Wasn't rhetorical. I mentioned many pages ago i do not follow this story. Im trying to sift through the poo and get some legitimate (to me) Qs answered.It was rhetorical, meaning no answer was expected.
Of course aid has been withheld before and of course that has absolutely nothing to do with Trump's bribery.
Do you recollect why aid has been delayed in past?It was rhetorical, meaning no answer was expected.
Of course aid has been withheld before and of course that has absolutely nothing to do with Trump's bribery.
Lots of good info. I just copied a few different pieces. Worth reading.Wasn't rhetorical. I mentioned many pages ago i do not follow this story. Im trying to sift through the poo and get some legitimate (to me) Qs answered.
We can all play this stupid game. NBC says more Americans are against impeachment than for it. That’s NBC. NBC!Fox poll says 50% want impeachment AND removal.
That's a Fox poll. FOX. F.O.X.
Also, 50%, that's awful. Half of 'Murica, that's more than the totality of the Dems, it must include some independents as well.
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Are lines of distinction between lawful and unlawful conditional foreign aid set as a matter of law or precedent (since presidents do have broad authority in such matters)?Lots of good info. I just copied a few different pieces. Worth reading.
Donny & the Whistleblower: Impeachment Inquiry Opened
What has been obscured in the back and forth is that presidents do, in fact, have broad authority to condition aid to a foreign nation, even to delay it if there are concerns that it will not be used for its intended purposes. That is Trump’s power as president. But he doesn’t appear to have exercised it lawfully in this case.
Under ordinary circumstances, deciding to withhold urgently needed assistance to an important ally would engage the national security establishment at the highest level.
Pentagon official Laura Cooper suggested in a July 31 meeting that if the administration was going to hold up aid, it was obliged to either rescind the appropriation or ask the Defense Department to reprogram the resources. This would have been in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which prevents the president from unilaterally substituting his own funding decisions for those of Congress.