The House voted 232-196 to approve the resolution 10/31, to formalize the rules for the impeachment inquiry and set the stage for the upcoming public-hearings, amidst cries & lies of ‘foul’ from House Republicans. The House is well within the bounds of the Constitution and historical practice. According to U.S. Constitution, Article 1, section 2: provides the House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. Articles 2, section 3: the Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Article 1, section 5: each House may determine the Rules of the Procedure. The Republicans will continue their circus of propaganda tactics.
Michael McKinley, former senior advisor to the Secretary of State resigned 10/10, and testified before the House that he was disappointed by Secretary of State Pompeo’s lack of public support for diplomates named in the Ukraine controversy. Laura Cooper, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense, testified 10/23, that she sought the release of the U.S. military aide to Ukraine, withheld in late July; the hold lifted on Sept 11, as bipartisan scrutiny of the decision mounted. Career diplomat, Bill Taylor, testified 10/22 that Gordon Sondland told him that “EVERYTHING Zelensky wanted was dependent on him publicly announcing that he was investigating Biden”, and his son’s position at Burisma. Trump tried to strongarm a foreign ally to investigate his political opponents after freezing U.S. aid to Ukraine. Decorated Iraq war-veteran, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who still works for the White House, testified 10/29, that he listened in on the July 25th phone call, and was startled that U.S. aid to ally Ukraine was ‘contingent’ on a quid pro quo, and that “crucial words and phrases” were omitted in the summary, which he tried to get corrected. He reported those omissions to NSC legal advisor, John Eisenberg, who decided to lock-down the phone summary in a highly- classified server, which would be obstruction. Eisenberg may testify next week. House Republicans tried to smear Vindman, which backfired badly. Christopher Anderson, worked under Kurt Volker at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, testified on 10/30, that former National Security Advisor, John Bolton, cautioned him about Giuliani, that he could be an obstacle to increased White House engagement, and referred to him as a “hand-grenade, who could blow us all up”. Tim Morrison, “arms-control expert”, left his post and testified the following day 10/31, corroborating that Trump was indeed requiring a quid pro quo for U.S. military aid. The ABCs of Impeachment will be: Abuse of Power, Betrayal, Corruption.
Trish Forsyth Voss
Nov 3 2019
Letter to the Editor: Stage set for Impeachment hearings.
The House voted 232-196 to approve the resolution 10/31, to formalize the rules for the impeachment inquiry and set the stage for the upcoming public-hearings, amidst cries & lies of ‘foul’ from House Republicans. The House is well within the bounds of the Constitution and historical practice. According to U.S. Constitution, Article 1, section 2: provides the House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. Articles 2, section 3: the Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Article 1, section 5: each House may determine the Rules of the Procedure. The Republicans will continue their circus of propaganda tactics.
Michael McKinley, former senior advisor to the Secretary of State resigned 10/10, and testified before the House that he was disappointed by Secretary of State Pompeo’s lack of public support for diplomates named in the Ukraine controversy. Laura Cooper, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense, testified 10/23, that she sought the release of the U.S. military aide to Ukraine, withheld in late July; the hold lifted on Sept 11, as bipartisan scrutiny of the decision mounted. Career diplomat, Bill Taylor, testified 10/22 that Gordon Sondland told him that “EVERYTHING Zelensky wanted was dependent on him publicly announcing that he was investigating Biden”, and his son’s position at Burisma. Trump tried to strongarm a foreign ally to investigate his political opponents after freezing U.S. aid to Ukraine. Decorated Iraq war-veteran, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who still works for the White House, testified 10/29, that he listened in on the July 25th phone call, and was startled that U.S. aid to ally Ukraine was ‘contingent’ on a quid pro quo, and that “crucial words and phrases” were omitted in the summary, which he tried to get corrected. He reported those omissions to NSC legal advisor, John Eisenberg, who decided to lock-down the phone summary in a highly- classified server, which would be obstruction. Eisenberg may testify next week. House Republicans tried to smear Vindman, which backfired badly. Christopher Anderson, worked under Kurt Volker at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, testified on 10/30, that former National Security Advisor, John Bolton, cautioned him about Giuliani, that he could be an obstacle to increased White House engagement, and referred to him as a “hand-grenade, who could blow us all up”. Tim Morrison, “arms-control expert”, left his post and testified the following day 10/31, corroborating that Trump was indeed requiring a quid pro quo for U.S. military aid. The ABCs of Impeachment will be: Abuse of Power, Betrayal, Corruption.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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