Trump and the Giant Impeachment. Trump thread 97

[AcrossthePond55]

With credit to Stephen Colbert (and Roald Dahl) for the title.

Vote taken, public House hearings to begin. Here we gooooooo!!!

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/07/nhs-medical-data-sales-american-pharma-lack-transparency

Someone I know who is a computer wizard says that the NHS don't anonymise patient data worth a damn and he could find out who anyone in the NHS system was if were interested, which he isn't.

It's why he was opposed to the idea of a single system for everyone's data, because if he could do that, so can the people buying it. And he has been saying from day 1 when it was first mooted that data would be sold, maybe not at once but certainly within ten years.

That figures $$$.

This will not end well.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/trump-giuliani-will-make-a-report-to-the-attorney-general-and-congress/vi-BBXUSLa

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Impeachment hearings are now starting. All major US networks.

Argh, I had stuff scheduled for today!

Thank you, Carcass. Guess it can wait, then...

Republicans trying to impede the hearing from starting by shouting over the chair and objecting to... everything.

So, business as usual.

The shouty thing is getting old.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/09/trump-impeachment-inquiry-judiciary-committee-hearing

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-hearing-protester-infowars-obama-lynching-a9239186.html

'A host on the far-right US conspiracy and disinformation website InfoWars has been removed from the latest impeachment hearing by police, after interrupting House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler with pro-Donald Trump messages.

The interruption came from a host on the fringe conservative website who led a racist call earlier this year for the lynching of Barack Obama, America's first African American president.'

Thanks lion.

I saw him being taken out but we couldn't understand a thing he was shouting.

Oh, and I'm AcrossthePond55 with a festive name change.

Kentucky.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/09/supreme-court-kentucky-abortion-law-doctors-ultrasound

'The supreme court left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions on Monday.'

nadler wins the world championship in eye rolling.

his poor blood pressure

Very appropriate one, if I may say so.

Festive namechange, that is.

Comey.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/james-comey-the-truth-is-finally-out-the-fbi-fulfilled-its-mission/2019/12/09/614df00c-1aad-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/trumps-defense-cant-save-him/603277/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=2019-12-09T17%3A51%3A33&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_campaign=the-atlantic

www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/us/politics/ig-report-steele-dossier.html

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/09/fbi-trump-russia-investigation-ig-report

'An FBI investigation into the Donald Trump election campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia was justified and not motivated by political bias against him, a government watchdog has concluded.

A report by the justice department’s inspector general demolished three years of claims by the president that he was the victim of a “deep state” conspiracy and that the investigation was based on a dossier compiled by an ex-British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele.'

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/09/christopher-steele-ivanka-trump-personal-relationship?CMP=share_btn_tw

Well, that was a loonnngg day! Once again, Q & A asked/answered by the Dems and nothing but loud rhetoric and lies by the Repugs. Sigh. I have to admit we used the mute button at times.

I was so happy about the FBI report findings. But of course Scrotus and Barr are already saying they 'disagree with the findings'. Quelle surprise!

News conference happening momentarily.

It is expected they'll announce 2 articles of impeachment: Obstruction of Congress and Abuse of Power.

Article 1- Abuse of Power by pressuring Ukraine's Pres Zelensky to investigate the Bidens by withholding the aid promised by Congress, thus asking a foreign nation to interfere in US elections. This is using the power of his office for personal gain.

Article 2- Obstruction of Congress by not cooperating himself with lawful investigations, and by giving orders to others not to cooperate, not to testify, and by refusing and ordering others to refuse to release documents.

Per Spkr Pelosi Chmn Nadler, Chmn Schiff on MSNBC

Next move; Judiciary Cmte meets to discuss the Articles and make a recommendation. (I assume that's to refer to the House for a vote).