Lawyer says whistleblower willing to answer written questions from Republicans

James972 said:

Investigating Biden( appointed as a corruption fighter) after he corruptly took $50K and laundered it through his son is not a high crime but rather the exact opposite: a solemn duty for which Trump should he honored.

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Marine Electric said:

Okay.

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James972 said:

a liberal posts pictures because he lacks the ability to debate. Perhaps to a liberal dueling pictures is debating?

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poweRob said:

I wonder if repuiblicans really want to ask questions of this whistleblower or if they just want to scream and holler at someone to grandstand at a hearing like they always do.

Lawyer says whistleblower willing to answer written questions from Republicans

Mark Zaid, an attorney for the anonymous whistleblower whose allegations about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine ignited the House impeachment inquiry into the President, said Sunday he offered to have Republican lawmakers submit questions to his client directly without having to go through the committee's Democratic majority.

The whistleblower previously offered to answer lawmakers' questions under oath and in writing if they were submitted by the House Intelligence Committee as a whole. This new offer would be a direct channel of communication with the Republicans who are in the minority on that committee. Republican leadership has complained that the process is unfair and overly restrictive on their ability to question witnesses.​

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James972 said:

ok so everyone now agrees Trump tried to trade missiles for an investigation into Biden family corruption after Biden , a supposed corruption fighter, corruptly took $50k a month and laundered it through his son. And??????????

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Somerville said:

Apparently you believe that when the WB appeared before Schiff's committee, the GOP members were kept from asking him any questions.

"behind the scenes"? Seriously? So far 4 transcripts have been released and one Trump minion has decided to admit that what he said before the committee was wrong -- I wonder if someone told Sondland that he could be charged with perjury for lying to Congress.

Yep, the whistleblower is "nothing but a democrat(sic) patsy", whose testimony has been corroborated by several other 'insiders'. Funny how the Trumpites refuse to acknowledge that ever so small fact.

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Marine Electric said:

Who knows WTF you're talking about - I sure don't?

But feel free to answer the question: How does any of that undo the high crimes and misdemeanors committed by Donald J. Trump?

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marke said:

Trump's alleged high crimes and misdemeanors are nothing more than democrat propaganda myths invented by democrats for the purpose of unfairly influencing the 2020 election.

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Marine Electric said:

So, Trump didn't ask Zelensky to investigate the Bidens?

That's a new one - now, it never happened? You fruitcakes are really getting desperate.

:slapme::laughat::laughat::2rofll:

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marke said:

Trump asked Zelenski to see if he could find out more about Ukrainians who interfered with the 2016 election and any other Ukrainian/American corruption he may know something about. Trump mentioned Biden because Biden's name was all over American news at the time concerning his quid pro quo dealings with Ukraine that were connected to his son.

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marke said:

Trump asked Zelenski to see if he could find out more about Ukrainians who interfered with the 2016 election and any other Ukrainian/American corruption he may know something about. Trump mentioned Biden because Biden's name was all over American news at the time concerning his quid pro quo dealings with Ukraine that were connected to his son.

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Marine Electric said:

Start here: provide some links to backup your claim that "Biden's name was all over American news at the time concerning his quid pro quo dealings with Ukraine that were connected to his son" from July 2019.

THEN: READ THE TRANSCRIPT! You know, the transcript that really isn't a transcript because Crooked Donald cut parts out -- but was too dumb to take out ALL of his criminal behavior.
You Trump-cucks are a criminal-loving bunch. Leftover, burned out "free charlie manson" hippies from the 60's, I guess. Your new cult leader is Dopey Donald.
:lamo
PS - You're really making a jackass out of yourself. Repeating the fake-news and lies you get from radical right-wing media has a tendency of doing that.

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MTAtech said:

Sorry, that narrative has been blown. The belief that the Ukrainians, not the Russians, were behind the 2016 election interference has no factual support.

Multiple witnesses testified that everything the Ukrainians were asked to do had to do with publicly investigating Biden specifically, not some general "corruption."

Then, understand "quid pro quo," which only means "this for that." It's only a problem when the QPQ has corrupt intent. Biden, as directed by President Obama -- as part of U.S. policy, said to the Ukrainians that they need to fire the corrupt prosecutor who wasn't prosecuting corruption. Biden had no corrupt intent. Contrarily, Trump's QPQ had corrupt intend and was bribery/extortion for the purpose of helping his election chances.

There is no evidence at all that either Biden were involved in any corruption. Trump and his defenders are spreading a conspiracy theory that is the precise opposite of the truth.

Like most effective conspiracy theories, this one is built around a speck of something real. Hunter Biden’s place on Burisma’s board was untoward, even if it’s preposterous for Trump to complain about nepotistic corruption. Biden’s son didn’t break any laws, but the way he traded on his name was still sleazy.

