The First Trump Impeachment Thread

[deedsker]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments/u-s-appeals-court-rules-against-trump-in-foreign-payments-case-idUSKCN1VY1J3

 

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In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel of the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a lower court ruling that had thrown out the case because the people who sued could not prove they were harmed by Trump’s actions and his role as president.

 

Trump also faces a similar case brought by a group of more than 200 Democratic Party lawmakers.

 

A third “emoluments” case, brought by the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia, was tossed by an appeals court in July.

 

[TGHusker]

On 9/11/2019 at 7:03 PM, QMany said:

 

Michael Cohen better be watching if security cameras suddenly aren't working any longer or if his cell mat gets transferred.

[teachercd]

Yeah...he is not getting impeached.

[QMany]

I tend to think he will be impeached, the evidence is too daunting. I don't know the timing, but I'd guess next summer or right before the presidential election. 

 

He won't be convicted/removed from office because Sasse, McConnell, and the rest of the party-line voters in the Senate have no spine or dignity. 

[TGHusker]

This should be interesting 

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/8-years-of-trump-tax-returns-are-subpoenaed-by-manhattan-da/ar-AAHo5K0

 

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State prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed President Trump’s accounting firm to demand eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.

The subpoena opens a new front in a wide-ranging effort to obtain copies of the president’s tax returns, which Mr. Trump initially said he would make public during the 2016 campaign but has since refused to disclose.

 

The subpoena was issued by the Manhattan district attorney’s office late last month, soon after it opened a criminal investigation into the role that the president and his family business played in hush-money payments made in the run-up to the election.

 

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The state prosecutors are seeking a range of tax documents from the accounting firm, Mazars USA, including Mr. Trump’s personal returns and those of his business, the Trump Organization. The subpoena seeks federal and state returns for both the president and the company dating back to 2011, the people said.

The investigation by Mr. Vance has been focused on $130,000 that Mr. Cohen paid Ms. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, just before the election. Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty last year to breaking federal campaign finance laws and received a three-year prison sentence.

While the federal prosecutors who charged Mr. Cohen stated in a court filing in July that they had “effectively concluded” their inquiry into possible crimes committed by the company or its executives, Mr. Vance’s office is exploring whether the reimbursements violated any New York state laws.

In particular, the state prosecutors are examining whether the company falsely accounted for the reimbursements as a legal expense. In New York, filing a false business record can be a crime.

But it becomes a felony only if prosecutors can prove that the false filing was made to commit or conceal another crime, such as tax violations or bank fraud. The tax returns and other documents sought from Mazars could shed light on whether any state laws were broken. Such subpoenas also routinely request related documents in connection with the returns.

Democrats have insisted for years that Mr. Trump release his tax returns, which every modern presidential nominee has done before him. They contend that the president may be trying to conceal details of his actual financial worth, the source of his wealth and possible conflicts of interest involving his business partners.

Congressional Democrats have taken an aggressive approach, subpoenaing six years of Mr. Trump’s tax returns from the Treasury Department, as well as personal and corporate financial records from Deutsche Bank, Capital One and Mazars USA.

 

 

[BigRedBuster]

Obstruction all over again. 

 

 

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[BigRedBuster]

This is picking up steam real fast. 

 

 

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[NM11046]

I hate to even say it out loud, but I sense a change in tune and a picking up of the pace here ... dare I say, I'm kinda sorta curiously hopeful?

[commando]

who had ukrainium 1 on their trump impeachment bingo card?

[NM11046]

If you have an opinion on impeachment, this is the current (12 noon EST) list of Dems who have not yet spoken out.  Get on the phone if you see your rep listed.