“This is a coup”: how Democrats try to impeach Trump

US President Donald Trump called the impeachment proceedings against him a coup.

“Every day I learn more and more, I come to the conclusion that what is happening is not impeachment, but a coup, the purpose of which is to take away the people’s power, their votes, freedoms, the Second Amendment, religion, army, border wall and God-given rights of a citizen of the United States America! ”Wrote the American leader on his Twitter.

As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP, intended to take away the Power of the ....

Recall, on September 25, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the need to begin the impeachment process against Trump because of his call to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

A telephone conversation took place in July 2019. According to media reports, Trump allegedly put pressure on Zelensky to facilitate the investigation of his personal lawyer Rudolf Giuliani against the son of US presidential candidate Joe Biden.

In April 2019, The Hill reported that the Ukrainian side suspected Hunter Biden, who at that time was a member of the board of directors of the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings, in receiving bribes. However, as noted by the American publication, Joe Biden, who was then vice president, put pressure on the leadership of Ukraine and the investigation was stopped, and Attorney General Viktor Shokin was dismissed from his post.

Now Joe Biden is one of the main contenders for the role of the candidate from the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential election, and therefore, the role of rival Trump. Therefore, according to the Democrats who control the lower house of the US Congress, Trump violated the law by trying to use his official position for personal purposes.

Storm of emotions

Since the Democrats announced the beginning of the impeachment procedure, a considerable part of the American president’s Twitter posts has been devoted to this topic. Trump speaks out very sharply.

So, on September 30, he proposed the arrest of one of his zealous critics, the head of the intelligence committee of the House of Representatives, Adam Schiff, on charges of treason. According to Trump, Schiff publicly distorted the content of his conversation with Zelensky during a hearing on his committee, trying to mislead the audience.

“Congressman Adam Schiff unlawfully composed a fake and monstrous statement, attributed it to me and, making it the main episode of my telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine, read it to Congress and the American people. This has nothing to do with what I said during that conversation. Arrest for treason? ”- wrote on his Twitter President of the United States.

Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people. It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?

In addition, the American leader said that he would like to know who is behind the release of classified information. According to the president, these actions are tantamount to espionage. The president also noted that he would like to meet with his prosecutor.

In addition, Trump quoted Pastor Robert Jeffres on his Twitter saying that his removal from office could cause “a split comparable to what it was during the Civil War, from which the country will never recover.”

Representatives of the radical paramilitary movement Oath Keepers, who defended the US Constitution from attacks by the federal government, agreed with the president.

• Members of the Oath Keepers Movement
• Reuters
• © Jim Urquhart

“This is the main message from that series of tweets. It's true. Everything is just like that. We are really on the verge of a real civil war. Like in 1859. Everything is just like that. The right has zero confidence and respect for what the left is doing. We also believe that they do not have legitimacy, ”the statement said on the organization’s Twitter.

Here's the money quote from that thread. This is the truth. This is where we are. We ARE on the verge of a HOT civil war. Like in 1859. That's where we are. And the Right has ZERO trust or respect for anything the left is doing. We see THEM as illegitimate too. @ StewartRhodesOKhttps: //t.co/DjB8TY0vCo

The activity of Donald trump on the social network and his other statements to the public excited his political opponents in earnest. US presidential candidate for the Democratic Party Kamala Harris said that for security reasons it is necessary to delete the president’s account on Twitter. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, her colleague in the Democratic Party, said in turn that Trump should be imprisoned in solitary confinement.

“I urge the Republican Party to put an end to the abominable rhetoric of Trump, calling informants spies, as well as to gangsters riddled with hints that they should be killed. Trump is not enough to impeach. He has a place behind bars, in solitary confinement. Still, the most important thing is to impeach, ”wrote Waters on her Twitter.

I'm calling on the GOP to stop Trump's filthy talk of whistleblowers being spies & using mob language implying they should be killed. Impeachment is not good enough for Trump. He needs to be imprisoned & placed in solitary confinement. But for now, impeachment is the imperative.

