As if the Commander in chief didn't decide himself that he wanted to go visit the Troops on thanksgiving.
In more fail impeachment news from the Washington Compost (RIP impeachment):
Democrats quietly debate expanding impeachment articles beyond Ukraine
House Democrats are debating whether to expand articles of impeachment to include charges beyond abuse of power in the Ukraine controversy, setting up a potential internal clash as the party races to impeach President Trump by Christmastime.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee and other more liberal-minded lawmakers and congressional aides have been privately discussing the possibility of drafting articles that include obstruction of justice or other “high crimes” they believe are clearly outlined in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report — or allegations that Trump has used his office to benefit his bottom line.
The idea, however, is running into resistance from some moderate Democrats wary of impeachment blowback in their GOP-leaning districts, as well as Democratic leaders who sought to keep impeachment narrowly focused on allegations that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk freely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...84e00a-1537-11ea-bf81-ebe89f477d1e_story.html
Also:
BREAKING: GOP investigating if DNC operative Alexandra Chalupa provided info to Schiff or his staff. In Aug 28 tweet, after Schiff alleged US military aid to Ukraine tied up w Ukrainian investigations, Chalupa replied to Schiff that she had “a lot of information on this topic.”
BREAKING: Judicial Watch suing DOJ for internal comms of Michael Atkinson when he was a sr DOJ official to see if he was involved in 2017 discussions to impeach Pres Trump or remove him from office under the 25th Amendment. Now ICIG, Atkinson facilitated "whistleblower" complaint
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The Left preaches about transparency but their entire MO seems to be: hiding testimony, selective leaks, and rejecting existing laws to get what it wants
Cliffs on this for unawares:
IG Atkinson was the legal counsel for John Carlin when the bogus FISA warrants were being obtained on Trump's campaign, and he also oversaw the FBI agent who reportedly altered an email to submit as evidence. The guy is neck deep in spygate, and this was likely leveraged to get him to comply with the crazy WB complaint.
The WB complaint had nothing to do with the intelligence community, but Atkinson fielded it anyway. The WB complaint had no first hand info, but Atkinson allowed the form to be changed retrospectively to allow it to pass through. The WB didn't accurately document that he already spoke to house members, but Atkinson let it through anyway. Atkinson said there was possible political bias (you think? Ciaramella was directly involved with Biden's actions in Ukraine, directly involved with Chalupa's actions in the 2016 election, etc.) but still let it go through. Atkinson never once compared the complaint to the transcript of the call, but still found a way to deem the complaint "credible."
Thus, it was passed off to Schiff's committee, and the rest is history.
The WB complaint is the steele dossier. It is completely fake, but it needed to be injected into the narrative to get the ball rolling, and that's what it did.
Here's a good thread listing at least 6 inaccuracies which completely debunk the entirety of the WB complaint. The WB got the fact that trump spoke to the Ukraine president correct. That's about it.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1177328967105286156.html