Under the Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, among other relevant laws.
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Asking someone to look into a legitimate criminal concern on behalf of the country is one thing ... asking someone to affirm bogus charges against a political rival is something entirely different.
OK, now for some fun. Check out what one headline said happened during the phone call:
WSJ exclusive: Trump told Ukrainian president “about eight times” in phone call to reopen Biden investigation
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Why do you think that's the only reason?
It may be. But you have to prove it. What is your proof it wasn't about draining the swamp? What is your proof it wasn't about following up on Ukraine's offer to provide the US with evidence of corruption?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-h...s-why-dont-you-want-our-evidence-on-democrats
Oops! LOL
Trump’s obvious desperation and the fact that he avoided going through normal channels by asking the president to meet with his personal attorney, and the way the White House evinced consciousness of wrongdoing by immediately attempting to cover up the phone call.
How dare the leader of one country have a conversation with the leader of another country and ask him to do anything! The Nerve!!!
What makes you doubt that?
Then why were the Ukrainians offering evidence of US corruption in April of this year? Just for fun? Did Trump make them?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-h...s-why-dont-you-want-our-evidence-on-democrats
Ask him to do a personal favor in exchange for political decisions.
"interfere"?
Loaded language there.
I thought finding out crimes was a good thing. However, I guess when it's against Democrats, it's suddenly "interfering" in things.
I guess info outside of the USA doesn't count? and it's not fair? That's what we learned from the DNC hack.
And this coming from someone who supports an investigation based on a Russian Steele Dossier? LMAO
They wanted American aid and they knew what they had to say to get it ... top officials are already on record saying so.
and again, the investigation into collusion was based on a paid for Russian Steele Dossier..
That's foreign.. interference?
Suddenly it's not so evil I guess.
It is not “finding out” crimes when you tell the other country what you want them to “find out.”
Steele produced the dossier on his own initiative, based on the evidence he unearthed while doing routine opposition research that was paid for. No one went to him and told him what to find.
Julie sweetheart, please educate yourself. The Ukrainians have been trying to give us evidence of US corruption since at least 2018. Here are some of the FACTS you'll have to deal with.
- Sworn statements from two Ukrainian officials admitting that their agency tried to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in favor of Hillary Clinton. The effort included leaking an alleged ledger showing payments to then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort;
- Contacts between Democratic figures in Washington and Ukrainian officials that involved passing along dirt on Donald Trump;
- Financial records showing a Ukrainian natural gas company routed more than $3 million to American accounts tied to Hunter Biden, younger son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, who managed U.S.-Ukraine relations for the Obama administration. Biden’s son served on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company, Burisma Holdings;
- Records that Vice President Biden pressured Ukrainian officials in March 2016 to fire the prosecutor who oversaw an investigation of Burisma Holdings and who planned to interview Hunter Biden about the financial transfers;
- Correspondence showing members of the State Department and U.S. Embassy in Kiev interfered or applied pressure in criminal cases on Ukrainian soil;
- Disbursements of as much as $7 billion in Ukrainian funds that prosecutors believe may have been misappropriated or taken out of the country, including to the United States.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-h...s-why-dont-you-want-our-evidence-on-democrats
There's certainly a conflict of interest in Biden's case. That's not in dispute. Whether it's worthwhile of an investigation could be up to dispute, but nobody can say there's absolutely nothing.
Then why was the Russian Steele Dossier fine and dandy?
Most of those allegations can be traced directly to Giuliani. The Ukrainian prosecutor alleging wrongdoing by Biden has since admitted he “has no evidence.”
https://www.politicaljack.com/threa...k-at-since-at-least-2018.125057/#post-2536300
Because the Steele dossier (which came from the U.K., not Russia) came into McCain’s hands unsolicited.
Maybe the opinion writer knows of which he speaks... but a quick check on his creds, claims he like to create fake controversy.
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John F. Solomon is an American who has worked as an investigative reporter, a media executive, and as a conservative political commentator. He is an editorialist and executive vice president of digital video for The Hill.[1] He was formerly employed as an executive and as editor-in-chief at The Washington Times.[2] He has a reputation for magnifying small scandals and creating fake controversy.[3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Solomon_(political_commentator)
