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delaying the entire investigation will pass the point of trump getting the advantage in the 2020 election that he was seeking. host: thank you for calling and sharing your views. constantine is up next willoughby ohio, independent line. please go ahead constantine. caller: hi. is one to say democrat or republican in the court of law here say his opinion. this is a bipartisan opinion. where are the actual facts and on top of that how is this fair? in what way has this been fair? i watched sunderland that he was saying one thing and then he said i did hear the president say no quid pro quo so that was his direct line. what i m asking is we all have opinions. hearsay is an opinion to fact that people are quoting this opinion is evidence, it s not evidence. on top of that looking at the actual file for impeachment abuse of power. okay abraham lincoln suspending habeas corpus. go ahead and impeach abraham lincoln. obstruction of congress we have three different branches ....
neither of those official acts got the president what he want wanted, help in his reelection campaign he turned to another official act to turn up the pressure even more withholding nearly $400 million of vital military assistance to ukraine in exchange for the investigation. withholding military assistance to ukraine may be an original abuse of power, soliciting foreign interference in our election that much worse but it was also in and of itself and abuse of power and not only th that, it violated the law, it was illegal. the government accountability office a nonpartisan independent agency concluded that president trump hold on the security assistance clearly violated the control act, a lot that congress enacted to curb president nixon s own abuse of power. president trump may not like it but once a law is passed, the president cannot change that law without coming back to us, the congress. president trump did not just break the law but jeopardized our national secur ....
the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. the chaplain will please lead us in prayer. let us pray. almighty god, as we resume this impeachment trial, let your will be done. enlighten our senators as you show them your will. lord, guide them with your wisdom. supporting them with your power. in spite of disagreements, may they strive for stability and respect. may they respect the right of the opposing side to differ regarding convictions and conclusions. give them the wisdom to distinguish between fax and opinions without lambasting the messengers. we pray in your strong name, amen. amen. reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there is no objection, the journal of proceedings of the trial are approved to date. hearing no objections, so ordered ....
Duffey emailed mccusker on august 30th and told her there was a clear direction from potus to continue the freeze. Mccusker continued to warn that the freeze was having real effects on dods ability to spend the military aid, and the impact would keep growing in the freeze continued. According to recent reports, around september 9, after the president s scheme had been exposed and the house had launched its investigations, duffey responded to mccuskers warnings with a formal and lengthy email. He asserted it would be dods afault, not ombs, if dod was unable to spend funds in time. Deputy undersecretary of defense Elaine Mccusker reportedly responded, i am speechless. We now know that dods concerns were well founded. The president s freeze on the security aid was illegal. Duffey should be called to testify about why dods repeated warnings went unheeded. What prompted his email that attempted to shift plame blame and about the fact ....
The senate, good evening. My name is Michael Purpura. I serve as deputy counsel to the president. We strongly oppose the amendment and support the resolution. There is simply no need to alter the process on witness witnesses and documents from that of the clinton trial which was supported by this body 1000. At its core, this case is very simple and the key facts are undisputed. First, youve seen the transcripts which the president released transparently, unprecedentedly. There was no quid pro quo for anything. Security Assistance Funds arent even mentioned on the call. Second, president zelensky and the highest ranking officials in the Ukrainian Government repeatedly have said there was no quid pro quo and there was no pressure. Third, the ukrainians were not even aware of the pause in the aid at the time of the ....