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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:02 AM Mar 2019

Conway's husband: 'Grounds for impeachment' if Trump directed Cohn to block AT&T-Time Warner merger

BY MICHAEL BURKE - 03/04/19 08:49 AM EST

George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said Monday that it would "unquestionably be grounds for impeachment" if President Trump ordered former White House economic adviser Gary Cohn to pressure the Department of Justice to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger.




Conway's remark comes after The New Yorker reported that Trump gave that directive to Cohn in the summer of 2017.

Trump is thought to be opposed to the merger because Time Warner owns CNN, a news network Trump regularly derides and refers to as "fake news."

The New Yorker reported that Trump complained during a 2017 Oval Office meeting with then-chief of staff John Kelly and Cohn that no action had been taken on Trump's request to have the merger blocked.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/432434-conways-husband-unquestionably-grounds-for-impeachment-if-trump
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Conway's husband: 'Grounds for impeachment' if Trump directed Cohn to block AT&T-Time Warner merger (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2019 OP
Everybody on Twitter needs to be forwarding George's tweets to DOTUS. tanyev Mar 2019 #1
or her marriage. OMGWTF Mar 2019 #8
It's long been speculated she's the leaker. n/t gldstwmn Mar 2019 #19
Red Don can be impeached for emolument violations RIGHT NOW! Don't let ANYONE say there are no uponit7771 Mar 2019 #2
We have no shortage of impeachable offenses. thesquanderer Mar 2019 #5
but that needs to be proven in court AlexSFCA Mar 2019 #14
Impeachment is not court proceedings, House can impeach for taking ***ANY*** gifts they don't uponit7771 Mar 2019 #20
Impeachment. Hell, let's just get to the damn trial and convict the bastard for treason. olegramps Mar 2019 #16
Noticed Trump didn't put the AT&T CEO on American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #3
Is there ANYTHING... B Stieg Mar 2019 #4
Robert Reich was saying that... Tobin S. Mar 2019 #6
Leave it up to Trump... GoCubsGo Mar 2019 #7
I was going to say the same thing ... aggiesal Mar 2019 #17
It should be another count. nt Cognitive_Resonance Mar 2019 #9
Reason #5,455. Vinca Mar 2019 #10
Put this one on top of the pile!!!! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #11
Plenty of grounds for impeachment already. Kablooie Mar 2019 #12
And then there's this. . . . h2ebits Mar 2019 #13
I'm beginning to suspect the the George/Kellyanne Show is nothing but a ruse, a catbyte Mar 2019 #15
I think the Mercers still like her FakeNoose Mar 2019 #22
I think it would be interesting to drink a beer 🍺 or three with George. nt mentalsolstice Mar 2019 #18
I still hope the merger is blocked on anticompetitive grounds. Qutzupalotl Mar 2019 #21

tanyev

(42,566 posts)
1. Everybody on Twitter needs to be forwarding George's tweets to DOTUS.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:09 AM
Mar 2019

I don't know how Kellyanne manages to keep her job.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
19. It's long been speculated she's the leaker. n/t
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:46 PM
Mar 2019

She's a slippery one to be sure. She must actually have the goods on Orange in order to keep her job. Her hubby loathes Trump but he is still a conservative hack. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
2. Red Don can be impeached for emolument violations RIGHT NOW! Don't let ANYONE say there are no
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:14 AM
Mar 2019

... grounds for impeachment seeing Red Don is taking money for his businesses as we type

thesquanderer

(11,989 posts)
5. We have no shortage of impeachable offenses.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 11:51 AM
Mar 2019

Only of ones a Republican Senate would be willing to convict on.

But we might be better off running against Trump than Pence in 2020 anyway.

So I say let him serve out his term, and get indicted in January of 2021, when a Dem president won't pardon him and he no longer has the power to even attempt to pardon himself.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
14. but that needs to be proven in court
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 12:57 PM
Mar 2019

there is a lawsuit already but it will drag on for a long time until it inevitably reaches SC.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
20. Impeachment is not court proceedings, House can impeach for taking ***ANY*** gifts they don't
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 02:36 PM
Mar 2019

... approve of.

