I listened to some of the Impeachment hearing discussions and am still amazed at what the GOP members are willing to say to avoid facing the facts. (see below) I would vote:
I can not even imagine the Holy Hell Conservatives would have raised if if Obama, Hillary, etc had refused to testify before the GOP Congress. I am so tired of the hypocrisy practiced by the GOP. Remember when the "Obama Deficits were TERRIBLE", and "Trump Deficits are No Problem".
Timeline of Events
December 2018: A Ukrainian court upholds a complaint by Member of Parliament Boryslav Rozenblat, who alleged that Head of the National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytnyk and Member of Parliament Serhiy Leshchenko had interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, according to the whistleblower complaint.
Jan.- Feb. 2018: Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, meets with Ukraine’s new prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, in New York and Warsaw.
Feb 15, 2019: The FY2019 federal budget is approved at midnight, containing nearly $400 million in military aid to support Ukraine and NATO efforts to counter Russian forces. Despite assurances from the White House, the funds are not released to Ukraine for months.
April 18: Special Counsel Robert Mueller releases a redacted version of his report into Russian meddling into the 2016 U.S. election.
April 2: Volodymyr Zelensky wins a runoff election in Ukraine.
April 21: Trump and Zelensky share "a brief congratulatory call" after Zelensky is elected president of Ukraine, the whistleblower complaint says.
May 6: U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is removed from her position.
May 9: The New York Times reports Giuliani is planning to travel to Ukraine to seek help with investigations that would help Trump, including looking to the Bidens. He cancels two days later.
May 13: U.S. Attorney General William Barr announces an investigation into the origins of Russia probe.
March 20: In an interview with The Hill cited in the whistleblower complaint Ukraine Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko alleges that Biden in 2016 pressured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in a bid to stop a criminal probe that involved Hunter Biden.
June 13: In an interview with ABC, Trump says he would accept political help from a foreign government. Trump tells ABC's George Stephanopoulos he would not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered him damaging information about his opponents in the 2020 presidential election. The same day, the chairwoman of the Federal Elections Commission issues a statement that doing so would be illegal.
July 19: U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, exchange texts about Sondland’s briefing of Zelenky before a scheduled call with Trump.
June 21: Giuliani tweets that Zelensky was "still silent on investigation of Ukrainian interference" in the 2016 US presidential election.
July 10-11: Oleksandr Danylyuk, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, visits the White House, Pentagon and the State Department.
July 16: Leshchenko publicly states that a Ukrainian court had overturned the lower court's decision to uphold Rozenblat's complaint, according to the whistleblower complaint.
July 24: Robert Muller testifies before Congress about his findings.
July 25: In a phone call, Ukraine’s Zelensky asks Trump for Javelin missiles to use in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. Trump then asks Zelensky to “do us a favor.” Focused on a disproven conspiracy theory, Trump asks Zelensky to investigate Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company that played a role in uncovering Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 election. After discussing his concerns about fighting corruption, Trump brings up Hunter Biden and says that he believes Vice President Joe Biden “stopped the prosecution and a lot of people.” He asks Zelensky to get in touch with Attorney General Richard Barr and Giuliani. Trump also invites Zelensky to Washington.
Someone in the White House puts notes of the call between Zelensky and Trump into an extra secure system usually reserved for issues of national security.
Trump staff write email ordering that the funding be held and that they keep it secret.
July 26: US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, accompanied by US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, met with Zelensky and other "Ukrainian political figures" in Kyiv, according to the whistleblower complaint. Volker and Sondland reportedly advised the Ukrainian leadership on how to "navigate" Trump's demands of Zelensky.
July 28: Trump announces that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats will retire.
August: Giuliani says he spoke to a representative for Zelensky by phone and in person.
August 8: Trump announces deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon will depart the administration.
August 9: Trump tells reporters that Zelensky had been invited to the White House.
August 12: A whistleblower files a complaint with the intelligence inspector general.
August 15: Gordon and Coats depart the Office of Director of National Intelligence.
August 26: Intelligence IG forwards complaint to the acting DNI.
August 28: Then-national security adviser John Bolton meets with Zelensky in Kiev.
August 30: Trump considers blocking $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, effectively pausing disbursement of the funds during a formal review process.
Late August / Early Sept: Trump learns about whistle blower.
Sept 1: Zelensky meets with Vice President Mike Pence in Poland after Trump stays back to monitor Hurricane Dorian.
Sept 9: Sondland exchanges texts with U.S. Charge d’Affaires for Ukraine, Bill Taylor, about the Ukraine aid.
Sept 11: Aid to Ukraine, which had been on hold since mid-July on order of the White House, is released.
Sept 13: Rep Adam Schiff, D-CA, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee subpoenas the acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to produce a whistleblower complaint that the ICIG had determined was of “urgent concern.”
Sept 24: Following media reports that the whistleblower complaint was regarding Trump pushing Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces an impeachment inquiry.
Sept 25: The White House releases a memo of the call between Zelensky and Trump.
Sept 26: The House intelligence committee releases a redacted copy of the whistleblower complaint. Maguire testifies before the committee the same day. Volker, who is named in the complaint, resigns the next day.
Sept 26: Trump orders executive personnel to not support impeachment investigation. Claims immunity from Congressional investigation.
Oct 3: Volker testifies in a closed-door session and releases text messages between him and various diplomats to the House. The same day, President Trump says publicly that China and Ukraine should investigate the Bidens.
PBS Timeline of Events
CNN Timeline of Events
- Likely guilty of Abuse of Power
- Incredibly GUILTY of Obstruction of Congress: NO Public Official should be allowed to refuse testifying in front of Congress. That is an action requiring immediate dismissal.
