Whistle-Blower’s Complaint Is Said to Involve Multiple Acts by Trump

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(11-15-2019, 07:12 PM)6andcounting Wrote: Taylor just said yesterday the Ukrainians had no idea aid was withheld until Aug 29. The whistleblower report was filed on Aug 12.

A couple thoughts on this:

- They may have felt compelled to not rock the boat. Clearly from the basis of this entire impeachment, the executive branch has extensive power in regards to international relations.

- Even if you assume they didn't realize it (I personally don't believe that); Just because an extortion attempt failed or was not realized by the other party, that does not decrease the severity of the attempted extortion itself.

It seems like a common defense of Trump's actions is that, due to the fact that he failed to do something improper, his attempt is somehow not as heinous.