Amen!

A long list should be created here. Some ideas:

1. Coddling criminal heads of state and holding private one-on-one conferences with them while performing official duties as POTUS.
2. Soliciting foreign nations to hack our allies, our institutions, or any US citizen.
3. Soliciting foreign nations to hack one's political rival.
4. Using unsecure electronic devices for official government business.
5. Soliciting emoluments like having potential beneficiaries of government policy pay premium prices to join one's country clubs, lease one's resort or hotel rooms or other assets (especially in cases where the lease is paid but the leased asset is never used " wtf is that!!?), or purchases condos or other assets from the President, President's family or their businesses where there is even a remote appearance of conflict of interest.
6. Inciting distrust of federal institutions, like the FBI, the intelligence community, and federal agencies.
7. Attempting to incite violence against the press and journalists.
8. Covering up or abetting foreign state persecution of US journalists (or the heinous murder and dismemberment of a US journalist).

Just the beginning of a very long list.

An interesting thread. Tchump has made his entire "brand" on carefully cultivating a fictitious image of success and wealth. Most of his "wealth" is borrowed and it seems that a lot has been "won" dishonestly ... misusing his charitable foundation like a personal checking account, holding fundraisers for military families and veterans and pocketing lots of the proceeds, lying to lenders and Forbes about his huge value net assets, and then lying to tax folk about his assets low value. As a developer with a house of cards of interlocking subsidiaries, his financial statements are a chimera. Depending on the audience, his organization could be made to look like anything from nunnery to cat house. Just a matter of how you show the books and which books are shown. Meier Lansky would be proud.

Be skeptical that Roberts will side with the NY prosecutors. There is no federal law YET that requires personal financial disclosure to RUN for national office. Should there be? Sure. What required annual disclosures for federal executives and Congress? So far, apparently the Tchumps haven't made those disclosures public, if they've made them at all.

What's really compelling about the need for full disclosure is the public trust demands it. For the high level of security clearance to be even close to America's National Security Council, a thorough background investigation must 100% confidently determine that clearance holders have absolutely no other interests that could possibly conflict with their duty to support the Constitution of the US against all adversaries foreign or domestic. And the investigation requires confidence that higher level clearance have been absolutely truthful in providing the information required. How any of the Tchumps (Don, Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, Jared) could have passed is one of this Administration's great mysteries.

To make impeachment resonate, the Congress needs to focus on a number of things that the average working American cares about, like supporting Russia's efforts to weaken NATO and the West's efforts to collaborate against Putin's disruptions and war on former Soviet satellites; his collaboration with MBS's cover-up of the brutal murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist, and, if it can be proved, Trump's profiting from "see-throughs" renting rooms in his resorts or buying his condos that might be linked to buying influence.

Weakenig America's national security position always resonates. Trump's hatred of the press might give him unwarranted cover, but helping Arabia cover up state sponsored murder of a US journalist might be too much. Being a big business owner might sound impressive, but being caught as a self-dealing public servant profiting from his public service duties might be too much.

Clownshack. Didn't Will Rogers, a famed Depression-era social comic admit that he "didn't belong to any organized political party"? He said, "That't because I'm a Democrat!" Even as the party's changed over time, his claim still holds true. When the Dem's tried to be "well-organized" in 2016, they forgot to campaign hard in Important places like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other flyover states; and, while winning the popular vote, they lost the election. This time all seems less organized than ever, and the once-promising alternate candidates of 2016 seem less competitive than they were 4 years ago. Maybe being disorganized this time will yield more popular results?

Clownshack. Didn't Will Rogers, the famed Depression era social cimic admit that he "didn't belong to any organized political party"? He said,, "That't because I'm a Democrat!" Even as the party's changed over time, his claim still holds true. When the Dem's tried to be "well-organized" in 2016, they forgot to campaign hard in Important places like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other flyover states; and, while winning the popular vote, they lost the election. This time all seems less organized than ever, and the once-promising alternate candidates of 2016 seem less competitive than they were 4 years ago. Maybe being disorganized this time will yield more popular results?

