6 hours agoTrump: Evacuation procedure, greatest fraud
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has called the procedure for his dismissal, initiated by the Democrats, like the largest “fraud” in American politics history. The video message published by Trump on social networks comes in response to the launch of investigations against him regarding allegations that he, through the blocking of aid [...]
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has called the procedure for his dismissal, initiated by the Democrats, like the largest “fraud” in American politics history.
The video broadcast by Trump on social networks comes in response to the launch of investigations against him over allegations that he, through blocking military aid to Ukraine, has pressured official Kiev to investigate his political opponent, former US Vice President Joe Biden.
Trump said the Democrats who last week launched procedures for the president's dismissal of “take everything”.
He said the Democrats “wanted to take your weapons, your freedom... and I would never let that happen”.
At the heart of this scandal is the publication of an informant's report, which has shown details about the July 25th call between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Voldymyr Zelenskiy.
During this conversation, Trump has asked Zelenskiy to help investigate Biden é, who is the Democrat candidate for the 2020 presidential election, and his son Hunter, who has been a member of the board of an energy company in Ukraine.
Trump, military aid had blocked Kiev worth $400 million before this phone conversation took place.
The White House, on September 25th, published a five-page transcript of the Trump-Zelskiy phone conversation.
According to one term, Trump has told Zelenskiy that his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr, would attend the investigation into Ukraine and that they would be the main contact on the issue.
Giuliani has confirmed he has contacted the Ukrainian authorities for a possible investigation into Beden and his son.
In a social networking post on September 28th, Giuliani said the Democrats and the media have joined together to destroy it.
I knew that the media and corrupt Democrats would try to destroy me”, said Giuliani, who in the past was speaker of New York.
President Trump has also admitted that he has asked Ukraine to investigate Beden, but he and Giuliani deny they have done anything wrong.
Meanwhile, Attorney General William Barr, through a statement, said Trump never asked him to investigate Beden.
After the July 25th call, according to the informant's report, the White House and officials, have tried to hide “the data on this call.
According to polls, the public in the US is divided over the president's dismissal process, which is known as “impeachment”.
According to US legislation, the process of firing a president is initially initiated on the House of Representatives Justice Committee before passing for a vote in the House of Representatives.
Two presidents, Andrew. Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998 have been subject to procedures for their dismissal. But both have been acquitted.
Later, the vote is carried to the Senate, which is currently controlled by the Republicans and to dismiss a president, takes two-thirds of the senator's votes.
Download procedures had also started with President Richard Nixon in 1974, but he had resigned before this procedure reached the Senate. Nixon is the only American president to resign.
