momadance wrote:@AaronBlake
Trump said Oct. 3 that he spoke with McConnell about the Zelensky call, and McConnell called it "innocent."

McConnell today: "I don't recall any conversations with the president about that phone call."

President Donald Trump claimed earlier this month that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told him that his phone call with the Ukrainian president was “the most innocent phone call that I’ve ever read.”

But McConnell said Tuesday he’s never had a conversation about the phone call with the president.

“We’ve not had any conversations on that subject,” McConnell told reporters about the transcript of the call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump.

jerseyhoya wrote:Sondland can bury Trump if he wants to

Like conviction in the Senate is a live possibility

Diplomat says Ukraine aid was tied to political investigations

Warszawa wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Sondland can bury Trump if he wants to

Like conviction in the Senate is a live possibility

All these people are going to testify publicly eventually right?

traderdave wrote:It does not seem that Taylor broke any new ground today but the testimony was pretty damning nonethless. The withholding of aid to an ally for personal gain is both immoral and the very definition of abuse of power. The Jenga pieces have been being removed for a while but it finally feels like the tower may topple soon.

Lawmakers who heard the closed-door testimony were stunned, audibly gasping at points

"I don't see anything that has advanced, the quid pro quo or the promise of anything with foreign aid," said Congressman Mark Meadows, Republican from North Carolina. "There's no one who can be intellectually honest and come out of that deposition and suggest otherwise."

Warszawa wrote:

traderdave wrote:It does not seem that Taylor broke any new ground today but the testimony was pretty damning nonethless. The withholding of aid to an ally for personal gain is both immoral and the very definition of abuse of power. The Jenga pieces have been being removed for a while but it finally feels like the tower may topple soon.

Lawmakers who heard the closed-door testimony were stunned, audibly gasping at points

Or maybe not

"I don't see anything that has advanced, the quid pro quo or the promise of anything with foreign aid," said Congressman Mark Meadows, Republican from North Carolina. "There's no one who can be intellectually honest and come out of that deposition and suggest otherwise."

Warszawa wrote:

traderdave wrote:It does not seem that Taylor broke any new ground today but the testimony was pretty damning nonethless. The withholding of aid to an ally for personal gain is both immoral and the very definition of abuse of power. The Jenga pieces have been being removed for a while but it finally feels like the tower may topple soon.

Lawmakers who heard the closed-door testimony were stunned, audibly gasping at points

Or maybe not

"I don't see anything that has advanced, the quid pro quo or the promise of anything with foreign aid," said Congressman Mark Meadows, Republican from North Carolina. "There's no one who can be intellectually honest and come out of that deposition and suggest otherwise."

A prayer event for the Kurdish people that was scheduled for this week at President Trump's hotel in D.C. was abruptly canceled, the Washington Post reports.

The event, dubbed “A Night of Prayer for the Kurds,” was planned by Frontier Alliance International (FAI), a nonprofit Christian organization that provides medical aid in the Middle East.

FAI administrator Charlene Struebing said that hotel staff had expressed "security concerns."

Exceptions for rape, incest removed as South Carolina lawmakers advance 'heartbeat' abortion bill

thephan wrote:

momadance wrote:@AaronBlake
Trump said Oct. 3 that he spoke with McConnell about the Zelensky call, and McConnell called it "innocent."

McConnell today: "I don't recall any conversations with the president about that phone call."

A little clarity

President Donald Trump claimed earlier this month that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told him that his phone call with the Ukrainian president was “the most innocent phone call that I’ve ever read.”

But McConnell said Tuesday he’s never had a conversation about the phone call with the president.

“We’ve not had any conversations on that subject,” McConnell told reporters about the transcript of the call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump.

The denial is a little stronger.

This resolution puts the Senate on record condemning the House. ...Here's the point of the resolution: Any impeachment vote based on this process, to me, is illegitimate, is unconstitutional, and should be dismissed in the Senate without a trial," Graham told Fox News's Sean Hannity.

CalvinBall wrote:

Warszawa wrote:

traderdave wrote:It does not seem that Taylor broke any new ground today but the testimony was pretty damning nonethless. The withholding of aid to an ally for personal gain is both immoral and the very definition of abuse of power. The Jenga pieces have been being removed for a while but it finally feels like the tower may topple soon.

Lawmakers who heard the closed-door testimony were stunned, audibly gasping at points

Or maybe not

"I don't see anything that has advanced, the quid pro quo or the promise of anything with foreign aid," said Congressman Mark Meadows, Republican from North Carolina. "There's no one who can be intellectually honest and come out of that deposition and suggest otherwise."

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