ASAP
Trump's corrupt life and personality is infecting his reign of error up and down the line.
The 47% figure will not go down, it will only go up as more Trump lies and efforts to get foreign countries involved in interfering with our elections are exposed.
Expect growing rumors that Trump will not be the GOP nominee next November.
How is Trump going to win an election when 47% of Americans think he should be removed from office TODAY ?
Once people come to their senses about Trump they dont backslide.
I wouldn't be that confident in a poll based on landline and cellular telephone interviews of 1,009 adults.
The real test for those who want the President's removal will be congressional bipartisan support. The title of your article alludes to the Nixon impeachment inquiry. Do you remember that? Both democrats and Republicans were united in calling for impeachment. They were somber & deliberate about the process, not racing for a "hail Mary" pass that gets them a miraculous removal of the President. Make no mistake, impeachment without conviction will be a disaster for democrats. Your'e gonna need it all now. So, I ask you - How far are you from the bipartisan congress that was ready to oust Richard Nixon?
Impeachment is always a procedure that neutralizes an election. It should always be a last resort, not an impulse.
It's not an impulse for fucks' sake.
I can tell just by the way you speak of it
Did they merit it in the two that actually took place?
If duly found malfeasant, trump, his Party, and his supporters should accept it.
And if they are frivolous the American people should turn democrats out of office En masse!
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I can almost hear the Star Spangled Banner playing in the distance....
It seems this 'president' suffers no consequences whatsoever from his lawlessness.
I cannot wait until the day he leaves office.
He won't look so good in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs.
Trump has never, even for one minute, been qualified to be president of the United States. Of course people have vocally opposed him from the beginning. That is what sensible, patriotic people do under the circumstances.
'Trump has never, even for one minute, been qualified to be president of the United States. Of course people have vocally opposed him from the beginning. That is what sensible, patriotic people do under the circumstances.'
That's what people who have more than two brain cells to rub together do.
The only 2 things that qualified Donny-Boy for office was that he is a native born citizen and he is well over 35 years of age.
Hell, that qualifies me for the presidency and I'm sure you don't want me running for office
This whole idea of Trump Derangement Syndrome is laughable nonsense.
It's like claiming there was a Bernie Madoff Derangement Syndrome or an Alex Jones Derangement Syndrome.
What facts?
John is correct.
Yawn.
How do you explain the asshole in chief? It is neither useful nor viable.
Isn't that what they said after 2016?
I heard you the other 100 times you said it.
YAWN
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Anytime you trash a thoughtful liberal you give a far right wing fascist a open door to propagate fascist propaganda.
I don't think there's a snowball's chance in Hell that the Senate would convict, but I might have been wrong once before. In any event, I don't think Democrats get to be too demanding about Republicans accepting an outcome in light of what we have seen from Democrats since 2016.
I wouldn't say he accepted anything. He resigned because it was made clear to him that he would be both impeached and convicted. They gave him a chance to walk away somewhat gracefully and he took it. But a few years later, he was telling David Frost that if the president does something, it can't be illegal.
Obama's speechwriter never says anything I agree with.
What a surprise!
They were all just coffee boys. The open attempts to throw each other under the bus is astonishing. Guiliani blaming the State Department people, the State Department returning the volley, and the blame game has begun but it is far more rotten than the idiotic "her e:mails" folly. Go after Ivanka and the family who use private email doing personal and government business without ever being elected or actually appointed to real jobs. They play act at what they think presents a display of doing something but in reality they have hurt their father and America grifting off of their positions and nepotism. They are trying to spin and deflect onto Biden, when they are doing far, far worse.
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Welcome to the Impeachment Briefing , a special edition of the Morning Briefing that explains the latest developments in the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
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Today, we’re going to catch you up on the latest news, and set the stage for the coming days, when the impeachment fight is likely to heat up.
What happened today
What to expect this week
The whistle-blower
Mr. Trump kept his focus on the whistle-blower whose complaint helped mobilize House Democrats, saying today that he wanted to “interview” him , a day after saying the White House was seeking to identify him — an action legal experts said could constitute an illegal reprisal.
[ Read the whistle-blower’s complaint, annotated by our reporters. ]
The White House has known for weeks that a C.I.A. officer lodged concerns about Mr. Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Still, Mr. Trump’s fixation on discovering and discussing the identity of the whistle-blower, whose anonymity is protected by law, was seen as a brazen move for a president under scrutiny for abuse of power.
Representative Adam Schiff , the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the whistle-blower would testify “very soon."
The tally in Congress
Congress won’t be back for another two weeks. But The Times has asked every member of the House whether they support an impeachment inquiry . As of this morning, this was the count:
If the House votes on articles of impeachment, a simple majority, or 218 votes, will be needed to impeach.
Impeachment primers
What else we’re reading
See you tomorrow. Email us your thoughts at briefing@nytimes.com .