Impeachment
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nsacpi
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House panels leading the impeachment inquiry are set to hear Wednesday from a Pentagon official responsible for policy toward Ukraine, who is expected to testify about the delay in nearly $400 million in security assistance to the country.
Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, will be the first Defense Department official to testify before investigators, who have largely heard from State Department officials so far in the investigation. Ms. Cooper arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday morning.
The hold on the aid to Ukraine is at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump conditioned the funding for Ukraine on his request to Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden, as well as alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
The White House’s hold on military aid to Ukraine this summer set off alarms at the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the matter. Ms. Cooper’s exact role in the Defense Department’s effort to push back on the hold on the money, which was ultimately released in mid-September, isn’t known.
After the White House communicated the hold to the Defense and State Departments in July, the Pentagon conducted an internal review of the legality of the hold, according to three people familiar with the matter. Pentagon officials argued that the administration couldn’t block money approved by Congress, delivering their analysis to career White House budget office officials at a July meeting, according to two of the people and another person familiar with the matter.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/defens...tagon-expressed-misgivings-on-aid-11571833515
Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, will be the first Defense Department official to testify before investigators, who have largely heard from State Department officials so far in the investigation. Ms. Cooper arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday morning.
The hold on the aid to Ukraine is at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump conditioned the funding for Ukraine on his request to Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son, Hunter Biden, as well as alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
The White House’s hold on military aid to Ukraine this summer set off alarms at the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the matter. Ms. Cooper’s exact role in the Defense Department’s effort to push back on the hold on the money, which was ultimately released in mid-September, isn’t known.
After the White House communicated the hold to the Defense and State Departments in July, the Pentagon conducted an internal review of the legality of the hold, according to three people familiar with the matter. Pentagon officials argued that the administration couldn’t block money approved by Congress, delivering their analysis to career White House budget office officials at a July meeting, according to two of the people and another person familiar with the matter.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/defens...tagon-expressed-misgivings-on-aid-11571833515
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nsacpi
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don't insult Goebbels
He's Hitler-lite combined with Baghdad Bob-lite. Goebbels was actually good at being evil.
This is the most ridiculous propaganda yet. Every Republican on those three committees is in there hearing every word. The rest aren't allowed because they don't have clearance to hear the classified materials being discussed. The Democrats not on those committees aren't allowed in there, either, they're just nbot trying to illegally storm classified hearings for disinformational photo ops.
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So we should just accept pieces of information to be disclosed that are one sided? Where there is a sign in to ensure that it is known which republicans are attending?
Its strange how so much information is released on confidential hearings. They really take this seriously you know?
nsacpi
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thethe=homeless man's Goebbels
Why shouldn't hearings be open to all? The Republic is at stake right?
Everyone who doesn't agree with me is a Nazi!
nsacpi
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just to clarify...I didn't intend to call you a Nazi...just a highly incompetent propagandist
Just like every hearing in living memory containing classified information, the information will be released with redactions when it's over. And you damned well know it.
nsacpi
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well, I would like the hearings to be open too...I understand the reasons the Democrats have given for holding the interviews confidentially for now, but I would prefer they be public
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
no it really isn't
and if you weren't as dumb as the president, you would know that
republicans are on the committee and in the room
but congrats on falling for and or going with the dumb political theatre they did today
some should be charged with crimes for bringing unsecured phones/banned devices past security to that area too btw
They actually committed the exact same crime Saucier did, come to think of it.