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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 11:11 PM Oct 2019

Congress releases 22-pages of text messages of top Trump officials discussing the Ukraine scandal

Source: Raw Story

The chairs of three congressional committees investigating President Donald Trump released 22-pages of text message between senior administration officials discussing Ukraine.

The document was released by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings.

Politico reporter and MSNBC contributor Natasha Bertrand flagged some key passages.











Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/congress-releases-22-pages-of-text-messages-of-top-trump-officials-discussing-the-ukraine-scandal/



Here's a link to the entire document:

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a/4/a4a91fab-99cd-4eb9-9c6c-ec1c586494b9/621801458E982E9903839ABC7404A917.chairmen-letter-on-state-departmnent-texts-10-03-19.pdf
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Congress releases 22-pages of text messages of top Trump officials discussing the Ukraine scandal (Original Post) Julian Englis Oct 2019 OP
Tweets coming soon. Mme. Defarge Oct 2019 #1
posted with link to adam schiff msongs Oct 2019 #2
I just heard about this on Brian Williams' show subana Oct 2019 #3
Here they are Julian Englis Oct 2019 #4
Makes me wanna dance. ffr Oct 2019 #5
This document makes me dizzy and my stomach hurts. n/t TygrBright Oct 2019 #6
breathe Tyg.. dweller Oct 2019 #8
These are crazy times. We're here with you! flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #9
hmmm, so much for Gym shorts Jordan's choie Oct 2019 #7
Good Grief he"s full of shit. calimary Oct 2019 #13
Kick dalton99a Oct 2019 #10
TREASON. PatrickforO Oct 2019 #11
Treachery Lock him up. Oct 2019 #12
What could totally screw this up for us LiberalLovinLug Oct 2019 #14
Not gonna happen. But they will probably have to Trump something up. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #18
Quid pro 'call me' Tactical Peek Oct 2019 #15
Add the China treachery in the open yesterday Captain Zero Oct 2019 #17
K&R gademocrat7 Oct 2019 #16
Not just a smoking gun, but photos of the gun being fired. Nitram Oct 2019 #19

subana

(586 posts)
3. I just heard about this on Brian Williams' show
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 11:18 PM
Oct 2019

this should be fun when we've had a chance to look at all of them!

choie

(4,102 posts)
7. hmmm, so much for Gym shorts Jordan's
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 11:25 PM
Oct 2019

improvised press conference today claiming that Volker's testimony added nothing to the case for impeachment.

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
12. Treachery
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 01:33 AM
Oct 2019

The difference between treason and treachery is that:

- treason is the crime of betraying one's own country while engaged in a declared war (as defined by the Constitution);

- treachery is deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust (violating the Oath of Office and endangering national security by giving away possible opportunities to foreign powers to blackmail).

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
14. What could totally screw this up for us
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 02:21 AM
Oct 2019

Would be if some Ukraine Trump pal, actually either found something, even if just small, something that is mildly illegal or unethical, on the part of Biden or his son. Even if it was fake, it would be difficult to dispute if the alleged offence happened in the Ukraine, and the case was brought up by a Ukrainian Trump/Putin sycophant.

Obviously even IF Biden's son or Biden was officially accused of something wrong under Ukraine law, it would pale overwhelmingly against all the crimes, and election fraud Trump has committed since even before he was sworn in.

But to the RW media, something like that would be gold. They would spin it as "See?....Good thing our persistent President kept calling for an investigation, as now we can all see the Biden family corruption. And the Democratic corruption in a cover up. And now we must probe further into Hillary and Bill's connections." And the MSM will be running over each other to finally get some red meat on Democrats to even the horse race. And, like all Democratic blamed scandals, like the forged paper / Dan Rather Bush AWOL story, it would get headline attention for weeks on end.

Fox News, and maybe even other MSM would gloss over the fact that simply asking for an investigation is a felony, and would instead focus on the "explosive revelations" proving how its really Democrats that are the real criminals. They only have to placate enough loyal Republicans, who have been weened by RW media for decades about how evil Democrats are, to vote R again. And then, who knows how much more prepared they are behind the scenes with hackable machines, Putins and homegrown troll farms, suppression laws, gerrymandering, Crosscheck, etc etc...to win the electoral college again.

I don't want to be a debbie downer, but I just have to steel myself for something like that, because its happened so many times. I just pray to gawd that they are both clean as a whistle.

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