Please, tell the US something we don’t know besides the fact that holding up Ukraine aid was illegal. Didn’t everyone know this before GAO said so?
The GAO doesn’t just conclude the White House broke the law with Ukraine aid (mirroring Article 1. Also says was obstruction of the investigation Article 2 and raises profound constitutional worries. That obstruction is still continuing
The Trump administration violated the law by withholding Ukraine aid, a government watchdog says. Trump administration violated the law by withholding Ukraine aid, a government watchdog says https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/trump-administration-violate…
The GAO found that the White House violated federal law by withholding aid to Ukraine It's not about impeachment: Trump committed crimes that the rest of us would face criminal charges for (and potentially steep sentences). We lay them out here:
I. BRIBERY (18 U.S.C. § 201)
II. SOLICITING FOREIGN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION (52 U.S.C. §§ 30109, 30121)
III. COERCION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY (18 U.S.C. § 610)
IV. MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS (18 U.S.C. § 641)
V. OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS (18 U.S.C. §§ 1505, 1512)
It is also appropriately of great interest to Americans whether quite apart
https://www.citizensforethics.org/criminal-abuse-of-power-trumps-crimes…
The OMB violated the Impoundment Control Act in the summer of 2019, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The Trump administration illegally withheld congressionally approved aid to Ukraine in the summer of 2019, according to a watchdog report released Thursday. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-gao-trump-ukraine-aid-withheld-illega… #
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) on the GAO report saying the Trump administration broke the law by withholding Ukraine aid: "In 45 years here, I have never seen anything like this." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-violated-law-withholding-ukrai…
Meanwhile back at the raunch, the GOP political apparatus is not interested in holding POTUS accountable.
So much so that the #RNC is literally holding their retreat at Trump's Doral resort next week, in the midst of Trump's impeachment.
Republican senators are dismissing the recently released non-partisan Government Accountability Office report which said that the Trump administration's withholding of Ukraine assistance was illegal https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-live-01-16-202…
