A GOP memo was published wiht the GOP's counterarguments. They are really bad
A staff memo circulated Monday night among Republican members of the three House investigative committees conducting the Ukraine investigation outlines several points that the lawmakers claim will undermine Democrats' case for impeachment, a Republican source with direct knowledge confirmed to NBC News.
The memo, first published by Axios, lays out "four key pieces of evidence":
The July 25 call summary — the best evidence of the conversation — shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure, the memo claims. (of course it does. People dont say "quid pro quo" they say we have something, we need a 'favor" you're not a good friend, but besides that the call is NOT the only evidence)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and President Trump have both said there was no pressure on the call, it says. (of course, the whole point is they want to stay out of it, but this sign ores the reason Sondland flipped, its because of a Ukranian who described the encounters)
The Ukrainian government was not aware of a hold on U.S. security assistance at the time of the July 25 call. (haha, if they were not (Sondland, Volker, Guliani are active before 7/25) they certainly were after and the funds are not released until post whistelblower. In fact, Zelensky almost made the public statement on CNN)
Trump met with Zelenskiy and U.S. security assistance flowed to Ukraine in September 2019 — both of which occurred without Ukraine investigating Trump's political rivals, the memo says. (this is the worst of all of them. Its essentially saying "attempt" is not a crime AND the fatc that you were busted by the whistlblower somehow absolves you?? lmao)
IF THIS WAS TRIED IN A COURT OF LAW, TRUMP WOULD BE TAKING A PLEA. THEY HAVE HIM DEAD TO RIGHTS. ITS A POLITICAL EVENT THOUGH, SO BRING ON THE NONSENSE.
