Now that House has released its impeachment witch hunt resolution, it’s time for the Senate to step up and guarantee due process:

The House has released its resolution outlining rules governing the impeachment inquiry process, including rules for each of the relevant House committees to follow, call witnesses and question them, and if the White House and Senate believe they fall short, then it is going to be up to the Senate to fill in the gaps, provide due process and to begin to address the allegations being made against President Donald Trump on substance. It is up to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to step forward with Senate Republican committee chairs and start holding hearings. If Republicans in the House cannot ask all of the questions that need to be asked, then the same witnesses should be called on the Senate side so those questions can be asked. If the House refuses to allow certain witnesses to be called, then call them on the Senate side so questions can asked and a baseline can be established for the eventual trial in the Senate. They are not powerless. What do you think?

D.C. establishment wants to remove Trump because he is trying to end the endless wars in Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/d-c-establishment-wants-to-remove-trump-because-he-is-trying-to-end-the-endless-wars-in-syria-ukraine-and-elsewhere/

It is fitting that the Washington, D.C. establishment wants President Donald Trump removed from office for considering withholding military assistance to Ukraine, or that the talk of impeachment intensified as Trump was announcing the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria, for it was that type of caution in the use of military force that helped Trump get elected in the first place in 2016. A joint study from Professor of Political Science Dr. Douglas Kriner of Boston University and Associate Professor of Law Dr. Francis Shen of University of Minnesota Law School in 2017 found that in the Civil War, Korean, Vietnam, and Iraq wars, there was a strong correlation between states that had the highest casualty rates that tended to vote against the incumbent party in the presidential election. Maybe that’s why so many in Congress want to get rid of him, because he is not fighting the wars that they want him to and yet are too scared to authorize formally via the legislative process provided in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. What do you think?

Did former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch lie about not giving a ‘do not prosecute’ list in Ukraine? Time to release the transcripts, Speaker Pelosi.
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/did-former-ambassador-to-ukraine-marie-yovanovitch-lie-about-not-giving-a-do-not-prosecute-list-in-ukraine-time-to-release-the-transcripts-speaker-pelosi/

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch says that former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko had retracted his statement that she gave him a do-not-prosecute list, but his statement in that April interview where he supposedly retracted his statement actually said “I listed some so-called anti-corruption activists under investigation. She said it was unacceptable, as it would undermine the credibility of anti-corruption activists” and that he told her, “now you give me lists.” Did anyone ask her about Lutsenko’s supposed retraction? What about denying the former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin’s travel visa to the U.S. who says former Vice President Joe Biden had him fired. Did anyone ask her about that? What about Ukrainian efforts to relay that information to the U.S. Justice Department? Did anyone ask her about that? Time to release the transcripts, Speaker Pelosi. What do you think?

If Ukraine began the investigation into Burisma and Biden in 2018 and sought to get the information to DOJ, long before Zelensky was even elected, where’s the quid pro quo in 2019?
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/if-ukraine-began-the-investigation-into-burisma-and-biden-in-2018-and-sought-to-get-the-information-to-doj-long-before-zelensky-was-even-elected-wheres-the-quid-pro-quo-in-2019/

If 1) the investigation by Ukrainian prosecutors into Burisma and Biden began in 2018 when they began trying to get the information to the Justice Department; 2) the U.S. became aware of that investigation at least as early as Feb. 2019; 3) the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine tried to have those same prosecutors fired in March 2019; 4) the Ukrainian prosecutors are on the record on March 20 saying that same ambassador gave them a do-not-prosecute list, and in April again saying they were trying to get the information to Attorney General William Barr all before Volodymyr Zelensky is elected; 5) President Donald Trump speaks to Zelensky in July when Zelensky confirms the investigation is already underway and requests U.S. assistance with it; 6) Ukraine does not find out about any delayed military aid until Aug. 29 when the press published it, which is ultimately released on Sept. 11; and 7) Zelensky says there was “no pressure” to pursue the investigations his own prosecutors had already initiated, then where’s the quid pro quo? No, it’s not in a time machine. It simply doesn’t exist. What do you think?

Dear Attorney General Barr and Senator Graham, time is running out to expose spygate, Russiagate and the impeachment coup:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/dear-attorney-general-barr-and-senator-graham-time-is-running-out-to-expose-spygate-russiagate-and-the-impeachment-coup/#comment-4663397334

Don’t look now, but in just one short year, the American people will be headed back to the polls to decide whether to reelect President Donald Trump, and the country is no closer to piercing the veil of what really happened in 2016, when the Obama administration, intelligence agencies and the Justice Department unconstitutionally, illegally spied on the opposition party — the Trump campaign and the GOP — in an election year on bogus charges they were Russian agents. This was a crime, an act of war, against the Constitution and the American people, and the attempt to overturn the 2016 election does not end, even today, as the House moves forward with its impeachment coup, using secret witnesses and denying due process, the right to cross-examine witness and other constitutional protections to President Trump and members of the executive branch. This could happen to any President. Republican. Democrat. It doesn’t matter. This is about who runs this country: the elected President, or nameless, faceless bureaucrats in the administrative state. The bottom line is that if Attorney General William Barr, U.S. Attorney John Durham and Sen. Lindsey Graham fail to hold the officials responsible for this hoax on the American people, it will happen again — and there’s no telling what will be left of the Constitution or our free republican system of government after that. This is no time for half measures. They have to succeed because time is running out — on liberty. What do you think?

