Many Democrats have already convinced themselves that the July phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky constitutes an impeachable offense and are pressing forward, full steam ahead, on the long-promised effort to impeach the president.
The Democratic chairmen of three influential House committees have issued a subpoena demanding documents and testimony from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and at least four other State Department employees. The letter included a threat of obstruction charges, should Pompeo fail to comply by Oct. 4.
Pompeo subpoenaed
The subpoena against Pompeo was issued jointly by the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, House Intelligence, and House Oversight Committees, The Daily Caller reported. The committees are chaired by Reps. Eliot Engel, Adam Schiff, and Elijah Cummings, respectively.
The collective of committee chairs fired off a letter to Pompeo on Friday informing him that certain documents and personnel pertaining to the phone call with Ukraine’s president had been subpoenaed, and set a deadline of October 4 for their demands to be met.
The letter also included a terse reminder that Pompeo had already failed to comply with two prior requests from the committees for the now-subpoenaed documents, and clearly implied that the secretary could be charged with obstruction of justice if he failed or refused to comply once again.
Allegations stem from “whistleblower” complaint
At issue are allegations that, in the phone call, Trump pressured Zelensky to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter in relation to a lucrative job Hunter held with a corrupt Ukrainian energy company.
Democrats have accused Trump of jeopardizing national security by enlisting the help of a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 election, as well as withholding Congressionally appropriated military aid to Ukraine as leverage to compel compliance, and covering all of that up subsequent to the phone call.
Those accusations all stem from a “whistleblower” complaint from an anonymous individual who gained their information via second- and third-hand hearsay from others. It has since been reported that the “whistleblower” was a CIA agent assigned to the White House.
Furthermore, a rough transcript of the July phone call that was released publicly by the White House significantly undercuts virtually all of the allegations by revealing there was no pressure, no “quid pro quo,” and no real wrongdoing by the president. Ukrainian officials, including President Zelensky himself, have also stated that there was no pressure or quid pro quo to open certain investigations in exchange for promised aid.
Impeachment or bust
Nevertheless, facts don’t appear to matter all that much to House Democrats, regardless of what they may say, and they rushed headlong into the effort to launch an impeachment against Trump. At the least, they hope to see him smeared as a corrupt criminal, given the strong likelihood that he would be acquited by the Republican-controlled Senate if the Democrat-controlled House actually passed articles of impeachment.
The reality of the situation, though, is that Democrats are increasingly fearful that none of their many 2020 candidates will be able to defeat Trump in 2020, leaving them little option but to pursue the chimera of impeachment on the thinnest of pretexts in order to defeat Trump.
It will be quite interesting to see if Secretary Pompeo plays along with the demands of the House committees or decides to plays hardball by forcing the Democrats to fight for every step of the impeachment process.
964 Responses
Can you tell us more about this? I’d like to find out some additional information.|
Thank you for sharing your info. I really appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your further post thank you once again.|
With havin so much content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement? My website has a lot of completely unique content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it appears a lot of it is popping it up all over the internet without my agreement. Do you know any methods to help stop content from being stolen? I’d genuinely appreciate it.|
Everything is very open with a clear description of the challenges. It was really informative. Your site is useful. Thanks for sharing!
Have you ever thought about publishing an e-book or guest authoring on other websites? I have a blog based on the same ideas you discuss and would really like to have you share some stories/information. I know my visitors would appreciate your work. If you’re even remotely interested, feel free to shoot me an e mail.|
Hi there! I could have sworn I’ve been to this web site before but after looking at some of the posts I realized it’s new to me. Regardless, I’m definitely pleased I stumbled upon it and I’ll be bookmarking it and checking back often!
Superb blog! Do you have any hints for aspiring writers? I’m hoping to start my own blog soon but I’m a little lost on everything. Would you recommend starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally confused .. Any suggestions? Cheers!|
It’s very simple to find out any matter on web as compared to textbooks, as I found this paragraph at this website.|
Greetings! Very useful advice in this particular post! It’s the little changes that make the greatest changes. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Hi there i am kavin, its my first time to commenting anywhere, when i read this piece of writing i thought i could also make comment due to this good paragraph.|
Hi, I do believe this is an excellent web site. I stumbledupon it 😉 I am going to revisit once again since i have book-marked it. Money and freedom is the greatest way to change, may you be rich and continue to help other people.
