They did but they were mostly interpretive in nature. They appeared to be laying the foundation for the argument that what Trump did should be understood to be quid pro quo. Now this isn't necessarily a bad argument to make but it is going to be more difficult because of the subjective nature. The same issue exists if it were a bribery case or a threat case in which the offense might be inferred from the statement.
Though in this case there isn't a jury to convince, just a senate full of people who have made up their mind before hearing all the facts then a few in the middle to sway one way or another.
If I had to put money on it all I would bet that Trump was absolutely looking for information that he could use against Biden, but perhaps he figured the cover story of investigating Biden was sufficient. I think Giuliani might have been playing Trump a bit for his own benefit as well. But as they say, it isn't what you know, it is what you can prove and the dems aren't doing a great job of proving it.
Nope. Trump just spent 3 years being spied on, being investigated, turning over documents, having his people interviewed, being called a Russian agent and a traitor by the MSM daily, and so on.
- 675: The number of days from when Mueller was appointed to the day he turned in his report to Barr.
- 34: people indicted as a result of Mueller's investigation, including Russian nationals and several former Trump aides and advisors.
- 19: lawyers who were employed by the special counsel's office, according to a letter Barr sent to Congress on Sunday.
- About 40 FBI agents, intelligence analysts, forensic accountants and other staff that assisted with the investigation.
- More than 2,800 subpoenas issued by the Special Counsel's office, that's an average of at least four per day.
- Nearly 500 search warrants executed.
- More than 230 orders for communication records.
- Nearly 50 authorized orders for the use of pen registers, a tool that lets the government know who someone is communicating with and when, but not what they said.
- 13 evidence requests to foreign governments
- 500 witnesses interviewed
- $25 million in posted costs as of February
Mueller report:Investigation found no evidence Trump conspired with Russia
Now the Dems are doing a "RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA!" reboot using a call to the Ukrainian President. He's got a right to be pissed off.
I think he's trying to find out who did what as it relates to the Russian Collusion witch hunt/sham.
The IG is due to release his findings in the FISA process review in about 2 weeks -- Dec 9. He's also scheduled to testify before Congress on the 11th.
John Durham, who is now running a criminal investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, will hopefully be submitting his report soon.
Under the supervision of Attorney General William Barr, Durham is conducting an investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, examining the conduct of the Justice Department, FBI, and intelligence community. Last month, Durham shifted his administrative review to a criminal investigation that allows his team the power to impanel a grand jury and hand down indictments.
Giuiiani and Trump are trying to see if the new President of Ukraine is truthful about going after corruption in the Ukrainian government. Trump asked about meddling in the 2016 election over and over to his diplomats and to the new president there. He's not looking to "dig up dirt" on Biden. He's looking for the truth that Mueller obviously didn't have the balls to dig into during his investigation. Everything Mueller reported on was about Trump and his team. Nothing about the FISA warrants, which we now know at least one renewal contained false documentation, the Steele dossier, Fusion GPS (Mueller said in his testimony he wasn't even familiar with the law firm the DNC and the Clinton campaign hired to pay Steele ... really??), and so on.
Mueller had the DUTY to look into the Russia collusion allegations from all angles, but he, like the other swamp critters, protected the Democrats while throwing people who got tripped up on their interview answers in prison.
Yeah, Trump is pissed, and he's going after the people who went after him and his people. If Biden stayed out of the race, as he should have done, the corruption investigation Trump wants done would still be a topic he's interested in getting to the bottom of.
Several news agencies published stories long before Trump was looking into them about Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. trump didn't just think this stuff up to smear Biden (unlike the Russia collusion lies).
There's one "fact" people don't bring up. If you say Trump wants dirt on Biden, then you must believe Trump thinks Biden will (1) get the DNC nomination, and (2) has a good chance of winning in the General Election.
Trump isn't afraid of anybody. He'll go nose-to-nose with dictators he's insulted, Democrats in the Congress, and the press. He doesn't see ANYONE in the Dem primaries as a formidable threat to his reelection. If you think he needs dirt to beat Biden, you haven't been paying attention for a very long time - at least since 2015.
Trump took on Hildeabeast with mostly his own money, underspent her by more than half the $1.2B she spent, and won in what most honest people consider a landslide.
What "dirt" did he have on Hillary? Who was the FBI and DOJ helping in the 2016 election? Who were they spying on?
If you think Trump fears Biden, you need a reality check.