The Hemingway Report

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The whistleblower in Trump's communication with Ukraine’s President

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Then and Now

That was then this is now. McRomney has gone out of his way to stab Trump in the back (especially after Utah made him a senator) and in some sort of fantasy dream he imagines destroying Trump and becomes POTUS.

Romney: If Trump pressured Ukrainian president 'it would be troubling in the extreme'

Hard to believe he's a senator with an R next to his name. Even harder to accept I was dumb enough to donate to his campaigns... not once but twice!!!

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Washington (CNN) — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that it "would be troubling in the extreme" if President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine's president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden amid an ongoing controversy over a call Trump had with the foreign leader that was part of a whistleblower complaint.

In a tweet, Romney, who was his party's presidential nominee in 2012, also said it was "critical" for the facts surrounding the call to emerge.

"If the President asked or pressured Ukraine's president to investigate his political rival, either directly or through his personal attorney, it would be troubling in the extreme. Critical for the facts to come out," Romney, who represents Utah, wrote in the tweet.

The comments from the prominent GOP senator are some of the strongest to come from his party, whose members have largely remained silent following news last week that a whistleblower complaint submitted to the Intelligence Community Inspector General was concerned in part with a July 25 call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. On Sunday, after Trump acknowledged that he discussed Biden during the call but maintained that the conversation was "warm and friendly," congressional Democrats urged an investigation into the matter, with some calling for Trump's impeachment.

CNN previously reported Trump pressed Zelensky in the call to investigate Biden's son, Hunter, according to a person familiar with the situation. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by either Joe or Hunter Biden.

Trump previously branded criticism of the call a "Ukranian Witch Hunt," while Biden accused the President of abusing his power to "smear" him. In comments to reporters on Sunday, the President said he hopes officials release details of the call, but slammed the whistleblower responsible for filing a complaint.

On Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a strong warning to the administration, which has refused to hand over the whistleblower complaint, saying it "will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness" if the resistance persists. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, meanwhile, said Sunday that impeachment "may be the only remedy" to Trump's refusal to make public the complaint and phone call transcript.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 presidential candidate, and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both Democrats, urged Congress to impeach Trump over the matter on Saturday, writing in tweets that their colleagues had an obligation to do so.

MSNBC host asks about executing Trump for treason

Well, Well, Well...

if they're going to blindfold Trump then put him before a firing squad what are they going to do with Barry? The guy who gave $150 billion (that's billion with a B) to Iran the Number One State Sponsor of Terrorism?

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MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan pressed 2020 presidential candidate Bill Weld on Monday after he mentioned execution as a consequence for President Donald Trump’s alleged treason.

The former Republican Massachusetts governor spoke on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” earlier in the day and called for Trump to be charged with treason for allegedly talking “about pressuring a foreign country to interfere with and control a U.S. election.”

WATCH:

I love it!

"You went a 'little bit' further..."

They're both so full of shit I can smell them from here!

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“You went a little bit further than just impeachment in your prior comments,” Jordan said, bringing the conversation back to the possible consequence of execution. “And I just want to continue with that a bit. You said that Donald Trump has committed treason, and the penalty for treason under American law, is death.”

“What’s the legal framework here? Have you looked into this? How do you see this proceeding?”

Weld responded again by noting that “the only penalty for treason is death,” doubling down on his thought that Trump needs “to be carted off to save us all.”

“We have treason,” Weld said after Jordan noted she wanted to continue to see what he meant with his rhetoric. “We can go right for the hoop.”

A whistleblower complaint reportedly stated that Trump asked Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter during a phone call.

Trump denied the allegations, calling them “highly partisan,” suggesting Biden was the one who tried to influence a Ukrainian prosecutor into not investigating his son’s company.

MSNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.