Originally Posted by rporter314
The case is not about "just" a phone call. There was a large scale conspiracy, led by Mr Trump, using Sec Pompeo, Amb Sondland, CoS Mulvaney, and a host of minor henchmen to leverage US standing as a hegemony over Ukraine by withholding 1) essential, Congressionally authorized,military aid, and proper DoD signoff, 2) WH meeting to solidify allied relationship and enhance Pres Zelenskiy to his people, in consideration of 1) investigations into Burisma, 2) investigations into Crowdstrike in relation to 2016 and hacking DNC, 3) investigation into Hunter and VP Biden for corruption. The investigations had a 2-fold purpose. First to undermine the Mueller Report and the IC determinations Russia was behind the meddling i.e. it was Ukraine, and second, to use corruption investigations as political dirt in the 2020 election against a putative political opponent.

I dunno ... I am not an attorney nor a Constitutional scholar, but that appears to be a FEC violation i.e. solicitation from a foreign etc etc. There was a conspiracy involved in that solicitation ergo there was a criminal conspiracy

You don't have to use the precise words to say the same thing, so I have to ask .... does it sound like a FEC violation and does it appear to be a conspiracy to promulgate that solicitation??? (There is a reason every single Republican does not say it is ok to solicit foreign aid for an election .... it is not just wrong but illegal!!!!!!!)

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