I was more than happy to find this website. I wanted to thank you for ones time just for this wonderful read!! I definitely enjoyed every bit of it and I have you saved to fav to look at new information in your site.
Hello there! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be okay. I’m absolutely enjoying your blog and look forward to new posts.|
This is a very good tip especially to those fresh to the blogosphere. Brief but very accurate info… Thank you for sharing this one. A must read post!|
Spot on with this write-up, I seriously believe that this web site needs a lot more attention. I’ll probably be returning to read more, thanks for the information!
Hi, I do believe this is an excellent blog. I stumbledupon it 😉 I may return yet again since I bookmarked it. Money and freedom is the greatest way to change, may you be rich and continue to help other people.|
I’m impressed, I have to say. Actually not often do I encounter a weblog that’s both educative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you’ve got hit the nail on the head. Your idea is outstanding; the difficulty is one thing that not enough people are talking intelligently about. I am very glad that I stumbled throughout this in my search for one thing referring to this.
I have been absent for some time, but now I remember why I used to love this web site. Thank you, I’ll try and check back more frequently. How frequently you update your web site?
When I initially commented I appear to have clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now on every time a comment is added I recieve 4 emails with the exact same comment. There has to be an easy method you can remove me from that service? Many thanks!
Thanks for sharing such a fastidious thinking, piece of writing is fastidious, thats why i have read it entirely|
Ahaa, its good dialogue about this post here at this weblog, I have read all that, so now me also commenting here.|
I would like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in penning this blog. I really hope to check out the same high-grade content from you later on as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my own, personal blog now 😉
If some one desires expert view regarding blogging afterward i advise him/her to pay a quick visit this web site, Keep up the nice work.|
Hi there everyone, it’s my first pay a quick visit at this site, and paragraph is really fruitful for me, keep up posting such posts.|
Aw, this was an extremely nice post. Taking a few minutes and actual effort to generate a superb article… but what can I say… I put things off a whole lot and don’t seem to get nearly anything done.
You are so cool! I do not believe I’ve read through something like this before. So good to find somebody with some original thoughts on this subject matter. Seriously.. thank you for starting this up. This website is one thing that is required on the internet, someone with a little originality!
Hi! This is kind of off topic but I need some help from an established blog. Is it tough to set up your own blog? I’m not very techincal but I can figure things out pretty fast. I’m thinking about setting up my own but I’m not sure where to begin. Do you have any points or suggestions? Thank you|
Hi, Neat post. There is an issue with your web site in web explorer, would check this? IE still is the market chief and a huge component to other people will leave out your fantastic writing because of this problem.|
Hello, I think your site might be having browser compatibility issues. When I look at your blog in Firefox, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, superb blog!|
It’s very trouble-free to find out any matter on web as compared to books, as I found this post at this web site.|
Hey there, You’ve done a great job. I will definitely digg it and personally suggest to my friends. I’m sure they’ll be benefited from this website.|
Good day! This is kind of off topic but I need some guidance from an established blog. Is it very difficult to set up your own blog? I’m not very techincal but I can figure things out pretty quick. I’m thinking about making my own but I’m not sure where to begin. Do you have any tips or suggestions? Thanks|
Howdy I am so glad I found your site, I really found you by accident, while I was researching on Aol for something else, Anyhow I am here now and would just like to say cheers for a tremendous post and a all round interesting blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to read it all at the minute but I have saved it and also included your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read much more, Please do keep up the superb work.|
We stumbled over here from a different page and thought I might check things out. I like what I see so i am just following you. Look forward to looking over your web page yet again.|
If some one wants expert view regarding blogging afterward i recommend him/her to visit this blog, Keep up the nice work.|
It’s an amazing paragraph in support of all the internet visitors; they will obtain advantage from it I am sure.|
Informative article, totally what I needed.|
It’s difficult to find knowledgeable people on this topic, however, you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks|
Great post. I was checking constantly this blog and I’m impressed! Extremely useful info specially the last part 🙂 I care for such info a lot. I was seeking this certain info for a long time. Thank you and good luck.
When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get four e-mails with the same comment. Is there any way you can remove people from that service? Many thanks!|