Greg SargentOvjeren akaunt

@ThePlumLineGS

A blog about politics, politics, and politics

Vrijeme pridruživanja: veljača 2009.

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  1. Another key point: told the NSA withheld crucial info from the House that was relevant to the Senate trial. A former NSC official tells me this info was likely intercepted comms among Ukrainian officials about Trump's shakedown:

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  2. A few points in this piece. I urge you to watch the whole video Trump tweeted attacking Romney. The message: Trump is a winner. Romney lost -- to Obama. The idea that the Obama presidency represented national humiliation figures heavily in Trumpism:

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  3. Another aspect of 's speech today isn't getting the attention it deserves. His interesting, counterintuitive rationale for voting for new witnesses also puts the Senate GOP's refusal to hear from them to shame in a subtle but brutal way:

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  4. Acknowledging the legitimacy of the opposition is a pillar of accountability in government. But for Trump, this conception of accountability simply doesn't exist. Trump has delivered speeches literally scripted to make opposition voters disappear.

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  5. Trump treats the opposition as fundamentally illegitimate in every way, and places himself beyond accountability entirely. Those are far greater threats to the functioning of democracy than that posed by breaches in civility like tearing up a speech.

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  6. Media chatter about Pelosi ripping up the speech and the ongoing erosion in decorum misses the point. It's a category error. Such breaches of civility aren't the threat to democracy here. The real threat to it is Trump's daily anti-democratic conduct.

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  7. I feel like it's not clearly understood that Trump and his henchmen are continuing to implement aspects of the very same corrupt scheme that got him impeached -- right now, as we speak. All the more reason House Dems absolutely cannot back off now:

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  8. “Just because we’ve impeached Trump does not mean his schemes have stopped. He continues to be a one-man crime wave.” , to me. The damning fact record that impeachment built obligates Dems to continue trying to protect the country:

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  9. Also in this piece: tells me House Dems must get serious about getting to the bottom of everything William Barr is doing. We just learned from that Trump wants Bolton prosecuted. Here's what to watch re Barr in coming days:

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  10. Hard to overstate how damning this is to Senate Rs (not that they care). We now know there are redacted OMB emails that discussed the *purpose* of Trump's freeze on military aid. Yet Senate Rs are denying the country the opportunity to see them.

  11. Small correx: Trump ordered Bolton to call Zelensky and pressure him to work w/Giuliani on the scheme. Key: This underscores how directly involved Trump was in running the whole plot and in coordinating Rudy's acts -- *and* in corruptly placing the government at its disposal.

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  12. This is really important, from the new NYT scoop: Pat Cipollone, who is leading the White House impeachment defense, is now directly implicated as a fact witness.

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  13. BREAKING: Trump *directly* enlisted John Bolton in his efforts to pressure Ukraine, ordering him to call Zelensky and deliver Trump's corrupt demand, NYT reports. This happened in May. This scrambles the known timeline, as notes.

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  14. * Trump says his extortion of Ukraine was "perfect" * Trump said in media's faces Ukraine must investigate Bidens * Trump solicited more foreign interference on national TV * Rudy kept up Ukraine scheme during Trump's impeachment Now Trump is unbound:

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  15. .'s position acknowledges Trump's corruption while helping to carry Trump's coverup of that corruption to completion. It's a betrayal. It leaves the country exposed and adrift, in the dark about what Trump is prepared to inflict on us.

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  16. Trump's stance isn't really that his conduct was justifiable. That's irrelevant to him. It's that he did nothing for which he should be held accountable. With this validated, there's zero doubt he'll now wield the government against rivals in worse ways.

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  17. GOP argument: * We've already heard enough witnesses, so we don't need to hear from the one with the most direct knowledge of Trump's central act * We'll acquit, b/c Ds failed to produce testimony from anyone with direct knowledge of Trump's central act

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  18. It's an absolute outrage that GOP Senators are empowering Trump to dictate who *they* hear testimony from. Every Democrat, and everyone else, should repeat this over and over in every conceivable forum: A rigged trial can only produce a sham acquittal.

  19. Keeping score: 1) Bolton privately warned Congress something nefarious happened w/Yovanovitch 2) WH is blocking Bolton's book, claiming "significant amounts" of classified info -- likely meaning BIG revelations 3) Senate Rs are helping Trump ensure we never hear from Bolton

  20. Wow! John Bolton privately told Rep Eliot Engel -- unprompted! -- that the House should look into the recalling of Yovanovitch, "He strongly implied that something improper had occurred...Bolton has made clear over the last few months that he has more to say on this issue."

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