Sort of almost dunked in which some of this. Inquiry could take you know weve seen impeachment in the United States before it wasnt that long ago that it happened to bill clinton but it just its so different now isnt it the the emotions on both sides. It is really different in a way and the entire circumstances surrounding impeachment are quite different back then it was about not only clintons behavior with a private individual you know one of his in turns but also lying about it. Committing perjury and that was the justification for impeachment here we have a much different set of concerns its not only about impeachment i mean about. Possible perjury but its more about. Lying under you know not necessarily lying under oath i guess in the way that it was for clinton but its about. Larger behavior some of his problems some of his ways of abusing power that sometimes its hard to pin down as to whether or not hes crossed the legal line where he can be actively prosecuted but for the clai
Conduct even if you were not concerned and i cant imagine what elected leader would not be concerned about a sitting president using his office to gain political advantage for the next election you surely would be concerned about the potential that the white house intervened to stop the whistleblower complaint going its lawfully identified path the path that the whistleblower statute is very clear is required whenever there are a whistleblower complaints which is that it goes to the Inspector General for intelligence and once the Inspector General general says that the complaint is both credible and urgent that from there it must go to congress and the law is one of the clearer laws that we have in the us its a rather clear example of obstruction of justice and abuse of president ial power its hard to overlook it great talking to you thank you so much for your time do appreciate it. 2 other news in the u. S. Secretary of defense has announced america will be sending a battery of Patrio
Pressures the beginnings of a an impeachment hearing in the house etc i dont think this is necessarily a new october surprise as weve learned to expect in this country but i do think the question was really no danger is very real even if the intention is not to actually begin a consciously deployed war and that iraq could jump in many or some fear that after the attacks on the quake would be a move through response either by saudi or perhaps even the u. S. Now that it seems were looking at transferring military hardware does that mean at least for mal theres not likely to be a military response or a stronger u. S. Response unless Something Else happens. Thats probably true right now as long as were looking at the actual material that theyre sending they are sending additional troops but i think the importance here is less about the nature of the military equipment themselves whether its more patriots theyre sending another couple of 100 troops but it further escalates the tensions betw
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