“THE PEOPLE’S PAPER” VOL. 20 ISSUE 1 ~ October 2019
[email protected] Online: www.alabamagazette.com 28 Pages – 4 Sections ©2019 Montgomery, Autauga, Elmore, Crenshaw, Tallapoosa, Pike and Surrounding Counties 334-356-6700 OOPPEENN HHOOUUSSEE ION BLICAT S OF PU 20 YEAR Tuesday-October 15th ~ 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 12 E Jefferson Street Tangled Webs and Telephone Cords “O, what a tangled web we weave KEY PLAYERS when first we practice to deceive.” • President Donald Trump – Sir Walter Scott • Vice President Mike Pence But identifying who is being deceitful here in this Watergate-esque scandal is • Former President Barrack Obama less than clear. There is so much bias, incompetence, deception, and potential • Former Vice President Joe Biden law-breaking that it is very difficult to be objective, and ultimately that is the problem. It is the type of scandal that removes one’s faith in government and • Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, lawyer, lobbyist, anyone involved with it. Ukrainian Natural Gas Producer Burisma board member So in an attempt to untangle and better understand this mess, let’s begin by • Marie Louise Yovanovitch, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine asking a series of broad scope questions: from May 18, 2016 to May 20, 2019 • What authorities, limitations, responsibilities, and levels of discretion do (and should) the president, members of Congress, and all other Federal • Former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, Government officials have? Here, it is useful to see both of Google who resigned on September 27, 2019 vdefinitions