Nominated someone to be secretary of defense, despite the fact that that nominee was trying to keep secret a bloody and terrible Domestic Violence situation in his family. One that was known to police. It was starting to be investigated by the fbi, but that nominee was hoping he would be able to keep it secret anyway and maybe it wouldnt come out and he would be able to be the secretary of defense and nobody would know. It is amazing enough that the white house had been reckless enough to put somebody who was in that compromised position at the pentagon at all as acting defense secretary for six months, let alone they nominated him to try to confirm him for the position on a permanent basis. Whatever you think about the circumstances of what happened in his family, the fact that he was trying to keep it secret, thats the danger, right . Thats the potential liability to black mail or somebody trying to leverage that secret against him while hes running the Defense Department. It emerged
Personally blocked military aid to ukraine and then when that countrys president brought up the need for u. S. Military aid in a phone call with President Trump, President Trump responded by saying, i would like you to do us a favor, though. Thats when he asked that foreign leader for help with a number of items on his personal wish list, including some sort of Law Enforcement or legal proceeding against his potential 2020 democratic opponent, joe biden. Now tonight weve got news that the secretary of state was listening in on that call while that ask from the president happened. And that is remarkable. I mean, pompeos own department, the state department, had signed off on that military aid going to ukraine. He knows that, right . And then he hears with his own ears the president essentially making that aid contingent on him getting this favor about what ukraine can do to dirty up joe biden for the next electn. The secretary of state knows that and says nothing about it . Again, of co
Myself. And i am a pretty fast reader at this point, but wow, has a lot of stuff come out over the past day and, particularly, over the past several days. And eventually, we will get through all of it. Its certainly better for the stuff to be public than not. But, you know, as with any big job, you just got to start somewhere. And given all of the news that has come out today and over the course of the last this news cycle, im just going to suggest that we start here with my guys. Lev and igor. Lev parnas on the left. Igor fruman on the right. Theyre out on bail right now awaiting trial. Theyre charged with making illegal Foreign Campaign donations to various republican candidates and campaigns and super pacs. The indictment of lev and igor also describes them using the influence that those donations bought them to, among other things, press for the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine to be fired. And, you know, their criminal case remains really interesting. This interesting visible parallel
And offered the same opportunity to a member designated by the minority, by the republicans. Questions have primarily been asked by committee counsels for both the majority and the minority, but also by members of both parties. The majority and minority have been provided equal staff representation and equal time to question witnesses. Slif s schiff says, it is necessary to point this out because the president and his allies made the false claim that republican members and staff have been precluded from attending or asking questions. Nothing could be further from the truth. Schiff also addresses the concerns and complaints that have been made. Not just from republicans. About the fact that the witnesses in the impeachment inquiry thus far have only been heard behind closed doors. All of these depositions have been taken in closeddoor proceedings. And his argument about that here, i think, is quite interesting. He says, unlike in past impeachment proceedings in which congress had the be
Inquiry. Adam schiff saying tonight that that is not true. He says, in each session, i have made an Opening Statement and offered the same opportunity to a member designated by the minority, by the republicans. Questions have primarily been asked by committee counsels for both the majority and the minority, but also by members of both parties. The majority and minority have been provided equal staff representation and equal time to question witnesses. Schiff says, it is necessary to point this out because the president and his allies made the false claim that republican members and staff have been precluded from attending or asking questions. Nothing could be further from the truth. Schiff also addresses the concerns and complaints that have been made. Not just from republicans. About the fact that the witnesses in the impeachment inquiry thus far have only been heard behind closed doors. All of these depositions have been taken in closeddoor proceedings. And his argument about that he