Foregone Conclusion … |

Be forewarned … This is coming from CBC folks !!! …

The author begins with the following …

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was not central to the defence team’s brief opening arguments in the Senate trial of U.S. President Donald Trump, but how the lawyers paint the former vice-president’s role in the Ukraine affair at the heart of the impeachment process when they resume arguments Monday could prove consequential in the November election.

In their two-hour opening argument Saturday , Trump’s legal team tried to undercut the central assertion of the Democrats’ impeachment case : that Trump held up $400 million US in military aid in an attempt to exact Ukraine’s help in undermining Biden , whom he saw as his likely rival in the 2020 election.

They used some of the same witness testimony deployed by the House managers prosecuting the case to suggest that none of the U.S. officials and diplomats testifying had direct knowledge of an explicit quid pro quo between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

But it’s questions around Biden and his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine , which on their face have little to do with the underlying articles of impeachment being litigated in the Senate , that could have an impact on the true intended audience of the Senate trial : American voters.

It has ” little to do with the underlying articles of impeachment ” ?!!! …

It has EVERYTHING to do with this farce !!! … The President was informed that the Bidens were heavily involved with a , shall we say , ‘ scruple deficient ‘ company in the Ukraine … Financially benefiting from it ! … Then , after office , on Foreign Council in 2018 , Senior crook goes on national TV and brags about it …

No need to ‘ investigate him ‘ !!! … He just filled us all in how he meddled in a foreign country’s domestic politics !!! … CASE CLOSED !!! …

That is simply what Trump asked Zelensky to ‘ look into ‘…

More from Kazi ;

” They’re not going to be able to prove that a crime was committed by Hunter Biden … but the intent is to just muddy the waters ” said Bradley Moss, a national security attorney and partner in the D.C. law firm Mark S. Zaid.

Merely by raising the issue they will have accomplished , in essence , what Trump was asking Zelensky to do on the now infamous July 25 , 2019 , call : publicly raise questions about Biden’s actions in Ukraine , thereby planting seeds of doubt in the minds of voters.

” What came out in the witness testimony is the president didn’t care whether there was actually an investigation ; he just wanted an announcement of an investigation ” said Frank O. Bowman , a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law and a visiting professor at the Georgetown Law Center in D.C.

” This is going to be even better. It’s now in front of American televisions and tens of millions of people watching.” ( Actual viewership so far has been closer to eight million ).

Trump is beating them at their own devious game !!! …

Now recall earlier , that Kas-zi Stastna ( The author of this article for CBC ) stated that … ‘ Questions around Biden and his son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine , which on their face have LITTLE TO DO WITH the underlying articles of impeachment being litigated in the Senate … Then goes on to say ;

The fact that the Bidens haven’t offered much of an explanation in the months since the Burisma case became central in the Trump-Ukraine affair has given air to the innuendo that keeps this issue on the front burner of the Republicans’ strategy.

Catch that ? … ” since the Burisma case BECAME CENTRAL in the Trump-Ukraine affair ” …

So what’s with ‘ has little to do with impeachment bullshit ?!!! …

Frank O. Bowman , a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law and a visiting professor at the Georgetown Law Center in D.C. ;

” [ They ] are going to be able to throw this innuendo around and not have to prove any of it ” said Bowman. ” It’s the one point at which you might get an interesting fight over questions of relevance.”

” Innuendo ” Frankie ?!!! … Again , JOE ADMITTED IT TWO YEARS AGO !!! …