Interrogations and hearings

Meanwhile, last Friday, the heads of three congressional committees appealed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanding that five State Department officials be called to Congress to testify, including Kurt Walker, who had not yet resigned at that time, and the former US ambassador to that country Marie Jovanovic.

However, the secretary of state, according to the CBS channel, refused to congressmen, saying that his subordinates were not given time to prepare. Pompeo also accused Congress of trying to intimidate State Department employees.

I'm concerned with aspects of the Committee's request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully, & treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State, including several career FSOs. pic.twitter.com/QRtMaXlhQM

In response, the heads of the committees stated that Pompeo himself intimidates his subordinates, preventing them from speaking in Congress. They also sent a letter to the name of Deputy Pompeo John Sullivan, in which they said that the Secretary of State, according to media reports, was allegedly present during that very conversation with Zelensky.

Therefore, in their opinion, he may have a “conflict of interest” in the Trump impeachment case.

In turn, CNN, citing sources surrounded by Kurt Walker, claims that the diplomat intends to appear in Congress and answer questions on the merits. According to Reuters, agreed to speak to Congress and Jovanovic.

Another person involved in the scandal surrounding Trump Zelensky’s call — President’s lawyer Rudi Giuliani — hired a lawyer in the midst of the scandal. His interests will now be represented by John Sale, who worked as an assistant to the special prosecutor during the investigation of the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Robert Nixon. Congress demands from Giuliani by October 15 to submit documents relating to its activities in relation to Ukraine.

Congressmen also demanded to provide similar information to the American businessman of Ukrainian origin Semyon Kislin and turned to two other immigrants from Ukraine living in the USA - Igor Fruman and Lev Parnassus.

Earlier, American media reported that Fruman and Parnassus put pressure on the Ukrainian authorities to discredit Trump's opponents, primarily Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. In July, both businessmen filed a lawsuit against Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who called them scammers.

• American businessman Semyon (Sam) Kislin
• RIA News
• © Ekaterina Chesnokova

In turn, Semyon Kislin this summer began to actively accuse the ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko of corruption. In particular, he claimed that he withdrew $ 8 billion from the country. In August, Kislin visited Kiev and, as Ukrainian media noted, held talks with and. about. Heads of SBU Ivan Bakanov.

Counter attack

Trump supporters also do not sit idle. On September 30, chairmen of two committees of the US Senate appealed to Attorney General William Barr to investigate “any ties” between Hillary Clinton and Ukrainian politicians. Earlier, US media reported that the State Department has intensified the investigation into the use of Hillary Clinton's personal mail.

• US Congress Building
• Reuters
• © Jason Reed

In addition, the U.S. Justice Department admitted that Attorney General William Barr is trying to get information from foreign powers as part of an investigation into the surveillance of US intelligence by Trump headquarters in 2016. In turn, Senator Lindsay Graham said that the Justice Department will soon submit a report on this issue.

As Pavel Feldman, deputy director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Forecasts at RUDN University, noted in an interview with RT, “Trump will most likely counterattack,” trying to defend himself against the attacks of the Democrats. According to the expert, what is happening in the USA can be compared with the “color revolution” against Trump.

“In this situation, it is completely impossible to properly implement US domestic and foreign policy. There comes another paralysis of the legislature. We will observe their confrontation with the executive branch, ”Feldman emphasized. - This is very bad for the world at large. The USA is a significant world power. And when such chaos and internal disassembly occurs in it, then one way or another the shock wave rolls around the world and global instability arises. ”

In turn, American political scientist Mikhail Sinelnikov-Orishak believes that information about the growth of tension in the United States is greatly exaggerated. Mutual accusations of politicians are commonplace.

“Such statements - complete nonsense and the transition to the individual. This is a common political struggle, when each side does not have enough arguments. Each side is trying to complement the actual gaps with its emotions. Americans love emotions, and if it is emotionally beautiful, so to speak, theatrical, they are ready to forgive the lack of logic and texture. And this is what politicians need. In principle, all this is a political theater, ”Sinelnikov-Orishak said in an interview with RT.

According to the expert, “the impeachment procedure will not end with anything,” but “pressure on Trump will go on constantly, until the election.”