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Schiff warns that Trump impeachment trial could end with acquittal
NBC News via MSN ^ | 7/28/19 | Ben Kamisar

Posted on 07/29/2019 8:51:56 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: qaz123

If Schiff were honest, he’d be neither Democrat nor Congressman.


21 posted on 07/29/2019 9:09:20 AM PDT by karnage
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To: Spruce

Hell, they can’t stop....That’s all they got...They don’t do squat for the American people in the House...This is the only thing they can do to stay in the spotlight even though it shows their idiocy...

The members of Congress (both parties) for the most part just live for all the benefits and perks they get from office...They are oblivious of what the country needs...

The election of Donald Trump really threw a huge boulder in their path...Before, they could all just sit back and every now and then give a (harumph) speech and claim to be “working hard”...

Now the President is forcing them to be somewhat accountable (a word that scares the hell outta them)...

Because of their fright of the President, they are actually showing the American people that they really don’t care at all about their constituents because they don’t even try to make a show of working for their districts...


22 posted on 07/29/2019 9:09:56 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Libloather

Schiff is worried about discovery in a Senate proceeding.


23 posted on 07/29/2019 9:11:26 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Libloather

No democrat has named a high crime.
Not one.


24 posted on 07/29/2019 9:11:48 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

The real question is why is this lightweight in charge of the Intelligence committee of the Congress of the United States?!

The Chinese Communists have to be howling with laughter when they see him.


25 posted on 07/29/2019 9:13:20 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: dead

One of the many reasons Dems are bluffing on impeachment.


Another is that Trump is allowed a full defense. That means he can subpoena witnesses. Imagine Comey, Brennan, Clapper, PIAPS, Obama, et. al., being put under oath and being forced to take the fifth over and over.

The Dems will not vote for impeachment as they can’t unring the bell, imo.


26 posted on 07/29/2019 9:20:32 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

From that pic it looks like he’s playing hooky from plowing the south forty, like his dad told him to do.


27 posted on 07/29/2019 9:21:41 AM PDT by JPG (MAGA!)
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To: Libloather

....but that is not an exoneration! /s


28 posted on 07/29/2019 9:27:09 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: JPG

Schiff should be the first perp walked due to sheer douche baggery...


29 posted on 07/29/2019 9:29:54 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: JPG

Schiff should be the first perp walked due to sheer douche baggery...


30 posted on 07/29/2019 9:29:54 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Libloather

Impeachment is just indictment. Can’t indict if a crime cannot be articulated. Mere articulation of alleged crime isn’t enough, there must be enough evidence to reasonably suggest the crime was committed, and by the alleged perpetrator. “We did not address ‘collusion,’ which is not a legal term. Rather, we focused on whether the evidence was sufficient to charge any member of the campaign with taking part in a criminal conspiracy. It was not.” - Mueller

Democrats may have a House majority, but not by much. Zero Republicans will vote in favor. Enough Democrats either don’t believe an indictment is appropriate, or reasonably fear repercussions for indicting, to overwhelm the small margin of voting bloc superiority. D leaders probably can’t get enough votes to achieve a majority vote.

Ergo, impeachment per se is unlikely in best case.

Acquittal? that comes in the Republican-controlled Senate, acting on the objective evidence as it applies to the alleged crime - neither of which even exist, as articulated by Mueller: if there isn’t enough evidence to specify a crime for which to indict the subject, there certainly isn’t enough to convict. Acquittal due to lack of anything legally actionable.


31 posted on 07/29/2019 9:30:41 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Libloather

They always say obstruction but they never get around to telling you what he actually did. It’s like my saying Schiff is a murderer over and over but never telling you who he killed or how he did it.


32 posted on 07/29/2019 9:32:57 AM PDT by BusterDog
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What a COWARD!!!


33 posted on 07/29/2019 9:33:35 AM PDT by jackibutterfly (A vote for ANY Democrat, whether it be in a local, st or fed election, is a vote against America.)
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To: Libloather

Schitt will charge PDJT with Jaywalking in 1969

(since he has no other crime to charge him with)

and yes,
DJT will be acquitted

since Schitt doesn’t even have any evidence of That!


34 posted on 07/29/2019 9:34:07 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Libloather

Schiff has NOT been right on one thing the last two years. AND he’s wrong on this too.


35 posted on 07/29/2019 9:37:56 AM PDT by GOPJ (The black community created hellholes in many of our beautiful cities. Shame on them.)
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To: Libloather
Schiff warns that Trump impeachment trial could end with acquittal

Could? Unless someone can tell me where the 67 votes are in the Senate to convict then there is no chance at all an impeachment trial doesn't end with acquittal.

36 posted on 07/29/2019 9:40:10 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: HombreSecreto

That is exactly correct.


37 posted on 07/29/2019 9:42:52 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Libloather

Sounds like Schiff is engaged in one-ups-man-ship with Nadler.

Both are fighting to stay relevant....to get the all-imporant camera-time (to keep their donors writing checks).


38 posted on 07/29/2019 9:47:28 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. conclusive)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Is it true that the kid in the picture disappeared shortly after posing with the POS, Schitt?


39 posted on 07/29/2019 9:48:30 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Libloather

Article I of Impeachment:

As Special Counsel Mueller through his lack of candor in refusing to answer questions from our committee to our satisfaction, possibly gave a vague impression that the president may have committed some kind of obstruction of justice, Congress charges the president with some kind of obstruction and refers this to the Senate for trial.


40 posted on 07/29/2019 9:49:07 AM PDT by Deo volente ("Paging Mr. Charles Martel. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.")
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