(10-30-2019 12:25 PM)ausowl Wrote:  

(10-30-2019 11:12 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 12:29 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

Quote:Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert assigned to the National Security Council, is testifying in the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday, offering new details on the push for investigations of President Trump’s political rivals and corroborating other witnesses with his firsthand account of the alleged attempt at a quid pro quo.
Vindman is the first impeachment witness to have listened in on the July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump said he wanted a “favor” after Zelensky brought up the topic of nearly $400 million in promised American military aid. Vindman was listening from the Situation Room along with other NSC officials and members of Vice President Pence’s staff, he said in prepared remarks released late Monday, and was so “concerned by the call” — and that the president’s request could be seen as “a partisan play” that could “undermine U.S. national security” — that he reported it to the NSC’s lead counsel.
Vindman’s prepared testimony touched a nerve with Trump. The president took to Twitter early Tuesday to deride the Iraq War veteran, who appeared for his testimony in uniform, calling him a “Never Trumper” and questioning his recollection of events.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...story.html
Vindman's opening statement can be read here.

I have a hypothetical question that nobody seems to be asking. Suppose there is reason to believe that a political opponent has engaged in illegal or corrupt or unethical behavior. What then is a president supposed to do?
Do you not investigate because the potential perp is a political opponent? Or do you investigate vigorously and in so doing bring to bear all possible sources of information? Or do you conduct a half-hearted investigation in an attempt to avoid making waves? Or do you do something else, if so, what?
I am not asserting that either of the Bidens did anything illegal, unethical, or corrupt. That's why I am asking this as a hypothetical. As to whether or not there is adequate reason to believe that one or both Bidens may have engaged in illegal, corrupt, or unethical behavior, that is a different question.

Wasn't that what the Obama administration was confronted with in 2016?

And assuming hypothetically that they were, was their response okay?

And that gets to the second question, were they actually?