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By waiting to present the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, more vital evidence has been brought to light; documents that support the charges against Trump, which add to the truth and that corroborate testimony made in the House hearings.
More witnesses, such as former National Security Adviser John Bolton (pictured right), need to be heard. Bolton has agreed to testify if he is subpoenaed.
not only encourage but vigorously convince Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (pictured left), Secretary of 
State Mike Pompeo (pictured right) and others to join with Bolton by testifying in the Trump trial because it's the right thing to do, and because it is crucial to our country and our Constitution, so that they can truthfully tell - under penalty of perjury - what they know.
Trump withheld that funding as a method of demanding President Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured right) to launch an investigation in to former U.S.
Trump's second charge against him in the two Articles of Impeachment is Obstruction of Congress. He is accused of directing "the unprecedented, categorical and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas." The impeachment document states that "In the history of the republic, no President has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the House of Representatives to investigate 'high crimes and misdemeanors.'" Trump obstructed the House impeachment investigation by not complying with congressional subpoenas for documents and witness testimony.
Trump is unquestionably wrong when he says that Article II of the U.S. Constitution gives him, as President, "the right to do whatever" he wants. Congress has the power to present subpoenas for documents and testimony, and prominent, reputable legal experts and constitutional scholars nationwide have unequivocally concluded that no President of the United States is immune from such an order. Therefore, Trump clearly obstructed the House impeachment probe. His narcissism and his lies cannot be allowed to overpower or command either our Constitution or our Congress. Trump has threatened our national security, he has abused his power, he has tampered with witnesses, he has obstructed Congress and American justice, and he has violated the United States Constitution and his oath of office. Donald Trump has betrayed our nation. He is a clear and present danger to our republic's democracy and the most dishonest and deceitful President in America's history.
By Speaker Pelosi waiting to turn over the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, we learned on Tuesday night, January 14th that Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani (pictured right), on his own stationery, wrote a letter to Ukraine's Zelensky on May 10th, 2018 when he was president-elect, whereby Giuliani sought to meet with the newly elected leader. Giuliani spells out that his request to Zelensky was with Trump's "knowledge and consent." Trump obviously lied in November 2019 about Giuliani contacting Zelensky by declaring, "I didn't direct him." Giuliani's letter is just another piece of evidence that is damning to Trump. The letter was released by the House after being presented to 
Mr. Biden. On a note pad from The Ritz-Carlton in
Vienna, Austria, one message (pictured left) says, "Get Zalensky to announce that the Biden case will be investigated." Congressman Adam Schiff - Democrat of California and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee (pictured above right) - says, "All of this new evidence confirms what we already know; the President and his associates pressured Ukrainian officials to announce investigations that would benefit the President politically." Meanwhile, Parnas is awaiting trial on campaign finance charges.
Permitting new testimony in the Senate trial could likely bring more evidence to the forefront that would be damaging to Donald Trump, but that would bring more truth to the American people. Moments before publishing this column, Speaker Pelosi announced and introduced the House Managers - the prosecutors for the Trump trial. Anyone with an ounce of brains should realize that the Republican-controlled Senate wants to race through a trial in an effort to acquit and exonerate Trump.
Putting Donald Trump above our country and our Constitution is not only wrong, it's malicious.
And that's The Controversy for today.
I'm Gary B. Duglin.
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Photo credits:
1 - Mark Wilson/Getty Images (Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi #1)
2 - Peter Nicholls/Reuters (Former National Security Adviser John Bolton)
3 - Leah Millis/Reuters (Senator Mitch McConnell)
4 - Alex Brandon/The Associated Press (Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney)
5 - Alex Wong/Getty Images (Secretary of State Mike Pompeo)
6 - The Associated Press (Donald Trump)
7 - Sergei Chuzakov/SOPA Images/Light Rocket via Getty Images (President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine)
8 - AFP/Getty Images (Former Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden)
9 - Charles Krupa/The Associated Press (Rudy Giuliani)
10 - The Associated Press (Lev Parnas)
11 - Screenshot by NPR (Lev Parnas' note)
12 - Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images
13 - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi #2)
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