MORNING ON IMPEACHMENT WITH THE RELEVANT CHAIRS.
RELEVANT CHAIRS. CHAIRMAN ENGEL SAID, YEAH,
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IN TODAY’S IMPEACHMENT HEARING
IN THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
HOUSE SBEELG COMMITTEE COUNSEL
DANIEL GOLDMAN PRESENTED THE
CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
IN MAKING THAT CASE, DANIEL
GOLDMAN MADE A FACTUAL STATEMENT
THAT EVERY REPUBLICAN IN THE
ROOM TODAY AND EVERY REPUBLICAN
IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAS
REFUSED TO ADMIT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT CAUGHT.
>> BY EARLY SEPTEMBER THE
PRESIDENT’S SCHEME WAS
UNRAVELING.
UNRAVELING. ON SEPTEMBER 9th, THE
INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT AND
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES
ANNOUNCED AN INVESTIGATION INTO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MR.
GIULIANI’S EFFORTS IN UKRAINE.
LATER THAT SAME DAY, THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE LEARNED
THAT A WHISTLE-BLOWER HAD FILED
A COMPLAINT NEARLY A MONTH
EARLIER RELATED TO SOME UNKNOWN
ISSUE, BY WHICH THE PRESIDENT
AND THE WHITE HOUSE KNEW WAS
RELATED TO UKRAINE AND HAD BEEN
CIRCULATING AMONG THEM FOR SOME
TIME.
TIME. THEN TWO DAYS LATER ON SEPTEMBER
11th IN THE FACE OF GROWING
PUBLIC AND CONGRESSIONAL
SCRUTINY, PRESIDENT TRUMP LIFTED
THE HOLD ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE
TO UKRAINE.
TO UKRAINE. AS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE HOLD, NO REASON WAS
PROVIDED.
PROVIDED. PUT SIMPLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT
CAUGHT, SO HE RELEASED THE AID.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT CAUGHT,
SO HE RELEASED THE AID.
EVERY DEMOCRAT MAKING THE CASE
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT SHOULD SAY
THAT EVERY TIME.
NOT ONE REPUBLICAN ADMITS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT CAUGHT.
EVERY REPUBLICAN PRETENDS THAT
DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE GOODNESS
OF HIS HEART DECIDED TO RELEASE
THE AID.
THE AID. THAT’S HOW EVERY REPUBLICAN
TELLS THE STORY.
THE REPUBLICANS DON’T REBUT THE
SPECIFIC EVIDENCE AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP IN THEIR DEFENSE OF DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THAT’S WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
DO IN A COURTROOM TO WIN A NOT
GUILTY FOR DONALD TRUMP.
IN A COURTROOM THE REPUBLICANS
WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON EVERY
PIECE OF INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE
AND AT MINIMUM CREATE A RELEASED
REASONABLE DOUBT.
REASONABLE DOUBT. NO REPUBLICAN HAS ATTEMPTED TO
DO THAT WITH THE EVIDENCE
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT EVERY REPUBLICAN DOES IS
IGNORE EVIDENCE.
IGNORE EVIDENCE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A
REPUBLICAN TO TELL THE STORY OF
DONALD TRUMP’S DEALINGS WITH
UKRAINE WITHOUT IGNORING THE
MOST INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE,
BEGINNING WITH WHAT THE HOUSE
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESIDENT’S
PHONE CALL TO THE PRESIDENT OF
UKRAINE ACTUALLY SAYS.
HERE IS THE FULL REPUBLICAN
DEFENSE OF DONALD TRUMP IN 34
SECONDS, AND IT CAN BE RECITED
IN 34 SECONDS BECAUSE OF ALL OF
THE IMPORTANT INCRIMINATING
EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFENSE OF
DONALD TRUMP IGNORES.
>> THE TRANSCRIPT IS COMPLETELY
INACCURATE AND SHOWS NO QUID PRO
QUO, NO CONDITIONALITY.
THAT’S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THERE WAS NO
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. BOTH ZELENSKY AND TRUMP SAID
THAT REPEATEDLY.
THAT REPEATEDLY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS UNITED
NATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 25th, AND
IN CONSENT NEWS ARTICLES.
ON OCTOBER 6th, 10th, AND
DECEMBER 1st.
DECEMBER 1st. NUMBER THREE, THE UKRAINIANS AND
ZELENSKY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE
PAUSE IN AID, AT THE VERY LEAST,
AT THE TIME OF THE CALL.
NUMBER FOUR, NO INVESTIGATIONS
WERE ANNOUNCED.
WERE ANNOUNCED. THE AID WAS RELEASED.
>> NUMBER ONE, THERE IS EVIDENCE
IN THE PHONE CALL THAT THE
PRESIDENT DID MAKE INVESTIGATING
JOE BIDEN A CONDITION FOR
RECEIVING MILITARY AID.
THERE IS MUCH MORE EVIDENCE OF
THAT FROM OTHER WITNESSES,
INCLUDING ARMREST GORDON
SONDLAND WHO SPOKE TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP ABOUT IT AND ARMREST
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
WILLIAM TAYLOR. THERE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY AND OFFICIALS
FELT TREMENDOUS PRESSURE TO
PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE AN
INVESTIGATION INTO JOE BIDEN AND
HIS SON.
HIS SON. GORDON SONDLAND TESTIFIED
REPEATEDLY TO PUTTING THAT
PRESSURE ON PRESIDENT ZELENSKY
AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKY’S STAFF
HIMSELF FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
PERSONAL BENEFIT.
PERSONAL BENEFIT. NUMBER THREE, THERE IS VERY
CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
KNEW THAT THERE WAS A HOLD ON
THE MILITARY AID AT THE TIME
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY WAS ON THE
PHONE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
NUMBER FOUR, PRESIDENT ZELENSKY
PLANNED TO ANNOUNCE AN
INVESTIGATION OF JOE BIDEN IN AN
INTERVIEW ON CNN WHICH WAS
CANCELED ONLY AFTER THE MILITARY