Sen. Lindsey Graham must call the anonymous CIA so-called whistleblower to testify if the House impeaches President Trump:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/sen-lindsey-graham-must-call-the-anonymous-cia-so-called-whistleblower-to-testify-if-the-house-impeaches-president-trump/

By now, it is perfectly clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has absolutely no intention of affording any due process to President Donald Trump or any member of the executive branch called to testify in her quest to impeach and remove the President from office. But the House is just one body. The Senate is completely in control of its witnesses in an impeachment trial, and does not have to play by those Pelosi-imagined rules that part ways with all modern cases of impeachment. It can — and must — provide the due process that Pelosi and House Democrats are depriving the nation of. Rule VI of the Senate’s states clearly, “The Senate shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to enforce obedience to its orders, mandates, writs, precepts, and judgment, to preserve order, and to punish in a summary way contempts of, and disobedience to, its authority, orders, mandates, writs, precepts, or judgements, and to make all lawful orders, rules, and regulations which it may deem essential or conducive to the ends of justice.” This is not some kangaroo court or some trivial matter, after all, this is about whether to overturn an election via legislative means. Instead, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham should send a strong message to Speaker Pelosi that he intends to specifically allow for the questioning by all parties of any and every witness the House uses, including the anonymous whistleblower and whoever in Congress or on staff helped write his memo. What do you think?

Presidents including FDR, Reagan, Bush and Trump have routinely hosted summits at their private properties:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/presidents-including-fdr-reagan-bush-and-trump-have-routinely-hosted-summits-at-their-private-properties/

Well, so much for that. On Oct. 17, White House Chief of Staff and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney announced that the U.S. will be hosting the G7 in 2020 at the Trump Doral Resort in Miami, Fla.—and President Donald Trump’s opponents in the White House press corps were apoplectic, with largely fallacious accusations of enriching himself or the Trump brand from his businesses. By Oct. 19, President Trump had cancelled the idea, writing on Twitter, “based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020. We will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately. Thank you!” But it might not have been such a big deal in the first place. Besides saving taxpayer money, Presidents including FDR, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and most recently Donald Trump have all routinely hosted foreign leaders on their private properties while in office. What do you think?

Nancy Pelosi’s ridiculous impeachment witch hunt is unquestionably making the world a more dangerous place:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/nancy-pelosis-ridiculous-impeachment-witch-hunt-is-unquestionably-making-the-world-a-more-dangerous-place/

It’s been about a month since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened her certain-to-fail impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Sept. 24, and the world is not getting any safer. Since that time, on Oct. 1 Hong Kong police for the first time shot live rounds on the Hong Kong protesters during the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, despite U.S. warnings directly from President Trump. On Oct. 2, North Korea launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the coast of Japan despite U.S. sanctions currently in place.On Oct. 9, Turkey invaded northern Syria despite the threat of U.S. sanctions from Trump who promised he would “totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey.” Cause, meet effect. What do you think?

The FBI is still illegally spying on American citizens — and Attorney General Barr needs to stop it from happening again:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/the-fbi-is-still-illegally-spying-on-american-citizens-and-attorney-general-barr-needs-to-stop-it-from-happening-again/

As the nation patiently awaits the Justice Department Inspector General report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court abuses that occurred in 2016 when President Donald Trump and his campaign were falsely accused of being Russian agents by the Obama administration’s intelligence agencies and Justice Department, the American people now know that at least some of those abuses continued well after Obama left office through 2018, according to now-declassified court documents. Per Judge James Boasberg’s opinion, “The Court next examines the prevalence of non-compliant queries conducted by FBI personnel to return information about U.S. persons from Section 702-acquired data. It ultimately finds the FBI’s querying and minimization procedures, as implemented, to be inconsistent with statutory minimization requirements and the requirements of the Fourth Amendment.” Meaning, during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the false conspiracy theory that Trump was a Russian agent, the FBI was failing to properly minimize the identities of American citizens, with 3.1 million queries “against raw FISA-acquired information … including section 702-acquired information” in 2017 alone. How can this happen in America?

Ellen is right, everything has become far too political, and her statement against hateful partisanship is a victory for America and the civil society:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/10/ellen-is-right-everything-has-become-far-too-political-and-her-statement-against-hateful-partisanship-is-a-victory-for-america-and-the-civil-society/

America is tearing itself apart — over everything. Politics. Cultural issues. Economics. Foreign policy. Social justice. But we also don’t have to. This was on display when a light-hearted moment appeared on the American people’s television screens on Oct. 6 when the Dallas Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers. Ellen DeGeneres and former President George W. Bush were pictured sitting together, laughing and enjoying the game. God forbid. DeGeneres faced some backlash on social media, but the full fury would not come — with celebrities denouncing DeGeneres for consorting with a “war criminal” — until she defended in a monologue on her television program not only her friendship with the former president, but our civil society as a whole. She said, “Here’s the thing: I’m friends with George Bush. I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think that we’ve forgotten that that’s okay that we’re all different… But just because I don’t agree with someone on everything doesn’t mean that I’m not going to be friends with them. When I say be kind to one another, I don’t mean only the people who think the same way that you do. I mean, be kind to everyone. Doesn’t matter.” Good on Ellen.