The thing is, the original report was not a “leak”. It was a complaint made by a career government official (probably in counterintelligence) through the proper legal channels for making such a complaint.

If Giuliani were acting as the President’s private attorney and not as a government official, I do not see how it would be possible for him to be violating any anti-bribery statute as neither he nor anyone in the Ukrainian government would be considered a public official under that act.

I don’t think there is a federal extortion law that would cover this. As President, Trump would have the authority to negotiate with foreign officials and there is not a specific act that outlaws the President exercising his constitutional authority to negotiate with foreign leaders in a corrupt manner (as far as I…

That is incorrect. Nobody in the Ukrainian government would be considered a “public official” under that act and neither would the President of the United States.

Impeachment is, in theory the only immediate remedy. But in reality, impeachment is not a remedy because there is, to a reasonable margin of error, a zero chance of an impeachment resulting in a guilty verdict.

Just out of curiosity, what part of the federal code do you think he is violating? I mean, what he did was as corrupt as hell, but other than the possibility of violating campaign finance law (which seems like it might be difficult to go after him for given the circumstances), what law was he violating? 

14 months if we’re lucky. And even if we are, I doubt he’s going to go gently into the good night. He’s going to be ranting and raving to whomever will broadcast him until he finally dies. 

That seems like a very unlikely stretch to me. The President has a constitutional authority to negotiate with foreign governments. Imagine that this were Obama who was using his negotiating power to try to force the Ukrainian government to turn over intelligence information to the FBI on a candidate for President that…

In this case, other than a possible campaign finance violation (which seems like it would be pretty difficult to get a criminal conviction out of), I’m not sure what crime Trump would have committed.

I think you mean, you don’t read well, as well is an appropriate adverb in this context and good is not. 

So um, remind me when Bush or Regan carelessly let slip highly classified information in the presence of Gorbachev or one of his ministers. Remind me when the Bushes knew where their assets were (outside of a blind trust) and undertook actions to specifically benefit those assets. Remind me when the Bushes threatened…

Electrified, mostly grade-separated commuter rail could really benefit LA out. Electrify the Metrolink and remove most of the level crossings. Caltrain is already less than an hour from downtown San Jose to San Francisco and it is going to be much faster once the line is fully electrified and the new tunnel to the…

I do not know who filed the complaint but I am sorry to inform you Donny, but there are plenty of lifelong Republicans in the intelligence community that think you are a clear and present danger to this nation’s national security and that promising foreign leaders money in exchange for attacking your domestic…

This is an important consideration. Los Angeles has about 17 million people in the CSA, only about 5 million less than New York. But New York actually has a lot of ways to move around that are not driving. It is also not so spread-out.

I disagree; Trump is still quite a bit of an aberration from a traditional Republican President. First there is just the gross lack of personal fitness for the role. You have to be narcissistic  to run for President, but Trump takes it to a dangerous level where he puts the whims of his ego ahead of his…

About half of Americans have stock investments in some form or another, mostly through pensions and 401Ks

Plus San Francisco, like most elderly cities, does not have a storm sewer system. The only time that needles could possibly get washed out to sea would be during one of the rare winter rainstorms that overwhelms the sewage treatment system and results in the dumping of raw sewage in the Bay and the Pacific.  

States can only set higher minimum wages because the federal government has not specified that they cannot. It’s part of federal supremacy. If the federal government could probably make the minimum wage universal if they wanted and prevent States from enacting higher ones.

That’s a perfect example of why, regardless of your political beliefs, if you are a patriot who loves America, you should be very concerned about having someone like Trump as President.