{"id":177227,"date":"2019-11-18T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/11\/18\/about-fing-time-11\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T00:22:00","slug":"about-fing-time-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/11\/18\/about-fing-time-11\/","title":{"rendered":"About F%$#ing Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
I have offered some criticism over the impeachment investigations because I find them too narrowly focused.<\/div>\n

In addition to being mobbed up and egregious self dealing, it’s also clear that Donald Trump obstructed justice in his attempts to sabotage the Mueller investigation.<\/p>\n

Well, now investigators for the House of Representatives have told a judge that they are investigating possible obstruction of justice in addition to rat-f%$#ery in the Ukraine<\/a>:<\/p>\n

House investigators are examining whether President Trump lied to former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, the House general counsel told a federal appeals court Monday in Washington.<\/p>\n

The statement came during arguments over Congress\u2019s demand for the urgent release of secret grand jury evidence from Mueller\u2019s probe of Russia\u2019s 2016 election interference, with House lawyers detailing fresh concerns about Trump\u2019s truthfulness that could become part of the impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n

The hearing followed Friday\u2019s conviction<\/a> of longtime Trump friend Roger Stone for lying to Congress. Testimony and evidence at his trial appeared to cast doubt on Trump\u2019s written answers to Mueller\u2019s questions, specifically about whether the president was aware of his campaign\u2019s attempts to learn about the release of hacked Democratic emails by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid the president lie? Was the president not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?\u201d General Counsel Douglas N. Letter said in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe House is now trying to determine whether the current president should remain in office,\u201d Letter added. \u201cThis is something that is unbelievably serious and it\u2019s happening right now, very fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is reviewing a lower court\u2019s ruling that orders the Justice Department to disclose evidence the House says it needs as it holds public hearings about Trump\u2019s alleged effort to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate a potential 2020 political rival, former vice president Joe Biden, and his son Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n

Last month, Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell for the District of Columbia found that the House was legally engaged in a judicial process that exempts Congress from the secrecy rules that shield grand jury materials.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I understand that Nancy Pelosi wants the impeachment investigation narrowly focused and quick.<\/div>\n
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She is wrong.<\/div>\n
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Impeachment is an inherently political process, and showing that the criminality is pervasive, and flows directly from the Oval Office is a necessary part of the process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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