Even if you’re not inclined to empathize with Biden, even if you assume the worst about him, Trump’s conspiracy theory makes no sense. To believe it, you’d have to first believe that the foreign affairs apparatus of the Obama administration was willing to put its credibility on the line in service of the black sheep of the Biden family. After all, Joe Biden wasn’t freelancing in Ukraine; he was carrying out White House policy.

Further, if the Trump administration truly believes that Obama’s Ukraine policy was crooked, one might ask why it has Pyatt, who helped accomplish that policy, representing America as ambassador to Greece.

Most important, getting rid of Shokin made an investigation of Burisma more likely, not less. “He didn’t want to investigate Burisma,” the Ukrainian anti-corruption activist Daria Kaleniuk told The Washington Post. “Shokin was fired not because he wanted to do that investigation, but quite to the contrary, because he failed that investigation.”

However bad the optics around Hunter Biden, Joe Biden was not serving his son’s interests. If anything, they were working at cross-purposes.

Trump’s weaponized disinformation is corrosive to democracy no matter whom it targets. Like many authoritarians, he depends on getting people to accept a big lie or to give up on the idea of truth altogether. If he succeeds in defaming Biden today, he’ll be even more audacious in using the same strategy against anyone else who threatens him. What’s at stake isn’t just Biden’s political future. It’s how much Trump can erode the political salience of reality, and how much the media helps him.

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marke said:

I understand perfectly why democrats insist on exonerating Biden and condemning Trump no matter what the truth and facts reveal. They want to win in 2020 and they don't care how dirty they have to get to do it.

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marke said:

I think I see the problem. You are not aware of the timeline of some of the basic events. Let me go over them:

March 2019. Biden brags about pressuring Ukrainian president.
April 2017. John Solomon breaks news about Hunter's involvement with Ukraine at the time.
May 2, 2019. Dick Morris implicates Hunter in Ukraine quid pro quo scandal.
May 8, 2019. Donald Trump, Jr. is again asked to testify before Congress on the Russian involvement in US elections allegations.
May 12, 2019. Rand Paul interviews on national TV and mentions the Bidens' involvement in the Ukraine scandal.
June 2019. President Trump suggests he may instruct Barr to investigate the Biden involvement in the Ukrainian scandal.
July 1, 2019. Hunter Biden responds in public interview to Trump's suggestion he may have to get Barr to investigate the Biden involvement with the Ukrainian deal: "Fu** you, Mr. President. Here I am, living my life."
July 25, 2019. President Trump congratulates the new Ukrainian president and took the opportunity to ask him to provide any information he may have on the alleged Ukrainian interference in the US 2016 election. And, as an afterthought, Trump mentions other scandals involving American corruption with Ukrainians, like the Biden threat to the Ukrainian president to fire one of his domestic Ukrainian prosecutors.

I don't blame Trump at all. Trump showed no animosity towards his relentless enemies, but if it was me I think I may have been thinking, "No, fu** you Hunter and all your crooked friends for dragging me and my family and my associates through 3 years of mud in anger over Hillary's 2016 election loss."

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Marine Electric said:

since you gullibly believe this made-up, fake-news about Hunter Biden ding something illegal,

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marke said:

I understand perfectly why democrats insist on exonerating Biden and condemning Trump no matter what the truth and facts reveal.

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poweRob said:

I wonder if repuiblicans really want to ask questions of this whistleblower or if they just want to scream and holler at someone to grandstand at a hearing like they always do.

Lawyer says whistleblower willing to answer written questions from Republicans

Mark Zaid, an attorney for the anonymous whistleblower whose allegations about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine ignited the House impeachment inquiry into the President, said Sunday he offered to have Republican lawmakers submit questions to his client directly without having to go through the committee's Democratic majority.

The whistleblower previously offered to answer lawmakers' questions under oath and in writing if they were submitted by the House Intelligence Committee as a whole. This new offer would be a direct channel of communication with the Republicans who are in the minority on that committee. Republican leadership has complained that the process is unfair and overly restrictive on their ability to question witnesses.​

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Mycroft said:

No.

The whistleblower needs to answer questions in person. Anything else is unsatisfactory.

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Nalu said:

That's an interesting turn of events. What will the Trump supporters pull out of their asses this time?

Edit: Oh, **** me. I just read post 2.

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Tahuyaman said:

That's troll bait.

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Tahuyaman said:

Often when one is questioned, their answers generate follow up questions. If the whistleblower is allowed to respond only to written questions what assurances do we have that he's the one answering them?


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James972 said:

Yes Biden took $50k per month bribe/emolument and laundered it through his son. This is hot hot smoking gun compared to Steele Dossier with prostitutes peeing on Obama's bed, and deserves to be investigated 1000 times more. Now do you understand???

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James972 said:

Yes Biden took $50k per month bribe/emolument and laundered it through his son. This is hot hot smoking gun compared to Steele Dossier with prostitutes peeing on Obama's bed, and deserves to be investigated 1000 times more. Now do you understand???

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