OPINION:
Where were the Democrats’ distinguished legal scholars when President Obama betrayed Ukraine? Mr. Obama asked Vladimir Putin for “space” in the run-up to the 2012 elections, with assurance of resolving “missile defense” issues. In March 2013, Mr. Obama obligingly cancelled the final phase of the European Missile Defense System, and then sat on his hands when Russia annexed Ukraine in February and March 2014. Yet the phrases “bribery,” “abuse of authority,” “inviting foreign intervention,” “quid pro quo,” “withholding lethal military aid,” “undermining national security” and “treason” never came up.
Instead, last week we got a Schiff-like parody of pseudo-evidence and mocking of the president’s minor child. But then, Sens. Robert Menendez, Parric Leahy and Dick Durbin pushing Ukraine for dirt on Paul Manafort in writing also raised no alarms. There were no Democratic concerns over “Quid Pro Quo Joe” Biden, either. As if Mr. Trump were protected from investigation by being a political opponent. It must be selective scholarly blindness.
WILLIAM T. FIDURSKI
Clark, N.J.
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