Trump Lawyers Rip 'Impeachment Inquisition' to Shreds in Powerful Defense Brief

PJ Media ^ | 01/20/2020 | Tyler O' Neill

[gov_bean_ counter]

“Russia” was about removing a duly elected president.

Make no mistake about it, Ukraine” also about that, but is equally about turning the narrative away from Biden, Pelosi, and untold others.

I have never seen the Democrat party is this binge a state of desperation.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Binge = big

[daler]

“Binge = big”

A forgivable mistake.

After all, you were discussing Pelosi.

[wastedyears]

It starts on page 99 and lays the foundation for why Hunter and Joe would be called as witnesses if the articles are not simply dismissed.

they would just lie.

[poconopundit]

It's quite amazing for that We the Deplorable Citizens of this Corrupt Bureaucracy can now have access to this legal documents and scan over them. We can thank social media and the Trump Administration for making them available to us.

In years past, all this fine legal work would be inaccessible to the public and hidden by the Fake News.

The only transparent about the way the Dems (and their lapfops in the press) conducted the impeachment proceedings was the totally corrupt way it was conducted -- with no due process for the President.

I scanned the first few pages, enough to know it's been prepared with great diligence and constant reference to the Constitution.

Bravo Zulu!, my shipmates!

[AnthonySoprano]

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ONLY trust Roberts if you believe there’s no such thing as Obama Judges.

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[Larry Lucido]

Well, I don't recommend anybody try on a bra, even if a caddy suggests it. Okay, maybe Schiff.

[palmer]

PDF for easy downloading: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Trial-Memorandum-of-President-Donald-J.-Trump.pdf

[dfwgator]

Nobody Expects the Impeachment Inquisition!

[poconopundit]

All it takes is a bruising bunch of political power; ala the Hitler, Stalin, and Mao models.

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Yes, Greta and AOC have special plans for "reeducating" We Deplorables. . . a pleasant winter vacation in the Gulags of Siberia -- Oh wait, no return trip?

poconopundit's FR vanities & memes

[Blue Highway]

Even if the articles of impeachment are dropped, Joe and Hunter Biden need to be held accountable and face justice.

[AJFavish]

The brief contains an excellent examination of why Trump’s asking Zelensky to “look into” the Biden corruption on the phone call was entirely justified and proper. It starts on page 99 and lays the foundation for why Hunter and Joe would be called as witnesses if the articles are not simply dismissed.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Trial-Memorandum-of-President-Donald-J.-Trump.pdf

I agree, and in my view, the most important sections are those at pages 102-107, and 98-102, in that order.

The parts I have read are excellent. I would have put more emphasis on footnote 751 on page 104, which shows that in December 2015 major publications had made it clear that any investigation of Burisma would involve an investigation of Hunter Biden, and that it was virtually impossible for Joe Biden to be unaware of this, and therefore, when Joe Biden forced the firing of the Ukrainian prosecutor in February 2016, Joe must have known that he was protecting his son. Footnote 751 states:

"The Money Machine: How a High-Profile Corruption Investigation Fell Apart, supra note 740 (“The credibility of the United States was not helped by the news that .  .  .  Hunter had been on the board of directors of Burisma”); The Editorial Board, Joe Biden Lectures Ukraine, N.Y.  Times (Dec.  11, 2015), https://perma.cc/P9JH-YEBP (“Sadly, the credibility of Mr.  Biden’s message may be undermined by the association of his son with a Ukrainian natural-gas company, Burisma Holdings, which is owned by a former government official suspected of corrupt practices.”); Paul Sonne and Laura Mills, Ukrainians See Conflict in Biden’s Anticorruption Message, Wall St.  J.  (Dec.  7, 2015), https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukrainians-see-conflict-in-bidens-anticorruption-message-1449523458 (“[A]ctivists here say that [Joe Biden’s anti-corruption] message is being undermined as his son receives money from a former Ukrainian official who is being investigated for graft.”)."

The President's Brief also makes the important point that Joe Biden does not get any immunity from examination simply because Trump might benefit politically from an investigation of Biden. The Democrats have never offered any legal basis for their position that Biden could not be investigated because of his status as a political opponent of Trump.

I also would have more fully developed the point that Trump's legitimate interest in possible Ukrainian corruption would cover any corrupt acquiescence by the Ukrainians in a corrupt effort by Joe Biden to protect Hunter and the huge income stream that Hunter was receiving from Burisma.

[struggle]

Lol, they quote Lawrence Tribe in defense of Trump.

That’s gotta hurt.

[Parmy]

Would you mind clarifying? The ineligible Kenyan or the present President who has gotten the economy roaring, stemmed the tide of illegal aliens, pushed the stock market to record highs, whose economic and foreign policies has put millions of American back to work with the lowest unemployment in 50 years.

Thank you!

[ASA Vet]

Resident Barry was ineligible to hold the office.

President Trump is eligible and doing a great job.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Even if the articles of impeachment are dropped, Joe and Hunter Biden need to be held accountable and face justice.

And all of his RAT accomplices who actually did "obstruct justice"....plus Omaeba and the Hildabeast.

[snippy_about_it]

Bkmrk

[aces]

lol...

[T Ruth]

Yet fighting this impeachment is about more than just defending the president, the lawyers argued. "The diluted standard asserted here would permanently weaken the Presidency and forever alter the balance among the branches of government in a manner that offends the constitutional design established by the Founders," they wrote.

I hope Trump's lawyers do not play up this argument. It is not a winning argument with Senators, who would be glad to enhance the power of the Legislative Branch (i.e., their own power) at the expense of the Presidency.

It's a good argument if the people were the jurors, but it may backfire with Senators.

[Parmy]

Agreed! Thank you! He is like a rock against the swamp. He has enemies on every side. A lesser man would have folded a long time ago. Bush folded.

I was born during Roosevelt's term and have experienced every President since, and none compare to this man.