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hahahaha holy poo poo, Vindman correcting Nunes to address him by his full title
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lmao the rank
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They call me Lieutenant Colonel Vindman!
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Ehud posted:hahahaha holy poo poo, Vindman correcting Nunes to address him by his full title That was so good
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“Ranking Member, it’s Lt. Col. Vindman, please.”
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"Are you besties with the whistleblower? Do you know who he is? Is he in your pocket right now?"
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'Answer the question or plead the fifth' *Lawyer steps in, smacks Nunes down*
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lol like Nunes actually cares about subpoenas now.
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I really like Vindman, seems like he has good character
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this is exactly what happened in Vindman's deposition by the way, and they threw this exact same fit Volkov, btw, did a really good job in the depo and has been restrained so far, but repeatedly owned republicans in that transcript
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Shocked awe through the audience at 'you can't expose the whistleblower' And immediately thereafter Nunes asked, "You testified that you did not know the whistleblower, correct?" "I've been advised not to discuss members of the intelligence community. I am following the advice of my counsel and the chairman of the committee." Nunes: "You can plead the fifth, but you're here to answer questions!!"
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Nov 19, 2019 16:46
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Daddy Suit Castro
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And now the only person here who can make Nunes look smart, Castor.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:47
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Vindman's lawyer looks exactly like Dennis Prager
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smug n stuff posted:Vindman's lawyer looks exactly like Dennis Prager unfortunately if i google what prager looks like it'll probably poison my youtube recommendations forever
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Nov 19, 2019 16:48
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when trying to out the whistleblower did Nunes try and say because Vindman is claiming he doesn't know the whistleblower then he can't say for sure that he doesn't know who the whistleblower isn't? I was very confused by that whole line of questioning lol
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Strange Poon posted:when trying to out the whistleblower did Nunes try and say because Vindman is claiming he doesn't know the whistleblower then he can't say for sure that he doesn't know who the whistleblower isn't? I was very confused by that whole line of questioning lol Yes
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eke out posted:everyone's only got private lawyers, no one has counsel from the government (government lawyers are not allowed in the private depositions for sure, and i think wouldn't be allowed here either) Little tidbit - there is a specialized insurance that feds can buy that will kick in if the DoJ can't or doesn't want to represent them in an action and will pay for a private lawyer if they need one. It used to be mostly marketed as a way to keep from getting hosed by frivolous lawsuits from the public or against EEOC complaints, but I bet it is quite popular now that people know working anywhere near Trump and Co carries a high probability of needing legal advice.
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Strange Poon posted:when trying to out the whistleblower did Nunes try and say because Vindman is claiming he doesn't know the whistleblower then he can't say for sure that he doesn't know who the whistleblower isn't? I was very confused by that whole line of questioning lol I essentially think Nunes was trying to say "you can't possibly out the whistleblower since you don't know who they are, so just give me some names". Which probably would've led to those people being harassed even if they weren't the whistleblower. So yes.
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Strange Poon posted:when trying to out the whistleblower did Nunes try and say because Vindman is claiming he doesn't know the whistleblower then he can't say for sure that he doesn't know who the whistleblower isn't? I was very confused by that whole line of questioning lol The idea is that if he didn’t know the whistleblower he couldn’t possibly put the whistleblower, because that’s how this works
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It's me. I'm the whistleblower.
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Nov 19, 2019 16:53
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Angry_Ed posted:I essentially think Nunes was trying to say "you can't possibly out the whistleblower since you don't know who they are, so just give me some names". Which probably would've led to those people being harassed even if they weren't the whistleblower. So yes. nunes also knows who the alleged whistleblower is, so if he could get a witness to say their name he would suddenly start asking a whole hell of a lot of questions about them
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The GOP literally have no new questions, this sounds like the exact same questions posed to Taylor, Kent, and Yovanovich. Like, I've never seen people so committed to a narrative that is obviously false since Baghdad Bob.
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evilweasel posted:nunes also knows who the alleged whistleblower is, so if he could get a witness to say their name he would suddenly start asking a whole hell of a lot of questions about them i think that the guy the far-right is claiming is the whistleblower wouldn't have had a need-to-know about any of this, since he was already taken off the NSC after a previous far-right conspiracy got him removed in like 2017 so, assuming Vindman is telling the literal truth, probably the guy he talked to wasn't the whistleblower. but it'd make it easier to then harass that guy and start piecing together who did
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Angry_Ed posted:The GOP literally have no new questions, this sounds like the exact same questions posed to Taylor, Kent, and Yovanovich. With the exception that they got asked "you weren't on the call, why are you here?" and these two get asked "you were on the call, who did you tell?", yes. Castor doing his best to make Vindman say that Trump is concerned about corruption was funny, though; the best he could get was a yes to "but the president should be concerned, right?"
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Nov 19, 2019 16:56
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Oh good yet another day of having to correct this stupid as gently caress lie of a timeline re: Burisma, Biden, and Bribes. EDIT: Like, I know visual aids are more the GOP's thing but I wish someone on the D side would just bring in a timeline chart of what actually happened and make it like 10x the size of the GOP posters.
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"Was Hunter Biden qualified?" "I don't know him." "You testified you didn't think he was qualified." "Well, I don't know him." At this point subpoena-ing Hunter Biden would honestly be a relief. I mean for all we know he'd say something like "well I took the Rosetta Stone course on the Ukrainian language and also I have a dozen friends who are also failsons on corporate boards and I used Whatsapp to ask them questions during boring meetings".
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Nov 19, 2019 17:00
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What the gently caress is this question line about Canada.
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'I can't say why the President made the decision not to send the Vice President' masterful
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CASTOR INTERRUPTING BC HES A GOON amazing
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this guy is really bad at thisPlasticAutomaton posted:What the gently caress is this question line about Canada. that entire line of questioning was just "Well you can't prove that Trump pulled Pence from the Ukraine inauguration to punish Ukraine for not investigating, can you?"
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StrangersInTheNight posted:'I can't say why the President made the decision not to send the Vice President' masterful Yeah seems like Castor maybe hosed up by pursuing that line of questioning. This has got to be Goldman's easiest job.
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How the hell do people remember all this poo poo? If something exploded at my workplace six months after the fact good luck getting me to remember who was in the room when something happened.
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Is there a second hearing for later today?
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Nov 19, 2019 17:04
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:Is there a second hearing for later today? yes; schedule in op
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1glitch0 posted:How the hell do people remember all this poo poo? If something exploded at my workplace six months after the fact good luck getting me to remember who was in the room when something happened. they take meticulous notes as part of the job and have agendas reviewed constantly
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PlasticAutomaton posted:What the gently caress is this question line about Canada. So when high school kids get taught how to cross-examine opposing debaters, they're instructed not to ask questions where they don't know the answer; they're not asking because they're curious, they're asking so that the judge (or panel of judges, in finals rounds) hears the answer. Castor apparently really thought that Pence's staff would think going to Canada was more important and would totally have dropped everything, and he keeps flailing around with followup questions because he's not getting the answers he expected. Obviously this means that the Republicans need to hire some high schoolers to do this. Probably not a freshman, but a sophomore could probably do it okay.
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:Is there a second hearing for later today? Yup, an evening hearing.Volker and Morrison.
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1glitch0 posted:How the hell do people remember all this poo poo? If something exploded at my workplace six months after the fact good luck getting me to remember who was in the room when something happened. It is standard to prepare for a hearing like this with your lawyer to go over all of the documentary evidence you have to refresh your recollection as best as possible.
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