{"id":93557,"date":"2019-12-20T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93557"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T13:09:55","slug":"oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93557","title":{"rendered":"Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave…."},"content":{"rendered":"
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If I hide like this no one can see me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pdf of the articles of impeachment is posted online. It is a public document that Pelosi cannot keep hidden under the rug. Nothing is defined specifically, period. The negotiations that Trump engaged in with Ukraine are not criminal matters. The complaint is based on hearsay, not on hard evidence such as documents.\u00a0 Nothing that Pres. Trump has done is remotely close to what Richard Nixon knew about and approved of in regard to Watergate and the other actions that made him resign from office to avoid being impeached. What Nixon did was miles ahead of Trump\u2019s conversations with the president of Ukraine. And Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, which was proven in her graphic descriptions of her sexual relationship with him. However, he stayed in office afterwards because the Senate vote to send him packing was insufficient.<\/p>\n

There is nothing \u2013 ZERO, ZIP, NADA \u2013 that is not already public knowledge.\u00a0 And ignorance of or refusing to follow procedures is a poor excuse for publicly declaring your hatred of Pres. Trump. There is no victory here, not even a Pyrrhic victory. Pyrrhic victory is about victory at all or every cost. An Irenic victory is not so much about victory but resolution for both sides. This nonsense is simply sour grapes on the part of the Democrats, and Pelosi led the way on this nonsense.<\/p>\n

Here is the link to the pdf:\u00a0 https:\/\/assets.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6572308\/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s a public document, Pelosi can try to block it all she wants to but will get nowhere.\u00a0 It is apparent that she thinks by not delivering it, she can delay the business. Unfortunately, she\u2019s forgotten that it is<\/em> a public document. If it weren\u2019t, how did I find this, copy the link and post it?<\/p>\n

Delivering the Articles of Impeachment is simply a courtesy, a formal statement by the House to the Senate to continue the process. Without delivering the document, there is no impeachment. The time and money wasted on this nonsense is something that should be brought up repeatedly in the next election go-round.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s obvious that she thinks by refusing to deliver it, she\u2019 has control of the process, when she has no such thing.<\/p>\n

Now we know that she really is that stupid. Delivering this to the Senate is merely a formality, if she really wants this to go through. \u00a0Obviously, she\u2019s afraid of being found out.\u00a0 She and the other Democrats have wasted more time on this personal vendetta than the bunch of them are worth individually. As I said, this is no Pyrrhic victory. She has made an ass of herself in public, to no purpose.<\/p>\n

From Bloomberg News:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-12-19\/trump-impeachment-delay-could-be-serious-problem-for-democrats<\/a><\/p>\n

If the House does not communicate its impeachment to the Senate, it hasn\u2019t actually impeached the president<\/em>. If the articles are not transmitted, Trump could legitimately say that he wasn\u2019t truly impeached at all. (Read that part again.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because \u201cimpeachment\u201d under the Constitution means the House sending its approved articles of impeachment to the Senate, with House managers standing up in the Senate and saying the president is impeached.<\/p>\n

As for the headlines we saw after the House vote saying, \u201cTRUMP IMPEACHED,\u201d those are a media shorthand, not a technically correct legal statement. So far, the House has voted\u00a0to impeach\u00a0(future tense)<\/em> Trump. He isn\u2019t impeached (past tense) until the articles go to the Senate and the House members deliver the message.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once the articles are sent, the Senate has a constitutional duty to hold a trial on the impeachment charges presented. Failure for the Senate to hold a trial after impeachment would deviate from the Constitution\u2019s clear expectation. – article<\/p>\n

Maybe if the members of the House had to take a US Constitution test to qualify to be sworn in, we wouldn\u2019t see these kinds of shenanigans. On the other hand, most of them are only after the power, cash and bennies, anyway, so that\u2019s a moot point.\u00a0 Remember when Maxine Waters went on TV, snarling “Impeach! Impeach! Impeach!” and Pres. Trump had barely been sworn in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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