Bombshell Indictment of GOP “Informant” Wrecks Trump’s Impeachment Scam

[j brown's body]

"...if the collapse of the informant’s story leads House Republicans to hesitate about impeaching Biden, Trump and the MAGA media machine will not tolerate it for a passing second. That’s a problem for vulnerable House Republicans. Recall that they expressed trepidation about launching the impeachment inquiry, but GOP leaders persuaded them to go along by arguing that an inquiry is just a first step in a long process.

But here’s the thing: That process can’t be dragged out forever. Trump wants impeachment, not a mere inquiry. That Trump is now publicly demanding just that makes it more likely that in coming days, he’ll amplify this push—even as the informant fiasco makes it harder for vulnerable Republicans to defend the whole charade. Their straddle will grow more difficult.

Beyond all this, I can’t help but feel that this news threatens to wreck an even deeper scam that Trump and his MAGA allies are attempting. That’s the effort to turn impeachment and criminal prosecutions into things that are only perceived as political weapons, ones that can never have any legitimate factual or legal basis.

Trump has suggested that House Republicans should impeach Biden as revenge for his two impeachments. Similarly, Trump is also fond of saying that as president, he will launch prosecutions of the Biden family with no basis, openly describing this, too, as revenge for his indictments.

...So, yes, the informant’s implosion is big trouble for vulnerable House Republicans. They are being bulldozed into sustaining the illusions Trump is weaving about Biden with no telling of when or how badly the bottom will fall out from under them. But the news also deals a blow to Trump’s effort to drain things like “impeachment” and “criminal prosecution” of all legitimacy and meaning—which is to say, it threatens to wreck Trump’s biggest and most pernicious scam of all."

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It will be interesting to see how much Trump can force the Republican House Caucus to debase themselves for him.

 

[Callen]

This indictment makes me smile when I think of all the Trumpers here who insisted on calling that FBI incident report evidence, hard evidence, of the Biden crime family's bad deeds, and me just a denier of the facts.....or at least what goes for facts in their world. Oh and that bombshell Bobulinski testimony, not hearing a lot of "haha I told you so" from the right.

Just like the joke that is the Hunter laptop.......a huge nothing burger. The GOP will never move to impeach......they just show day after day how useless they are at governing.

I don't think I could list the number of conspiracy theories that have gone south in recent years......too many to list but it would be fun to try.

 

[Stealers Wheel]

He better hurry up. Once the primary season is over, a lot of these GOP reps will tend to grow a spine when they can't be primaried in the general election.

 

[DrewPaul]

The evidence they have now would be more than enough if we switched Biden for Trump and Jared for Hunter. They impeached Trump based on next to nothing. For that reason and because an election is coming up they should make what they have public and say its not the time to impeach.

 

[Callen]

The evidence they have now would be more than enough if we switched Biden for Trump and Jared for Hunter. They impeached Trump based on next to nothing. For that reason and because an election is coming up they should make what they have public and say it's not the time to impeach.

They will never do that because, even though you haven't figured it out, they got nada so showing everything they have would be a huge embarrassment. However, I agree they will try and save face by pretending they are taking the high road.

 

[Ambig]

The evidence they have now would be more than enough if we switched Biden for Trump and Jared for Hunter.

You can't possibly believe that. It's just not possible.

 

[Slavister]

The evidence they have now would be more than enough if we switched Biden for Trump and Jared for Hunter. They impeached Trump based on next to nothing.

Nonsense. Complete and utter nonsense.

Trump blackmailed Ukraine for dirt on political opponent.

And he instigated an insurrection while trying to literally steal an election and use Jan 6 events for that exact purpose.

He had deserved to be impeached for both.

Joe Biden did what again?

 

[Quag]

Nonsense. Complete and utter nonsense.

Trump blackmailed Ukraine for dirt on political opponent.

And he instigated an insurrection while trying to literally steal an election and use Jan 6 events for that exact purpose.

He had deserved to be impeached for both.

Joe Biden did what again?

Biden beat Trump that is his greatest and most heinous crime according to the cult

 

[ColdHardTruth]

"...if the collapse of the informant’s story leads House Republicans to hesitate about impeaching Biden, Trump and the MAGA media machine will not tolerate it for a passing second. That’s a problem for vulnerable House Republicans. Recall that they expressed trepidation about launching the impeachment inquiry, but GOP leaders persuaded them to go along by arguing that an inquiry is just a first step in a long process.

But here’s the thing: That process can’t be dragged out forever. Trump wants impeachment, not a mere inquiry. That Trump is now publicly demanding just that makes it more likely that in coming days, he’ll amplify this push—even as the informant fiasco makes it harder for vulnerable Republicans to defend the whole charade. Their straddle will grow more difficult.

Beyond all this, I can’t help but feel that this news threatens to wreck an even deeper scam that Trump and his MAGA allies are attempting. That’s the effort to turn impeachment and criminal prosecutions into things that are only perceived as political weapons, ones that can never have any legitimate factual or legal basis.

Trump has suggested that House Republicans should impeach Biden as revenge for his two impeachments. Similarly, Trump is also fond of saying that as president, he will launch prosecutions of the Biden family with no basis, openly describing this, too, as revenge for his indictments.

...So, yes, the informant’s implosion is big trouble for vulnerable House Republicans. They are being bulldozed into sustaining the illusions Trump is weaving about Biden with no telling of when or how badly the bottom will fall out from under them. But the news also deals a blow to Trump’s effort to drain things like “impeachment” and “criminal prosecution” of all legitimacy and meaning—which is to say, it threatens to wreck Trump’s biggest and most pernicious scam of all."

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It will be interesting to see how much Trump can force the Republican House Caucus to debase themselves for him.

I think the next step is to charge the GOP reps responsible for this situation... starting with Gym Jordan and James Comer.

 

[MamboDervish]

The evidence they have now would be more than enough if we switched Biden for Trump and Jared for Hunter. They impeached Trump based on next to nothing.

That's pure bullshit. The Dems made adequate cases in both instances, AND could have impeached him at least twice more! - once for emoluments clause violations, and once again for obstruction of justice. Had their been an honest and patriotic Congress, Mike Pence would have been the incumbent running in 2020.

For that reason and because an election is coming up they should make what they have public and say its not the time to impeach.

?? They've already made what they have public. A nothing cheeseburger with everything on it - that's what they have.