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https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/lindsey-graham-s-trump-defense-blows-after11/05/19
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Lindsey Grahams Trump Defense Blows Up After Transcript Shows Ukraine Extortion
After swearing yesterday that a failure to release Sondland's transcripts would be an abuse of power on the part of the house, Graham has nothing to say about the release of Sondland's transcript.
By David
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will likely have to abandon another line of defense in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after a transcript revealed additional evidence of a quid pro quo with Ukraine.
In a transcript released by the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland confirmed that Trump expected Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son in exchange for military aid and other favors.
Sondlands transcript is seen as the latest public evidence of a quid pro quo with Ukraines government.
In defending Trump just last month, Graham said that he was not compelled by evidence of a quid pro quo in the transcript of the U.S. presidents call with Ukraines president.
Speaking to Axios in October, Graham speculated about the type of evidence that was released today by the committee.
Graham had not reacted to Sondlands revised testimony by the time of publication.
UPDATE:
Graham, who just yesterday complained that the full Sondland transcript had not been released and that a failure to do so was an abuse of power, now says he refuses to read any of the transcripts, dismissing them as "BS."
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Takket
(21,555 posts)blm
(113,042 posts)Response to Takket (Reply #2)
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Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)I'm not convinced there needs to be any kompromat for him to behave in such a craven manner. Probably he's got financial ties to Russia, but as so many Rs do, I don't think he really fears that coming out. I think he's happy to play the part for the sake of partisanship.
On the other hand, nothing would surprise me except for Rs to be proven innocent.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But luckily, being a Republican, Lindsey Graham doesn't have to worry about losing any credibility or access to the media. There's always an opening on the talk shows for Sen. Graham, no matter what. It's not like he characterized an incident as an "act of terror" instead of a "terrorist act," because that's fuckin' serious right there, man!
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)Doh!!!!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)sometimes I think there's some truth in it, just from the opposite side. The myth of the "liberal media" is so easily disproved, yet they are cowed by those claims and bend over backwards to be "fair & balanced" even if it means letting Rs get away with murder.
Qutzupalotl
(14,300 posts)Link to tweet
The transcripts are being released and contain damning evidence of Trump's guilt so Lindsey Graham has decided to stop reading the transcripts.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Or worse.
Gore1FL
(21,127 posts)Whatever it is, someone needs to make him understand that not only will it come out, but it will be printed in history books because his defense of Trump has made it a story. It's like the Barbra Streisand effect's cousin.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Russian oligarchs under Putin's dominion.
ffr
(22,669 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,871 posts)SECTION 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Moral Compass
(1,517 posts)He is making such an ass of himself.
How can he keep going? The transcripts are all BS?
Thats now the non-argument. First the ad hominem attacks. The when that didnt work attack the process because it was all supposedly secret even when there were plenty of Republicans on each of the committees.
Now when the process is going public and the transcripts
are available they are all bullshit.
That all ya got Lyndsey? Really?
What the fuck do people have on you? Does it involve young boys?
I mean, WTF?