Let's see where the GOP sample came from: David Duke HQ, Louisiana; the Jeff Davis Confederate Veterans Families Post, HQ, Montgomery Alabama, and the Aryan Militia Regiment, Cheyene Wyoming? No surprises here!

From Lee Atwater's race-baiting days (1970s-80s) and even before, the GOP migrated away from its being the "Party of Lincoln" and towards its being the "Party of David Duke". Under Tchump, the migration is essentially complete, and now the GOP is migrating to become the "Party for Autocrats". Why would any loyal member of such a party rank Lincoln above Tchump??

Fortunately the recent record of islamist terrorism in western countries has been primarily through acts of crazed individuals and small groups, unlike what has gone on in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. But, the West must constantly remember that these crazed individuals and small groups are not the general Muslim populace. They are inspired by a relatively small group of radical imams and by well-funded websites that incite violence either against non-radicalized muslims, opposing muslim sects, or against so-called "kafir" (non-believers).

Vigilance is always needed to defeat the crazed zealots, not to persecute the law abiding assimilating, decent majority caught in the middle. But a real effort is needed to determine the funding sources behind the radical imams, behind radical Wahhabism, and behind these radical eZines and websites. Unfortunately, a lot of evidence points to lots of resources for these radical imams and terror-inspiring web sites coming from higher ups in countries that we rely on as allies. Oy!

Typo correction to above: "... to avoid any appearance of impropriety as Clinton's ethics OFFICIALS advised him during his ..." inadvertently omitted "officials" in post #3. Didn't want to open a door to a distraction. Let's stay focused on the here and now. Don Tchump's murky personal legal team's compensation details.

Jay Sekulow's primary employment is through an evangelical not-for-profit (NFP) that lobbies for increased political rights for evangelical groups and that seeks to make their narrow religious perspective the basis for all laws and political appointments.

If Seculow's NFP employer is paying Trump's legal bill, is it violating laws prohibiting tax-deductible contributions from being used for partisan political causes? Potentially worse, is any part of Sekulow's income derived from foreign sources?

A good Attorney General would work with the White House's Ethics Office to counsel Tchump to carefully avoid any appearance of impropriety as Clinton's ethics advised him during his impeachment journey. Is AG Barr complicit in allowing this fishy business to go on uninvestigated?

Guiliani proudly claimed his services were "pro bono", but the correct complete legal term is "pro bono publico" " i.e., "for the good of the public".

Why does a self-proclaimed "billionaire" need any "pro bono publico" services? What's the quid-pro-quo in this freebie relationship?

Is all of bankrupt Rudolph Guiliani's time and travel expense being freely donated By a cash-strapped, post-divorce Guiliani to the his egomaniac billionaire client without a dime of tax payer money in reimbursement? Smells awfully fishy.

Nothing Donald Tchump does surprises any intelligent person. Tchump's the man who boasted "Because I'm smart" when asked why he paid virtually $0 income tax. ... All the more reason for a supplemental "net assets tax".

If Tchump wants Forbes to report his net worth is $2 Billion, then a de minimis wealth tax rate of say, for discussion's sake, 0.1%/year would result in a paltry tax liability (for such wealth) of at least $2 million/year, even if his claimed earnings were negative.

Fair is fair, Donald, you rich, greedy braggart.

How does Nunez keep his security clearance?

Yup! What a turd that now blonde-dyed creep is! No one in his circle can tell him it's wrong. No one in the GOP dares to.

#10 Hatter5183 ... Just wondering if you circled back to Tom F's OpEd. Hope you did. Still, your joke was very good. If Mike Pompeo was a 2.0 (straight C) grad, I'm sure he'd appreciate the backup.

# 4, 19 DOCNJO, ALOHA. #4 was funny. Re # 19, ... Not sure I heard of any law mandating reporting all violations". Maybe it's an Army law? (I think) it only applies to WP cadets and maybe USAFA's. ... Not a Navy rule, I hope. Navy officers commit to the never "lie, cheat or steal" code (as long as no vital US security issues are at risk).

Btw, the online NYT might have revised Friedman' OpEd headline from "Mike Pompeo: Last in His Class at West Point" to "Mike Pompeo: Last in His Class at West Point in Integrity".

