{"id":101259,"date":"2018-07-18T15:12:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T19:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=101259"},"modified":"2018-07-18T15:12:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T19:12:52","slug":"democrats-want-trumps-helsinki-translator-hauled-in-front-of-congress-to-testify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=101259","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Want Trump&#8217;s Helsinki Translator Hauled In Front Of Congress To Testify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>At least two Congressional Democrats are calling for Trump&#8217;s interpreter to testify about the private one-on-one meeting held between the US President and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20and%20translator_0.jpg?itok=6r13jjXT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20and%20translator_0.jpg?itok=6r13jjXT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20and%20translator_0.jpg\" srcset=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20and%20translator_0.jpg?itok=6r13jjXT 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3815bd19-6f85-44b7-a991-91973412d2c5\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/trump-and-translator_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101260\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/trump-and-translator_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/trump-and-translator_0.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/trump-and-translator_0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) and Rep. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) made similar requests this week.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/droooool_0.JPG?itok=4FTyg-BY\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/droooool_0.JPG?itok=4FTyg-BY\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/droooool_0.JPG\" srcset=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/droooool_0.JPG?itok=4FTyg-BY 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5cbbf0a4-fd7b-4b3c-bfd1-d6106fdec17e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/droooool_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101261\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/droooool_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/droooool_0.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/droooool_0-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy tweeted on Monday: &#8220;@realDonaldTrump\u2019s translator should come before Congress and testify as to what was said privately immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And that was only what we saw on live TV. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>\u2019s translator should come before Congress and testify as to what was said privately immediately. If Republicans are as outraged as they claim, then issue the subpoena today. 2\/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Kennedy III (@joekennedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekennedy\/status\/1018928908232781824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And Rep. Shaheen tweeted on Tuesday: &#8220;I\u2019m calling for a hearing with the U.S. interpreter who was present during President Trump\u2019s meeting with Putin to uncover what they discussed privately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m calling for a hearing with the U.S. interpreter who was present during President Trump\u2019s meeting with Putin to uncover what they discussed privately. This interpreter can help determine what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> shared\/promised Putin on our behalf.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (@SenatorShaheen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorShaheen\/status\/1019308627348348928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Neither Democratic reps addressed whether such testimony would violate the translator&#8217;s professional code of ethics or government rules.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has drawn rebuke over his warm tone towards Putin during last weekend&#8217;s summit in Helsinki, Finland &#8211; along with what the President says was a mis-statement on his opinion over Russian hacking.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before a meeting with GOP lawmakers on Tuesday, Trump told reporters that he misspoke in Helsinki and that when he said he saw no reason why it &#8220;would&#8221; be Russia that interfered, he meant to say he saw no reason why it &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that he has &#8220;full faith and support for America&#8217;s great intelligence agencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>I accept our intelligence community&#8217;s conclusion that Russia&#8217;s meddling in the 2016 election took place<\/strong>,&#8221; Trump said, but then, calling into question the extent of his acceptance, he added that it &#8220;could be other people also, there are a lot of people out there.&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/07\/17\/629764949\/ryan-vladimir-putin-does-not-share-our-interests\">NPR<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Considering that both House and Senate investigative panels are controlled by Republicans, calls to have Trump&#8217;s translator testify will fall flat unless there is GOP support.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-07-18\/democrats-want-trumps-helsinki-translator-hauled-front-congress-testify\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-07-18\/democrats-want-trumps-helsinki-translator-hauled-front-congress-testify<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extras-section\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above\">\n<div class=\"field__items\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}