Trump is not bribing anyone to get favoritism or seeking their help to influence the election.
Hilary and the DNC on the other hand directly sought dirt from the Ukrainians specifically to harm the Trump campaign.
Joe created this mess by bragging about his success in blackmailing the Ukrainians into firing the prosecutor that was investigating Bursima a company that only hired Hunter in the first place because his dad had been made the official point man on US/Ukrainian affairs.
These texts make it crystal clear. Quid Quo Pro. No meeting, no money, unless you publicly support investigating Trumpās political rival, and support his political theories.
A meeting with the POTUS is a function of diplomacy. Trump was using that function of diplomacy - meaning, his tax payer funded job - to convince a foreign leader to do his political bidding.
Maybe in your imagination. There is ample reason for an investigation because of Joe running his big mouth bragging about blackmailing the Ukrainian Govāt to fire the prosecutor looking into Barisma.
What a silly thing to say. Of course trump as POTUS can beer any matter he chooses to the FBI and/or the DoJ for investigation and that would be completely fine.
Of course, if he threatened to withhold something in return for follow up on that investigation, that would be a problem, as it is here now.
Question - the FBI investigated the Crowdstrike stuff. they determined Ukraine had nothing to do with it, and Russia was the hacker. Why would trump want the Ukraine to investigate a subject the FBI already covered and reached a conclusion on?
Sondland doesnāt even deny the quid pro quo, and theyāve made it clear in previous texts too. He just denied that it was for the benefit of the campaign
EDIT: clearly missed a sentence where he denies a quid pro quo.
That all depends on whether the violations are of US or Ukrainian law.
Nothing precludes the two from cooperating for the benefit of both either but if the Ukrainians cannot come up with anything on there end thereās not much chance the FBI would have any more capability at looking into actions taken in the Ukraine than the Ukrainians.
Iām fine with the Ukrainians starting the process on their end.