I'm sure Mike feels much better about being called, "Last in His Class at West Point -- in Integrity" than "Mike Pompeo: Last in His Class at West Point -- in Good Looks)", or "Last in His Class at West Point " in Physical Firness", or anything like that!!

Sheez! Who cares about integrity.
; )

#14 Dumbass, Reich-of-Center, doltschien!

... Trivialize and criticize. ... Just like Reich-of-Center Tchump "our Twitter-Bully Fuehrer.

Couldn't you have at least made a nice, cute joke related to Friedman's intentionally attention-grabbing headline?

Tchump has become America's world-recognized "Insulter-in-chief" and there's no denying that. But people who come on to this site throwing insults at those whose opinions they don't like need to stop acting like the Tchump-meister on the Retort

Feurher Tchump has spent his career perfecting the art of intimidation through insult and humiliation. But if that's the battleground you seek, be prepared to get everything you give in Tchumpian mannerisms right back.

One more try to type without typos or skipped parts of sentences;

#10. Good joke.

But you obviously hadn't read Friedman's OoEd. If I graduated at the bottom of a class as challenging as any of the service academies's classes, I'd crow that joke to any potential employer or grad or professional school admissions officer that didn't understand the grit it takes for the academies' academic "underachievers" to just get through.

But Pompeo wasn't an academic "struggler". He evidently entered WP with a high IQ. To him, achievement as an "Engineering Management" (i.e., a "Skate") major was NOT a struggle. That's the point!!

Friedman's OoEd is NOT about academic ranking. It's about a far more core, MORAL, lethal and important standard for ranking WP's class members " scholarship awardees whose alma mater's cherished Honor Code motto is "Duty, Honor, Country."

Read the OpEd. ... Then reflect on the meaning of: "Duty. Honor. Country." (MacArthur's famous last words.)

Were/are they tarnished by Mr. Pompeo???

Your opinion?

"WO's class..." should have read, ""WP's Class ..."/

#10. Good joke.

But you obviously hadn't read Friedman's OoEd. If I graduated at the bottom of a class as challenging as any of the service academies's classes, I'd crow that joke to any potential employer or grad or professional school admissions officer that didn't understand the grit it takes for the academies' academic "underachievers" to just get through.

But Pompeo wasn't an academic "struggler". He evidently entered WP with a high IQ. To him, academic achievement as an "Engineering Management" (i.e., "skate") major was NOT a struggle. That's not the point!!

Friedman's point is NOT about academic rank. It's about a far more core, MORAL, lethal and important standard for ranking WO's class members. ... Especially for college scholarship awardees whose alma mater's cherished Honor Code motto is "Duty, Honor, Country".

Read the OpEd. ... Then reflect on the meaning of this: "Duty. Honor. Country."

(MacArthur's famous last words.)

Were/are they tarnished by Mr. Pompeo???

Your opinion?

#10. Good joke.

But you obviously hadn't read Friedman's OoEd. If I graduated at the bottom of a class as challenging as any of the service academies's classes, I'd crow that joke to any potential employer or grad or professional school admissions officer that didn't understand the grit it takes for the academies' academic "underachievers" to just get through.

But Pompeo wasn't an academic "struggler". He evidently entered WP with a high IQ. To him, academic achievement as an "Engineering Management" (i.e., "skate") major

Friedman's point us NOT about academic class rank AT ALL. It's a far more core, MORAL, lethal, and important standard, ... especially for college scholarship awardees who's alma mater's Honor Code motto is "Duty, Honor, Country".

Read the OpEd. Then reflect on the meaning of this: "Duty. Honor. Country."

MacArthur's famous last words. Tarnished??

Righto! Actually Pompeo only did the minimum 5 yr stint after WP (in Germany) and avoided serving in the sandbox during Desert Storm. His move to Wichita (Koch's hq hometown) was a stroke of Tea Party genius. His deputies under Tchump are all WP classmates & Wichita cronies. A tight circle of Trump-uber-alles freunden.

I guess Pompeo sees his chances to run for US Senate fading before his eyes. Aside from unlimited contributions from Koch, what else are his talents?