{"id":94632,"date":"2020-01-21T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=94632"},"modified":"2020-01-21T10:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T14:37:44","slug":"one-impeachment-argument-ukraine-aid-hold-put-us-troops-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=94632","title":{"rendered":"One Impeachment Argument: Holding Ukraine Aid Put US Troops at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-93855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/trump5-500x219.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/trump5-500x219.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/trump5-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/trump5-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/trump5.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The impeachment trial starts in the Senate today. The Democrat-dominated House sent House Managers to &#8220;prosecute&#8221; the case. One of these house managers is a veteran. Representative Jason Crow from Colorado will approach this from the &#8220;Withholding Ukraine aid placed US troops at risk&#8221; angle.<\/p>\n<p>When Nancy Pelosi chose her seven members, she had &#8220;variety&#8221; in mind. Crow was chosen partly due to his veteran status. Both sides are prepared to argue their case.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From military.com:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Crow also said he would argue for witnesses to be called to back up the two articles of impeachment alleging abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by Trump.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump &#8220;has said he has done nothing wrong, so let&#8217;s have the people that are in the best position to confirm that come in and testify before the U.S. Senate,&#8221; Crow said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement earlier this month after he was named as an impeachment manager, Crow said that &#8220;while there is no map for the challenges we face, my oath to support and defend the Constitution has guided me for years, and will continue to guide me during this trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">As an impeachment manager, I will approach the process with the dignity and seriousness that it deserves, and advocate for a full and fair trial<\/span><\/strong>,&#8221; Crow added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Military Times has the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2020\/01\/20\/presidents-actions-threatened-us-troops-veteran-impeachment-team-argues.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impeachment trial starts in the Senate today. The Democrat-dominated House sent House Managers to &#8220;prosecute&#8221; &hellip; <a title=\"One Impeachment Argument: Holding Ukraine Aid Put US Troops at Risk\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=94632\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One Impeachment Argument: Holding Ukraine Aid Put US Troops at Risk<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94642,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94632\/revisions\/94642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}