Trump whistleblower complaint

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:If true, Trump essentially asked a powerful foreign national and head of state to attack and undermine a political rival's family. And he did this while withholding foreign aid that was intended to counteract Russian expansion.

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Yeah, Doc, but lying lying lying liberals.
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Res Ipsa wrote:...but lying lying lying liberals.

Show me a Republican who doesn't lie and I'll show you a brand new independent.
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Res Ipsa wrote:Yeah, Doc, but lying lying lying liberals.


I swear to god ldsfaqs is working off a lazy A.I. algorithm:

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Res Ipsa wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:If true, Trump essentially asked a powerful foreign national and head of state to attack and undermine a political rival's family. And he did this while withholding foreign aid that was intended to counteract Russian expansion.

- Doc


Yeah, Doc, but lying lying lying liberals.

If Trump was so concerned about corruption in the Ukraine, he made a curious choice hiring Paul Manafort as his campaign manager.
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Trump just authorized releasing a transcript of the conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

I would assume he would not release the transcript before he had read it. Curious that he says he will release a transcript of the conversation while at the same time blocking the release of the whistleblower report.
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MeDotOrg wrote:Trump just authorized releasing a transcript of the conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

I would assume he would not release the transcript before he had read it. Curious that he says he will release a transcript of the conversation while at the same time blocking the release of the whistleblower report.
The goal clearly is to distract from the whistleblower report, but it does show some fruit from getting more serious about impeachment.

That said, given that this admin has shown an affinity for doctored documents, I am not sure of how much value this is from the office of President Sharpie.
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MeDotOrg wrote:Trump just authorized releasing a transcript of the conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

I would assume he would not release the transcript before he had read it. Curious that he says he will release a transcript of the conversation while at the same time blocking the release of the whistleblower report.


you mean the report that was by a person with no firsthand knowledge, no evidence, or actual witness of the phone call?...yeah, such a mystery and so reasonable for one to want to see such a rumor report.
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So...Pelosi is supposed to announce a formal impeachment inquiry today and Trump says they'll release the call transcript tomorrow.

Isn't that bassackwards to what I should be?

Is Pelosi forcing his hand?

Is he forcing hers to make her look like a fool tomorrow--much ado about nothing?
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Jersey Girl wrote:So...Pelosi is supposed to announce a formal impeachment inquiry today and Trump says they'll release the call transcript tomorrow.

Isn't that bassackwards to what I should be?

Is Pelosi forcing his hand?

Is he forcing hers to make her look like a fool tomorrow--much ado about nothing?


Okay so she apparently has done it. Didn't watch it yet. I'm so tired of Trump's theatrics and chaos making. We need to take our country back.
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Jersey Girl wrote:So...Pelosi is supposed to announce a formal impeachment inquiry today and Trump says they'll release the call transcript tomorrow.

Isn't that bassackwards to what I should be?


Not really.

A bank as been robbed. After a bunch of evidence is released that makes it look like you robbed that bank, you go on TV and say you robbed the bank, but so what if you did? Your attorney goes on TV and says that while you may have robbed a bank, bank robbing is very cool.

Just because you've agreed to release a picture of the outfit you were wearing the day of the bank robbery doesn't mean there isn't already enough evidence for prosecutors to look into whether you robbed that bank.
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