Remember the scene from "The Godfather" where the Don's lawyer goes to Hollywood to 'request' that a producer make a movie staring the Don's 'friend?' The next day the producer wakes up with the severed head of his race horse in his bed? That's what Trump did, send his mob layer Rudy Giuliani to talk about investigating a political rival.
Trump used American diplomacy for his own personal political gain. And his release of the memo of the call proves he did it. Also the whistleblower’s complaint confirms and substantiates the crime.
For Republicans to continue to claim that this should not be looked into is just short of treason and of betrayal of their oath of office.
"Questions over possible abuse of power overshadow Trump’s agenda at UN" PBS NewsHour 9/23/2019
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SUMMARY: After President Trump acknowledged that he spoke to Ukraine's president about investigating possible 2020 rival Joe Biden, he spent the day at the U.N. fending off questions about the potential abuse of power. Meanwhile, the administration's refusal to share a whistleblower’s complaint is pushing some Democrats closer to the question of impeachment. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff for more.
"Impeachment calls grow as Trump defends withholding Ukraine aid" PBS NewsHour 9/24/2019
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SUMMARY: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally announced the beginning of an impeachment inquiry Tuesday after a whistleblower alleged that the President tried to force a foreign leader to aid his reelection. At the United Nations, Trump faced questions about his own actions, and he seemed to confirm and defend the fact that he withheld hundreds of millions of dollars from Ukraine. Lisa Desjardins reports.
"What spurred House Democrats to ramp up impeachment efforts?" PBS NewsHour 9/24/2019
NOTE: An 'impeachment inquiry' is the equivalent of a Grand Jury officially gathering evidence of a charge via subpoenas, etc. To actually impeach requires a Charge of Impeachment be brought to the floor of the House for a vote.
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SUMMARY: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced an official impeachment inquiry -- but what exactly ramped up Democrats’ political momentum toward impeachment? And what's next for President Trump and Republicans? Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins join William Brangham for a broader look at the latest developments.
"What lawmakers learned from Trump’s Ukraine call memo" PBS NewsHour 9/25/2019
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SUMMARY: The release of a five-page memo describing President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president revealed new details of Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine. The text shows that immediately after Volodymyr Zelensky brought up military aid, Trump asked him for "a favor." Lisa Desjardins reports, then joins Yamiche Alcindor and Judy Woodruff for more on reactions from Trump and Congress.
And from Trump's personal defender......
"Justice Department found Trump didn’t commit a campaign finance crime raised by whistleblower" PBS NewsHour 9/25/2019
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SUMMARY: According to the Justice Department, the original whistleblower account of President Trump’s actions on Ukraine raised the possibility of a criminal act by Trump, related to campaign finance. But federal prosecutors reportedly decided that they could not identify a campaign finance violation from the two men's phone call. John Yang learns more from Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post.
"How a President’s call to a foreign leader becomes a memo — and who gets to see it" PBS NewsHour 9/25/2019
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SUMMARY: How does the White House capture a conversation between a President and another foreign leader? And who gets to review that material afterward? For more context on the phone conversation between President Trump and Zelensky, Judy Woodruff talks to Larry Pfeiffer, former senior director of the White House Situation Room.
"Whistleblower alleges White House tried to suppress Zelensky call details" PBS NewsHour 9/26/2019
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SUMMARY: It was an explosive day on Capitol Hill, as a redacted version of the whistleblower letter was released publicly, and the acting director of national intelligence testified before the House Intelligence Committee about his handling of it. Lisa Desjardins reports on what the whistleblower complaint describes, the role of Congress and how President Trump is responding to the developments.
"In private, Trump ‘lashing out’ about whistleblower complaint" PBS NewsHour 9/26/2019
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SUMMARY: Amid a political swirl over his interactions with the Ukrainian president, President Trump is denying the July phone call between the two leaders included anything improper. But behind the scenes, Trump is “lashing out” in frustration that details of that call were communicated to the person who filed the whistleblower complaint. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest.
"Former DOJ official calls Trump’s Ukraine phone call ‘fundamentally wrong’" PBS NewsHour 9/26/2019
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SUMMARY: John Carlin, who previously served as the top national security official at the Justice Department, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss why he finds the details of President Trump’s call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky so disturbing, and what it would mean if White House officials tried to suppress that information.
"Why the House is moving so quickly on Trump impeachment inquiry" PBS NewsHour 9/27/2019
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SUMMARY: It has been a historic week for President Trump and Congress, with startling revelations about an intelligence community whistleblower’s complaint against the President ultimately leading to the launch of a House impeachment inquiry. Yamiche Alcindor reports on the whirlwind of events and joins Judy Woodruff to discuss who besides Trump might be involved and how fast the investigation is moving.
"The legal framework protecting whistleblowers in the U.S." PBS NewsHour 9/29/2019
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SUMMARY: The modern-day False Claims Act protects whistleblowers who point out fraud and abuse in government. John Phillips, who helped author the law, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the rights whistleblowers have. Phillips is a founding partner at the law firm Phillips and Cohen and a former Ambassador to Italy under the Obama administration.
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