Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Feb: Cong approves $391 M in military aid to Ukraine 2/28: Trump tells Sen McConnell aid will be released immediately. 7/25: Trump-Zelensky phone call: "Do us a favor though" 9/9: DOJ informs House re whistleblower complaint. 9/11: Trump releases aid ILLEGAL DELAY: 170 DAYS — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Even though Trump’s corrupt and unconstitutional acceptance of foreign emoluments might not get included in the Articles of Impeachment, it’s certainly impeachable and helps frame the context of the case the House will prosecute in the Senate https://t.co/P2zi9sL6YK — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

https://t.co/m42IaJu3q4 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

These hearings are of historic importance regardless of the outcome. The truth they are exposing will forever define what Trump’s presidency was all about: “Once upon a time, America installed a president who used the office solely to benefit himself.” https://t.co/JQxECKFjkK — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

How best to bring Trump’s abuse of power down to earth? Here’s the answer: @NickKristof’s analogies should speak volumes to ordinary people. They’re so easy to connect with. This is a MUST READ: https://t.co/UYzm2K3Vi0 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“whether voters were watching, history certainly was.” https://t.co/whgbv8lcx7 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“Schiff is also ...arguing that the Ukraine call reflects how Trump has conducted himself as President: he has inflated his powers, relentlessly used his position for personal ...gain, and incessantly lied about his conduct and that of his rivals.” https://t.co/I8L2laWZ9s — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Exactly — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Next stop: SCOTUS. No way the Supreme Court will reverse this ironclad ruling. It’s conservative, even reactionary, but not crazy. https://t.co/wnfzDBB3wh — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“In the presence of my staff ... Ambassador Sondland called President Trump and told him of his meetings in Kiev,” Taylor testified before the Intelligence Committee on Wednesday morning. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone.” https://t.co/JEIiTwRfm5 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

RT @hardball: TOMORROW: @tribelaw plays #Hardball. Tune in. https://t.co/f1EeXgHnnQ — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Rep. Jordan’s mantra that Amb. Taylor has to be wrong because the aid was in fact released without Zelinski ever making a public announcement is absurd. What happened in-between to release the aid was that Trump was caught red-handed when the whistleblower spoke up! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

When questioned by Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut, George Kent neatly destroyed the phony parallel between Biden’s public and proper role in ousting corrupt prosecutor Victor Shokin and Trump’s corrupt efforts to get Zelensky to target and publicly smear Biden — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepAdamSchiff is doing a masterful job clearing away the misimpression the GOP questioning had created that Trump was just interested in rooting out corruption in Ukraine. Schiff’s experience as a prosecutor is paying off. As is Schiff’s steeltrap mind. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Congressman Nunes and GOP Counsel Castro are trying to establish that President Trump had reasons to resent the way some Ukrainian officials had openly opposed his candidacy after he voiced the view that Putin’s annexation of Crimea might’ve been just fine. My answer is: So what? — PolitiTweet.org

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Counsel Dan Goldman’s expert questioning of George Kent established why the investigations Trump was pressuring Zelensky to undertake were the very kinds of politically driven investigations our anti-corruption, pro-rule-of-law policies have always opposed and tried to deter — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepAdamSchiff is expertly drawing out from Ambassador Taylor the precise way Trump’s temporary freeze of defense support in itself signaled Ukraine’s weakness to Russia and thereby permanently encouraged Russian conduct weakening our future safety and security. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The overheard voice of President Trump on the call Ambassador Taylor just described would, in a normal world, count as an exploding bomb, not just a smoking gun. This is no normal world. Our challenge is to make it one. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

The U.S. president Ambassador Taylor is describing so convincingly is one who obviously will stop at nothing in his obsession with getting dirt on his 2020 political opponent — one who would readily shake down an ally and assist Russia in slaughtering innocent Ukrainian patriots — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Ambassador Taylor is impressively and credibly establishing the sheer insanity of the view that the Zelensky government needed to be pressured to “investigate” corruption. Taylor’s testimony showed that the corruption was that of Trump, Giuliani, Sondland, Mulvaney and their gang — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

George Kent is doing a marvelous job showing the deep parallel between our assistance to Ukraine in resisting Russian aggression and European assistance to the American colonies in securing our own independence from England. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

“In short, the proof of extortion — withholding vital aid for political ammunition — is irrefutable.” https://t.co/T4gKSslgdo — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Trump’s defiance of Congress’s impeachment inquiry is a challenge to the Constitution itself. Any president who wages war on the Constitution must be impeached for that highest of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” https://t.co/2sApx7eTpU — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

This is dizzyingly eye-opening https://t.co/esDwXJPKC4 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

1st and “therefore” more important?? Trumpian logic, I suppose. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Here are the witnesses we’ll hear testify through November 21. I predict their story will be gripping, believable, and profoundly sad in what it reveals about the president’s corrupt use of his office to benefit himself at the cost of our nation. https://t.co/UZn62eYsa7 — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

It’ll be awfully tempting to impeach Trump for obstructing justice along with bribery, extortion, and unlawful defiance of Congress — but the watchword will need to remain simplicity. A tough call. — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Are you gonna take this lying down, @realDonaldTrump? Your former NSC head #JohnBolton just trashed Ivanka & Jared by outing their secret plot. I dare you to prove you hate ALL whistleblowers, not just the one who caught you shaking down Ukraine for your own and Putin’s benefit!! — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Darn. See fourth paragraph from the bottom. I really thought Ivanka, Jared, and I could keep this scheme a deep state secret until 2021! Never counted on Bolton being such a whistleblower. https://t.co/hpe1B6L7uo — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

Whaaat?!? 🙃 — PolitiTweet.org