JFlorio wrote:
Actually most convictions are not based on assumptions. They are based on facts and evidence; especially white collar crime.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence, which is what you folks are calling assumptions.
JFlorio wrote:
I know what article II says. Nowhere in the articles of impeachment do I see the word bribe.
Actually the word "bribery" is in the first sentence of the first article. Just so you know, bribery actually refers to the act of bribing someone... with a bribe. ;)
Now, you're going to look and say... "Oh... well, yeah it's in there but that's just a incantation of the Article II". So are you referring to the rest of the article then?
Well, this is where I remind you that the Republicans in the committee moved to strike that word from the text. I was watching when it happened. It's not because the Democrats couldn't prove it. It's because the Republicans didn't like that it was in there. 'Pretty hilarious if you ask me because this is what they left...
Using the powers of his high office, President Trump Solicited the interference of a foreign government,
Ukraine, in the 2020 United States P**********l e******n. He did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his ree******n, harm the e******n prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 2020 United States P**********l e******n to his advantage. President Trump also sought to pressure the Government of Ukraine to take these steps by conditioning official United States Government acts of significant value to Ukraine on its public announcement of the investigations.
That's basically what bribery is. I'm guessing the Democrats were cool with the edit because they can still figure out the context, where Republicans are happy because now that can say the word "bribe" isn't in there, so it can't be an impeachable offense. LOL
BTW, thanks for giving me the chance to highlight even MORE of the stupidity on the right. Please keep encouraging me.
JFlorio wrote:
Believe me, if they could prove bribery it would be in there.
Not if the Republicans, move to strike the word and the Democrats don't need it to convey the meaning.
JFlorio wrote:
You are looking foolish. Unless you have a paralegal certificate I guarantee I know more law than you do one trick. Give it up.
And yet you can't make the connection between "
conditioning official United States Government acts of significant value to Ukraine on its public announcement of the investigations" with bribery...
...And now you're trying to claim legal expert superpower with a paralegal certificate. LOL
Look, a paralegal certificate doesn't necessarily mean you know more about constitutional law than I do and by what you are posting I'm going to say you don't.