There's not much for Trump to be thankful for in the latest impeachment news, writerknowles says
Trump knew about whistleblower complaint in late AugustOn Tuesday night, the New York Times reported that Trump had been informed in late August that a whistleblower within his administration had filed a formal complaint about his July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine.
“I know that members of this committee frequently frame these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a ‘quid pro quo’?” Sondland told lawmakers. “With regard to the requested White House call and the White House meeting, the answer is yes.” In fact, just two days earlier, the whistleblower’s complaint had been referred to the House Intelligence Committee. Trump and Sondland spoke on the phone that day, and Sondland asked the president what he wanted him to tell Zelensky.
“Well, you have to ask that to Rudy, but Rudy, I don’t, I don’t even know,” Trump responded. “I know he was going to go to Ukraine, and I think he canceled a trip. But, you know, Rudy has other clients other than me. I’m one person.”“No, but you have to understand, Rudy is a great corruption fighter,” Trump said.
“Mr. Giuliani is a highly respected man. He was the mayor of New York City, a great mayor, and I would like him to call you,” Trump told Zelensky, according to the official summary. “I will ask him to call you along with the Attorney General. Rudy very much knows what’s happening and he is a very capable guy. If you could speak to him that would be great.”
It does not appear that the retainer ever went into effect, or that Giuliani was paid the money, but it adds to the accumulating evidence of the tangled relationships among the president’s lawyer, the State Department and various parties in Ukraine, whose interests aren’t always transparent. White House officials resigned over freeze on military aid to UkraineWhile President Trump and his defenders have repeatedly claimed that the administration’s order to freeze military aid to Ukraine was legal and appropriate, two officials at the Office of Management and Budget apparently disagreed.
In this phase, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., will hand the baton to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who will oversee the proceedings, which, in essence, will decide whether Trump will be charged with an impeachable offense.
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