President Trump Faces Abuse of Power Charges

Of the mainstream media, even though it’s not an American news outlet, I consider the BBC’s coverage of these events the least partisan/biased.

The Golden Age of Gaia will not be covering the impeachment trial in any depth, in view of Archangel Michael’s instructions to us that we’re not a political site but a Nova-Earth site. (1) We do however recognize the importance of it to many readers.

Trump Faces Abuse of Power Charges

BBC.com, Dec. 9, 2019

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-50731830

Summary

Democrats unveil impeachment charges against President Donald Trump following an inquiry
“No one is above the law,” said Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
Trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to his dealings with Ukraine
Trump denies pressuring his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate a domestic political rival and has refused to co-operate with the inquiry
If he is impeached in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, it will be up to the Republican-led Senate to convict and remove from office
Only two US presidents have ever been impeached – Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

Republicans speak out

Congressional Republicans are now speaking, and accusing the Democrats using impeachment to try to overturn the 2016 presidential election.

“Back in 2016, Democrats called those who supported Donald Trump deplorable,” House Minority Speaker Kevin McCarthy said, referring to a quote from Trump’s former rival Hillary Clinton.

“And now, they’re trying to disqualify their votes,” he added.

“Democrats still cannot get over the fact that the president won the election and they lost,” he told reporters, speaking alongside other Republican lawmakers.

Trump to rally in Pennsylvania Tuesday night

Trump is holding a re-election rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, tonight – home of the country’s most famous chocolate brand.

He will undoubtedly denounce the impeachment inquiry, as he has consistently since it began in late September.

He then will travel to Michigan with Vice-President Mike Pence for his first visit to the swing state in nine months.

Shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday, Trump visited another swing state, Florida, for a “Keep America Great” campaign rally.

All three swing states were won by Trump in 2016, and will be central to his 2020 campaign.

Trump tweets defence

Trump has tweeted that Democrats who argue “that I ‘pressured Ukraine to interfere in our 2020 Election’,” know “that it’s not true”.

“Both the President & Foreign Minister of Ukraine said, many times, that there ‘WAS NO PRESSURE,’ he wrote.

He also argued that his request to the president of Ukraine in a 25 July phone call – “I would like you to do us a favour, though” – was made on behalf of the United States and not himself.

“Read the Transcripts! ‘us’ is a reference to USA, not me!” he says.

Democrats say that request for a “favour” – which was made after Trump’s Ukrainian counterpart mentioned US military aid – was an attempt to have Ukraine meddle in the 2020 US presidential election.

That favour, Democrats say, would take the form of a Ukrainian investigation into Trump’s political rival, Joe Biden, and another probe into the unsubstantiated “CrowdStrike” conspiracy theory that argues that Ukraine – not Russia – sought to meddle in the 2016 election.

Read the text of the impeachment articles

The articles of impeachment are now written, and are expected to be voted through by the full House in the coming days.

You can read them for yourself [below]:

(Read more….)

Footnotes

(1) See “On Malware and the Redirection of the Blog,” December 5, 2019, at https://goldenageofgaia.com/2019/12/05/on-malware-and-redirection-of-the-blog/

“Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanours”

Articles of Impeachment(1)

Trump to rally in Pennsylvania Tuesday night

Trump tweets defence

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