Re: LIVE THREAD: Impeachment Inquiry DAY 3

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MARK SIMONE
@MarkSimoneNY
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1m
Each witness agrees the transcript is accurate, all agree nothing illegal happened. But, they feel it was inappropriate. Great. Who asked you? Adam Schiff did. But, the public didn't. They didn't elect you to run foreign policy. You are minor staff. Back to your cubicle!

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I seem to recall a former President who dismissed such criticisms with the simple retort, "I Won!"

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The Hill
@thehill
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3m
JUST IN: Kurt Volker says he rejected Biden "conspiracy theory" pushed by Rudy Giuliani

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The Hill
@thehill
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3m
JUST IN: Kurt Volker says he rejected Biden "conspiracy theory" pushed by Rudy Giuliani

Well la dee frickin' dah!

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Josh Marshall
@joshtpm
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2m
If I understood Morrison, he had no legal concerns about the call and had it in his own power to restrict access to the call but nonetheless immediately reported the call to NSC lawyers because of optics or political issues. And access was coincidentally restricted by accident.

[Bigun]

Well la dee frickin' dah!

     

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Chris Cillizza
@CillizzaCNN
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51s
The Volker testimony continues to stun me. This is an about-face from what he said 10/3/19.

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TIME
@TIME
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3m
Kurt Volker asserted for the first time that he didn’t originally understand “Burisma” and references to Biden to be synonymous

“In retrospect, I should have seen that connection differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own objections”

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Rep Andy Biggs
@RepAndyBiggsAZ
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6m
"Did anyone ever ask you to bribe or extort anyone at any time during your time in the White House?"

MORRISON: No
VOLKER: No

The Democrats' new poll-tested narrative continues to sink. Americans aren't buying their partisan impeachment of @realDonaldTrump
.

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
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2m
VOLKER on a May 23 Trump meeting: The president came in ... and immediately started speaking. He had just a string of comments that Ukraine is a terrible place, they're all corrupt, they're terrible people, they tried to take me down ... He said that Zelenskiy is no different.

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Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
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2m
People close to the Trump administration say Sondland is the hearing they're most concerned about ahead of time. Sondland testifies tomorrow.

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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
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5m
VOLKER says he tried to convince Trump that Zelensky was elected to clean up corruption but Trump told him he considered Zelensky the same as previous corrupt leaders and told him "Talk to Rudy."

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quitting for now..company

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Rob GobbleGobble @RobGeorge
Nunes actually used the "drug deal" phrase (how Bolton reportedly characterized Giuliani's outside plot). #ImpeachmentHearings

[Millee]

bkmk

[Victoria33]

Reminder that until Bolton, Mulvaney, and/or Rudy testify, Gordon Sondland is the only game in town

@mystery-ak

Bob and I talked about Sondland.  We think he has two choices - appear and take the 5th, or use the multimillions he has to leave the country for a longggg time.  If he leaves, no one is coming after him and he will be forgotten and then can come home.   

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Jeff Greenfield
@greenfield64
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1m
Most blatant lies from the hearings:

1. "We'll take a five minute break."
2. "We'll have a short recess."
3. "I thank the chairman..."
4. "I thank the ranking member..."

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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
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3m
One other curious thing about the @GOP
 Qs. They assign a lot of importance to the fact that @realDonaldTrump
 approved lethal aid to Ukraine that Obama opposed.
But if the aid is so important to Ukraine-it also was a major source of leverage when Trump mysteriously held it up.

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Heath Mayo
@HeathMayo
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8m
Key admission today from Volker: "In retrospect, I should have seen that connection [between Burisma and Biden] differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own objections. It was unacceptable."

This is an admission from Republicans' witness.

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Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
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Q: In no way shape or form... did you receive any indication whatsoever that resembled a quid pro quo. Is that correct?”

Ambassador Volker: “That’s correct.”


next witness...

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Steve Scalise
@SteveScalise
 Â· 15m
The Dems' new "bribery" narrative is unraveling quickly.

More witnesses confirmed today that they were never asked to bribe or extort anyone.

Maybe Dems should base their allegations on actual evidence, not focus groups.

Dems have no case.

[XenaLee]

David Corn
@DavidCornDC
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1m
Volker: In conversation with @RudyGiuliani
, I "rejected" the "conspiracy theory that Vice President Biden would have been influenced in his duties as vice president by money paid to his son."

OMG

Oh puhleeeze.  If ever there was a QPQ....it involves Biden's son with Burisma.   To deny that fact and obvious reality is to be a stuckonstupid leftist (corrupt to the core) DEMOCRAT.

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Jennifer Rubin
@JRubinBlogger
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56s
Perhaps Biden can use Volker's soundbite in a campaign ad

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Jennifer Rubin
@JRubinBlogger
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1m
Morrison also made very clear that Sondland was in direct communication with Giuliani, Trump and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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2m
Volker says he never gave credence to any conspiracy theory involving Joe Biden's motivations.

"It's just not credible to me that a Vice President of the united states is going to do anything other than act as how he sees best for the national interest," Volker said.

Don't forget that Ambassadors are professional career liars. They will claim fire is wet if it suits their purposes.