Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Rp6kTfAssessing the allegations that triggered McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry
On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced that he was authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
In making the announcement, he delineated six predicates for taking the historic step. Each deserves additional context that McCarthy didn’t provide — context that often significantly undercuts the idea that such an inquiry is warranted.
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Great assessment of McCarthy's allegations.
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This is basically the price for getting the votes needed to avoid a shutdown in a few weeks.
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Xpost.
raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:23 pm (Shawn Farash is a MAGA tool, FYI.)
Shawn Farash ❌🐻 @Shawn_Farash wrote: Kevin McCarthy OFFICIALLY announces an IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY of President Joe Biden.
REMEMBER: The conviction in the SENATE is not the goal. The aim is to CONVICT in the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.
Who thinks the Dems will call this "ELECTION INTERFERENCE?"
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Well lookie here. Who is advising these cretins, well it’s that judicial scholar Tom Fitton of course.
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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https://twitter.com/toddzwillich/status ... 02296?s=20
Politico 2015 article: McCarthy’s Benghazi gift to team HillaryTodd Zwillich @toddzwillich wrote: Is there a precedent? Why yes: In '15, and w Kev McCarthy. He was questioned about the point of a 2-yr investigation finding essentially no wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton, the Dem nominee. His answer: It was a success. Look how we killed her poll numbers.
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Steve Herman
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House Democratic leadership to hold a news conference at 17:00 EDT.
https://democraticleader.house.gov/live
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House Democratic leadership to hold a news conference at 17:00 EDT.
https://democraticleader.house.gov/live
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Moar liars telling lies. It isn't about the truth, it's about convincing rubes it is the truth. They know it's lies.
Simon Ateba @simonateba wrote: EXPLOSIVE: Republican @RepScottPerry unloads on reporter who claims Republicans' impeachment inquiry is about "political revenge." WATCH
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"this video has been removed by the uploader."Volkonski wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:30 pm Steve Herman
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House Democratic leadership to hold a news conference at 17:00 EDT.
https://democraticleader.house.gov/live
Dems need to get their sh*ts together for rapid response. This makes them look stupid/incompetent Don''t wehave any youngins techsavy in this or what?
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Biggs breaks it down. Says they are going to have to call "Dr. Jill," as she benefited from the, uh, grift or whatever they are saying.
The Absolute Truth with @EmeraldRobinson @AbsoluteWithE wrote: Congressman Andy Biggs says, "somebody is going to make a move to vacate (the chair)."
This after Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally announces an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
@RepAndyBiggsAZ joins @EmeraldRobinson to break it all down!
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Robert Maguire @RobertMaguire_ wrote: There is no better encapsulation of how broken Congress is right now than watching members stand behind a non-lawyer whose legal advice on two separate occasions in just two years could potentially land their own party's standard bearer in jail.Acyn @Acyn wrote: Tom Fitton calling on Republican Leadership to “stop the efforts to jail Trump” and says we need a serious investigation into Biden corruption
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So you can't just click your heels three times and say, "There's no place like impeachment"?
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney wrote: NEW: The Biden administration has a literal Trump card to play against the House GOP impeachment inquiry:
In 2020, Trump’s DOJ issued a binding legal opinion that impeachment inquiries are invalid without an official vote of the House.
w/ @joshgerstein
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"Binding" is doing some serious lifting there, as DOJ opinions "bind" only ... the DOJ.Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney wrote: NEW: The Biden administration has a literal Trump card to play against the House GOP impeachment inquiry:
In 2020, Trump’s DOJ issued a binding legal opinion that impeachment inquiries are invalid without an official vote of the House.
If the House seeks to compel something from the executive branch, the executive branch likely will respond with this memo. And then it is off to the courts (or not) for enforcement.
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i know I'm preaching to the choir here, but this inquiry is bull$hyt.
There are repbulicans in congress who are guilty of the very things they are accusing President Biden and worse.
Meanwhile, this move does nothing to lower interest rates, address healthcare and lower the price of gas. My congressman for NC-03 could be convicted on Medicare fraud using their own tactics!
There are repbulicans in congress who are guilty of the very things they are accusing President Biden and worse.
Meanwhile, this move does nothing to lower interest rates, address healthcare and lower the price of gas. My congressman for NC-03 could be convicted on Medicare fraud using their own tactics!
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Well, the fact that McCarthy did this by decree shows that he does almost certainly does not have the votes to put this to a vote in the house. Therefore... this will be pushed out to the Election without coming back to the house for an actual impeachment vote that will be overwhelmingly defeated.
But there will be lots of Daniel Issa (remember him?) style interviews on FOX News about how this is definitely bringing down the Bidens.
Also, this was covered 20 minutes into the half hour Irish News Bulletin. And even the reporter said flat out that McCarthy was doing this becasue he does not have the votes to pass setting up an inquiry.
But there will be lots of Daniel Issa (remember him?) style interviews on FOX News about how this is definitely bringing down the Bidens.
