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McConnell: GOP will start impeachment trial, delay witnesses

2020-01-08

[APNEWS] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has the votes to start President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
’s impeachment trial as soon as House Speaker Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi
Nancy <q>San Fran Nan</q> Pelosi

Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...
releases the documents, winning support from GOP senators to postpone a decision on calling witnesses.

The announcement is significant, enabling McConnell to bypass for now Democratic demands for new testimony as he launches the third impeachment trial in the nation’s history on his preferred terms. It could begin this week if Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate. She is set to meet late Tuesday with her leadership team.

"We have the votes," McConnell told news hounds. He said the question of new witnesses and documents will be addressed later "and not before the trial begins."

The contours of a Senate trial have been in dispute. Pelosi is delaying transmission of the articles as Democrats press to hear from former national security adviser John Bolton and other new witnesses. McConnell has resisted and prefers speedy acquittal.

The GOP leader told senators at their closed-door lunch Tuesday that he has support for his plan, outlined in an organizing resolution that would be modeled after President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word is...
’s impeachment trial 20 years ago. It would start the trial first and postpone votes on witnesses until later in the process.

Posted by:Fred

#2 "We have the votes," McConnell told news hounds. He said the question of new witnesses and documents will be addressed later "and not before the trial begins."

Like I was saying yesterday, take this opportunity to dismiss the charges outright; straight up or down vote, no sideshow bullshit.

Democratic demands for new testimony...

Should be ignored. If the Dems weren't able or willing to do that at the House level, all the more reason for the 'motion to dismiss' due to a shoddy case being presented to the Senate. That's how normal court proceedings work. Point that out, hold the vote, and get on to something resembling productive Senate work.

Posted by: Raj 2020-01-08 09:13

#1 McConnell is talking like he is going to dignify the Dem-contrived cluster#@$% from a partisan star chamber boondoggle in the House. There were no identifiable crimes. There is no evidence to support the ginned-up articles of impeachment which have not been sent to the Senate from the House. The House alleges:

1. The first article charges him with abuse of power for pressuring Ukraine.
2. The second article charges him with obstruction of Congress for blocking testimony.

Neither of these articles can be proven. Why waste time by continuing the charade. How can you have a Senate trial without any charges presented. If smart, Congress should drop the whole sordid mess they created.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-01-08 09:06

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