NEW THREAD
Posted on 01/08/2020 8:56:52 PM PST by weston
Bravo. more please!
Also see:
“How could diplomats covering Ukraine or even stationed in Ukraine have no idea that there is a treaty on this very topic?
None of these “experts” are aware that the U.S.A. and Ukraine signed a treaty requiring exactly that. In previous articles at Canada Free Press: “Trump Urging Ukrainian Probe of Biden Breaks No Laws” and “QUID PRO FAUX: Treaty Invalidates Impeachment”, we saw how Trump’s congratulatory phone call to newly-elected President of the Ukraine Vlodymyr Zelensky could not be a quid-pro-quo because of the “Treaty Between the United States of America and Ukraine on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters,” that President William Clinton negotiated. The U.S. Senate ratified it in 2000, before Clinton left office.
How could diplomats covering Ukraine or even stationed in Ukraine have no idea that there is a treaty on this very topic? They were outraged that Trump asked another nation to investigate a U.S. citizen. That’s what the treaty says.
But mainly they accuse that Trump was required to disburse funds for military assistance to the Ukraine appropriated by Congress. But the brief 58-day review by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney violated no law or regulation. The accusation assumes that there was some specific day of the year on which the money was supposed to be processed.
The fiscal year ends on September 30. There is no particular day within the fiscal year when Trump was required to cut a check. Federal funds don’t get spent the moment Congress passes an appropriations bill or a President signs it. Money for Ukraine “obligated” up to midnight on September 30 is just as timely as on any other day in the fiscal year. No delay occurred within the concepts of government budgeting, because no deadline existed.”
https://canadafreepress.com/article/no-deadline-existed-in-trumps-brief-delay-of-ukraine-funds
Link to Ukraine - US treaty: https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/106th-congress/16/document-text
Apologies.
Please see the post after yours.
I’ve been meaning to ask you - do you have any information or feel for any of the Orange County, CA House seats that flipped from red to blue? Particularly CA 48?
I have no information, but I get the sense that many people are pretty ticked off with their new Dim?
Thanks for any input.
Similar background as to friends. Most of my true friends that I enjoyed spending time with we’re older. Some were my parents friends. We could talk religion and politics. They KNEW things.
Am just getting around here. Ate a bit of breakfast and got a few logs in. Too tired to do more. Will come back later.
Federal Agency: White House Violated Law by Withholding Military Aid to Ukraine
by JOSHUA CAPLAN16 Jan 2020
FTA:
The White House violated the law by temporarily withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine, said a Government Accountability Office report published on Thursday.
Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law. OMB withheld funds for a policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act (ICA). The withholding was not a programmatic delay. Therefore, we conclude that OMB violated the ICA,” it concluded.
The Office of Management and Budget placed a hold on the aid on July 25, “pending a policy decision,” and was lifted on September 12, the office’s general counsel Mark Paoletta has said. Paoletta wrote in a December letter to the GAO that the hold was a “programmatic delay,” and thus, Congress did not require prior notice of the move.
The OMB issued a statement in response to the report’s findings, reaffirming that the hold was appropriate.
“We disagree with GAO’s opinion. OMB uses its apportionment authority to ensure taxpayer dollars are properly spent consistent with the President’s priorities and with the law,” OMB spokeswoman Rachel Semmel said.
Apparently, Bolton (?) authorized release.
He is now in Qatar, which has no extradition treaty with the US.
Thank you.
I am just so furious at Bloomberg I can’t even look at the lies his paper is spewing, that’s all.
And I know the money was released to the Ukraine a couple of weeks before the deadline.
But the dims Keep screaming he illegally withheld the funds.
Just saw a tweet that said just that.
You rest, HM.
Until you get your strength back we here can pick up the slack and fight on.
Now might be a good time to let the president know we stand behind him. (Just sent a warm greeting and prayers. It’s about all I can do.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Here's how the impeachment trial should go:
1. Was there a legitimate US interest in investigating Burisma and the Bidens? (Answer: yes)
2. Vote— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) January 16, 2020
Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) is a disallowed source, under “These publishers have asked us not to allow any material at all to be posted to FR:”
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts
My money is on Sanders.🤪
I mean, who can trust Lieawatha? Srsly?🤥#DemocratImplosion
pic.twitter.com/WQkT2mCt27— ∂(Megan)/∂(t)🇺🇸 (@neuro7plastic) January 16, 2020
I asked for removal via abuse.
And that is doing a lot.
Thank you, HM.
You are in my prayers!
LETS STAND UP FOR THIS KID
I’m sick of people harassing & bullying young Trump Supporters
Actor Mark @HamillHimself & others posted an embarrassing misleading clip of this kid! @AVoiceNews showed the real version
PLEASE RT & Should the kid SUE?
pic.twitter.com/V18UYVS2sA— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) January 16, 2020
An anonymous “whistleblower” informs us that this was found in a hotel room that @RepAdamSchiff recently check out of. Hmmm... pic.twitter.com/hk3ni4G7ms— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 16, 2020
Thank you, deks.
After scanning the long list, I see the AZ Repulsive in on the list that no content can be published but only a title or link which I did not know.
So thanks again.
In 1868, @ChuckGrassley (my former boss) also summoned the Chief Justice (Salmon Chase) via Twitter to preside over the impeachment trial of the President (Andrew Johnson):
“Chase: come to sen. floor ASAP. Const = u preside. Hurry. Need 2 pass ethanol bill b4 2 IA on Fri.” https://t.co/slq0KlOgh3— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) January 16, 2020
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