I can not even imagine the Holy Hell Conservatives would have raised if if Obama, Hillary, etc had refused to testify before the GOP Congress. I am so tired of the hypocrisy practiced by the GOP. Remember when the "Obama Deficits were TERRIBLE", and "Trump Deficits are No Problem".
Timeline of Events
December 2018: A Ukrainian court upholds a complaint by Member of Parliament Boryslav Rozenblat, who alleged that Head of the National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytnyk and Member of Parliament Serhiy Leshchenko had interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, according to the whistleblower complaint.
Jan.- Feb. 2018: Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, meets with Ukraine’s new prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, in New York and Warsaw.
Feb 15, 2019: The FY2019 federal budget is approved at midnight, containing nearly $400 million in military aid to support Ukraine and NATO efforts to counter Russian forces. Despite assurances from the White House, the funds are not released to Ukraine for months.
April 18: Special Counsel Robert Mueller releases a redacted version of his report into Russian meddling into the 2016 U.S. election.
April 2: Volodymyr Zelensky wins a runoff election in Ukraine.
April 21: Trump and Zelensky share "a brief congratulatory call" after Zelensky is elected president of Ukraine, the whistleblower complaint says.
May 6: U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is removed from her position.
May 9: The New York Times reports Giuliani is planning to travel to Ukraine to seek help with investigations that would help Trump, including looking to the Bidens. He cancels two days later.
May 13: U.S. Attorney General William Barr announces an investigation into the origins of Russia probe.
March 20: In an interview with The Hill cited in the whistleblower complaint Ukraine Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko alleges that Biden in 2016 pressured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in a bid to stop a criminal probe that involved Hunter Biden.
June 13: In an interview with ABC, Trump says he would accept political help from a foreign government. Trump tells ABC's George Stephanopoulos he would not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered him damaging information about his opponents in the 2020 presidential election. The same day, the chairwoman of the Federal Elections Commission issues a statement that doing so would be illegal.
July 19: U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, exchange texts about Sondland’s briefing of Zelenky before a scheduled call with Trump.
June 21: Giuliani tweets that Zelensky was "still silent on investigation of Ukrainian interference" in the 2016 US presidential election.
July 10-11: Oleksandr Danylyuk, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, visits the White House, Pentagon and the State Department.
July 16: Leshchenko publicly states that a Ukrainian court had overturned the lower court's decision to uphold Rozenblat's complaint, according to the whistleblower complaint.
July 24: Robert Muller testifies before Congress about his findings.
July 25: In a phone call, Ukraine’s Zelensky asks Trump for Javelin missiles to use in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. Trump then asks Zelensky to “do us a favor.” Focused on a disproven conspiracy theory, Trump asks Zelensky to investigate Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company that played a role in uncovering Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 election. After discussing his concerns about fighting corruption, Trump brings up Hunter Biden and says that he believes Vice President Joe Biden “stopped the prosecution and a lot of people.” He asks Zelensky to get in touch with Attorney General Richard Barr and Giuliani. Trump also invites Zelensky to Washington.
Someone in the White House puts notes of the call between Zelensky and Trump into an extra secure system usually reserved for issues of national security.
Trump staff write email ordering that the funding be held and that they keep it secret.
July 26: US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, accompanied by US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, met with Zelensky and other "Ukrainian political figures" in Kyiv, according to the whistleblower complaint. Volker and Sondland reportedly advised the Ukrainian leadership on how to "navigate" Trump's demands of Zelensky.
July 28: Trump announces that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats will retire.
August: Giuliani says he spoke to a representative for Zelensky by phone and in person.
August 8: Trump announces deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon will depart the administration.
August 9: Trump tells reporters that Zelensky had been invited to the White House.
August 12: A whistleblower files a complaint with the intelligence inspector general.
August 15: Gordon and Coats depart the Office of Director of National Intelligence.
August 26: Intelligence IG forwards complaint to the acting DNI.
August 28: Then-national security adviser John Bolton meets with Zelensky in Kiev.
August 30: Trump considers blocking $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, effectively pausing disbursement of the funds during a formal review process.
Late August / Early Sept: Trump learns about whistle blower.
Sept 1: Zelensky meets with Vice President Mike Pence in Poland after Trump stays back to monitor Hurricane Dorian.
Sept 9: Sondland exchanges texts with U.S. Charge d’Affaires for Ukraine, Bill Taylor, about the Ukraine aid.
Sept 11: Aid to Ukraine, which had been on hold since mid-July on order of the White House, is released.
Sept 13: Rep Adam Schiff, D-CA, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee subpoenas the acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to produce a whistleblower complaint that the ICIG had determined was of “urgent concern.”
Sept 24: Following media reports that the whistleblower complaint was regarding Trump pushing Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces an impeachment inquiry.
Sept 25: The White House releases a memo of the call between Zelensky and Trump.
Sept 26: The House intelligence committee releases a redacted copy of the whistleblower complaint. Maguire testifies before the committee the same day. Volker, who is named in the complaint, resigns the next day.
Sept 26: Trump orders executive personnel to not support impeachment investigation. Claims immunity from Congressional investigation.
Oct 3: Volker testifies in a closed-door session and releases text messages between him and various diplomats to the House. The same day, President Trump says publicly that China and Ukraine should investigate the Bidens.
PBS Timeline of Events
CNN Timeline of Events
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This was so painful to listen to.
It reminded me that a lot of politicians are SO SLIMY...
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