Also, this was covered 20 minutes into the half hour Irish News Bulletin. And even the reporter said flat out that McCarthy was doing this becasue he does not have the votes to pass setting up an inquiry.
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All that money flowing from mysterious sources to the potus family blah blah blah .... substitute then name of the former guy and all holds true with them too. The House have had the Biden bank account statements for months, have already gone thru them with a toothbrush and had not reported anything nefatous.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:42 pm Moar liars telling lies. It isn't about the truth, it's about convincing rubes it is the truth. They know it's lies.
https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1 ... 06828?s=20Simon Ateba @simonateba wrote: EXPLOSIVE: Republican @RepScottPerry unloads on reporter who claims Republicans' impeachment inquiry is about "political revenge." WATCH
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Their ethical system is keyed to who, not what. Much of their moral outrage is rooted in activities common in their communities and they are upset that less worthy people are doing it too.optimusprime wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:44 pm There are repbulicans in congress who are guilty of the very things they are accusing President Biden and worse.
Put another way, violating social taboos is an indicator of position within society, so claiming that outgroup people are committing them is a way of saying they are acting above their station, and can be seen as an existential threat to their self image since it implies their position is not superior.
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https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowit ... aching-him
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Republicans Demand Biden Tell Them Why They Are Impeaching Him
By Andy Borowitz
September 14, 2023
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an irate letter to the White House, Kevin McCarthy and other congressional Republicans have demanded that President Biden reveal why they are impeaching him.
The letter claims that, after Republicans announced their impeachment inquiry, “the White House has stubbornly refused to provide us with any reasons for our doing so.”
The Republicans go on to demand that Biden reveal the rationale for his ouster “immediately, or face the consequences.”
“The American people are waiting, Mr. President, for you to explain to us why we are impeaching you,” the letter concludes. “Your silence will not be forgiven.”
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good one, accurate too!
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/1 ... s-00115357Trump privately discussed Biden impeachment with House GOPers
The former president talked with House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik on Tuesday.
By Meridith McGraw and Alex Isenstadt
09/12/2023 03:34 PM EDT
Donald Trump has been weighing in behind the scenes in support of the House GOP push to impeach President Joe Biden, including talking with a member of leadership in the lead up to Tuesday’s announcement authorizing a formal impeachment inquiry.
The former president has been speaking weekly with House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, who was the first member of Republican leadership to come out in support of impeachment. The two spoke Tuesday, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Republicans would be pursuing the inquiry, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
Stefanik has been a longtime Trump ally. She endorsed his comeback presidential bid before he made his official announcement and has been mentioned as a potential Trump VP pick should he win the GOP nomination.
On Sunday night, Trump had dinner at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), an ally of Trump and McCarthy. At the gathering, the topic of impeachment was discussed, according to a person familiar with the conversation who spoke on condition of anonymity.
I love the way they say "discussed". That guy never discusses anything. It probably was an endless screaming whine of "MAKE HIM BE IMPEACHED TOOOOOOOO!!!"
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There is nothing that surprises me here. Not that he discussed it with them, and not that it leaked out. Par for the course. A gimme.
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MTG posted about the dinner including a picture of herself and Trump on her fb page. No leaking involved.
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https://wapo.st/46fm0MR Gifted
When Lunden Roberts needed an expert to help prove that Hunter Biden had the money to keep making substantial child support payments for their 4-year-old daughter, her legal team turned to Garrett Ziegler.
Ziegler doesn’t have a degree in personal finance. He doesn’t personally know the president’s son. But Ziegler, whose first job out of college was working as a low-level aide in the Trump White House, has fashioned himself into a Hunter Biden specialist, compiling personal and financial records from anywhere he can get them. Then, his nonprofit posts them online.
Ziegler claims this cache offers the fullest accounting of Hunter Biden’s life, from his battles with drug addiction to his sexual escapades to his business dealings. “In the Western world, I’m confident that nobody has dug into the American first family more than us,” he said recently on YouTube. “I’ve just become obsessed with studying the family.”
Ziegler, 27, enjoys a following of tens of thousands on social media and the attention of conservative media. He has made himself a chief antagonist of the younger Biden, prompting lawsuits, an Internal Revenue Service complaint and other legal pushback from Hunter Biden’s circle.
Ziegler is at the vanguard of a sprawling network of Biden antagonists, from right-wing media organizations to congressional leaders to MAGA activists, that is focused intensely on the president’s son. They see Hunter Biden’s activities as his father’s biggest political vulnerability, a conclusion reflected in the House GOP’s recent decision to launch an impeachment inquiry.
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That’s pathetic. What a loser.
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I was going to say something similar, but you worded it much nicer than I would have.
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They had a similar task team back in 2016 Vis-a-Vis Hillary Clinton. Hell I have an old Doonsbury Strip where the Reporter went into the Negative Reserch room that G H W Bush had set up to investigate Bill.
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