I like the cut of this Maloney’s jib
Haha yeah that was an atomic elbow by Maloney there
Welp perjury charge for Sondland incoming
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So there’s one thing I don’t get. Why was Trump obsessed w/ Ukraine saying publicly they were going to investigate the Bidens? Is that just a Donny being Dum Dum or is there a legit reason for it?
Good. Removes any chance Sondland might have continued to carry a single drop of water for them
No reason to disbelieve what Sondland said today, imo. If they say it publicly more chance they do it, also maximum PR potential back home.
Should be close actually if they’re talking about $ change in value but that has more to do with compounding returns than anything else. Gonna guess your client is entirely incapable of parsing out what’s responsible for driving their investment performance in any detail but if you start with money it’s not hard to turn it into more money. Gjge capitalism.
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Possible answers:
a) Trump hates Obama with a passion and Biden was his VP
b) Trump thought Biden will be his likeliest competitor in 2020
c) helps his drain the swamp narrative
d) Dum Dum
e) other
Sondland looks like he really needs to catch his flight.
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Preemptive campaign strategy. A public announcement last time almost certainly gave him the presidency. A statement alone poisons the candidate or future candidate regardless of the outcome of the investigations
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He needs to get to Brussels so he survives the night, don’t think the Army is keeping a secure location for him.
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The public announcement of an investigation makes voters start to question their vote. Doesn’t matter if an investigation never takes place, doesn’t matter if it’s based on a conspiracy theory. The word “investigation” would cling to Biden and lose him votes. Look what the e-mails thing did to Clinton.
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Got busy at work but this is exactly right. He’s brainwashed by Fox. Dude has built a super successful career as a salesperson with no college degree. He’s a great husband/dad. To quote one of my favorite movies -he’s Chuckie- “he’d lie down in fucking traffic” for me. I know with the litmus tests some folks have here he’d be disowned and should be written off immediately. I’ve done that with plenty of folks in my life but really think this one can change, especially once his kid gets older and has to deal with more real world stuff. Idk man. Maybe I’m wrong. I like to think I’m not.
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lol it was all Rudy’s idea that he probably picked up from Alex Jones or some AM radio slapdick. This whole thing was brought on because Rudy actually believes the crazy shit that’s on Fox News.
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I’m 4 hours and 400 posts behind but I just realized that Adam Schiff’s comically large chair is why he gets to be called the Chairman.
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Really liked Maloneys questioning. Its exactly right. “Ok fine, you didnt know that Burisma = Bidens. But Trump did. And Rudy did. And Trump insisted that you work with Rudy to stop a meeting until an announcement about Burisma, which Trump knew meant Bidens, was made, right?”
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Just imagine how the story plays out without the whistleblower (and w/o Lev and Igor getting pinched at Dulles). Maybe play with the order, but you get the point.
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soften the ground with a few leaks to The Hill/NYT/ Politico about Hunter Biden business deals in China, Ukraine, etc.
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Fired Prosecutor gives interview with Sean Hannity alleging that Joe Biden had him fired by withholding aid. (Roll tape of Biden saying he did it)
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President Z goes on Fareed Zakaria to announce an investigation.
(Also assume the stuff about Yovanovitch getting prepped about the Hunter issue before her confirmation hearing and George Kent expressing concerns about the optics leaks out b/c somebody in on those meetings wants to help either the Trump reelection or one of the other D candidates)
It’s the perfect drip drip kinda story that would have hurt Biden and neutralized some of the attacks on the Trump kids and their overseas shenanigans.
I mean, even now, knowing how this was all cooked up, ~ 40% of the country thinks the Bidens are the real problem.
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Yea good point. It’s amazing how corrupt these assholes are.
I wonder if Sondland will eventually get charged with any crimes. My guess is he cops and pays a fine but no prison. In the end, the dude is wealthy and knows this shit show isn’t worth it.