This keeps people from taking bribes so it's best for the POTUS to error on the side of not taking anything as president unless it's approved by congress.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
16. Impeachment. Hell, let's just get to the damn trial and convict the bastard for treason.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:01 PM
Mar 2019

If there ever existed, in the present day jargon, of a zero sum situation it is the present congress. I have listened to the bull crap being spewed by this nincompoop and his protectors long enough. He is repulsive and his protectors are like a pack of evil little imps. Just how long can this be tolerated to allow the outright racists, homophobes, misogynistic and their greedy henchmen be allowed to literally destroy the nation. I hope that I live long enough to see the ship righted and my kids and grandkids future secured but I am not counting on it.

We need a Roosevelt, either one, to come to our aid. People who actually have the balls to do something except wring their panties. As FDR said when he was challenged by the filthy Republicans then and who remained the same, "I welcome the hatred." It wasn't lets all sit down and learn how to play nicely. He knew with whom he was dealing; The damnable incarnation of the devil himself. When one of the damn Republicans appear on TV anymore I just change the channel to protect what is left of my precarious sanity. Plus I may be tempted to throw my walker at it.

I really believe that if I were in better shape I would go back to Colorado and build me a one room cabin in the middle of the most remote place I could purchase and live my last days in relative peace.

Farmer-Rick

(10,185 posts)
3. Noticed Trump didn't put the AT&T CEO on American Workforce Policy Advisory Board
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:21 AM
Mar 2019

And yet he has the Apple and Walmart CEOs on that board. Makes you wonder.

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)
4. Is there ANYTHING...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 11:26 AM
Mar 2019

that this guy won't take an illegal angle on?
He doesn't know how to do anything above the pale.
Impeach AND Indict. It's the only way to be sure...

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
6. Robert Reich was saying that...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 11:56 AM
Mar 2019

...there were five different charges they could impeach Trump on after Trump had been in office for less than a year. I wonder how long his list is now?

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
7. Leave it up to Trump...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 12:09 PM
Mar 2019

One of the rare times he did something that is for the good of the country, and it was illegal. The merger would have been terrible for this country, so it's good that it was stopped. I just wish it had been done according to the law.

aggiesal

(8,917 posts)
17. I was going to say the same thing ...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:17 PM
Mar 2019

I was against the merger for monopolistic reasons, so I agreed with the merger not going through.
But I didn't expect this to happen because it affected Dolt45 at a personal level.

Nothing like screwing up the correct decision with an illegal act!

P.S. Just noticed your name!

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
12. Plenty of grounds for impeachment already.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 12:29 PM
Mar 2019

One more makes no difference at all.
Once the Mueller report comes out there will be lots more and the re may be an impeachment but I t won't be consummated.
Trump will be here in 2020 no matter what.

catbyte

(34,402 posts)
15. I'm beginning to suspect the the George/Kellyanne Show is nothing but a ruse, a
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 12:57 PM
Mar 2019

Good Cop/Bad Cop routine to ensure that at least one of them will be employable once this clusterfuck mercifully comes to an end. Kellyanne's reputation is shot, and both of them know it, so it's up to ol' George to provide cover and future income. Either that, or he accepts that he's married to a ghastly, pathological liar and has decided to live with it. Either way, yeesh. What a way to live.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
22. I think the Mercers still like her
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:57 PM
Mar 2019

... so maybe she'll have a job after this shitshow is over. If not, no tears lost on her.

Qutzupalotl

(14,317 posts)
21. I still hope the merger is blocked on anticompetitive grounds.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:52 PM
Mar 2019

AT&T is already leveraging HBO to force Dish Network customers to migrate to DirecTV, which they also own, by charging Dish exorbitant rates. Streaming is not an option for me, so I will have to switch.

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