McConnell: If House Impeaches President Trump, Senate Must Have Trial

Gateway Pundit ^ | 09/27/2019 | Cristina Laila

[glorgau]

Yep, I’d see the possibility of violence. And not that petty antifa level stuff.

Scary times.

[CodeToad]

DC is no longer serving a purpose that benefits the people.

[schwingdoc]

Let us not forget that if an impeachment trial goes to the Senate, Chief Justice Roberts would be presiding.
Wow, what a s**t show this would be.

[JonPreston]

Keep dreaming :)

[DoughtyOne]

You are probably right.

I’ve been saying Dole did not conduct a trial in the U. S. Senate. I just checked, and low and behold they did hold one. Further, Trent Lott was the Majority Leader, not Dole.

I don’t believe I was ever aware a trial was held. I thought it went to the Senate and just died, never pursued.

Here’s a chronological timeline of the impeachment proceedings.

https://www.famous-trials.com/clinton/881-chronology

Am I the only person who didn’t think a trial was held in the Senate for Bill Clinton?

[jazusamo]

Here's the verdict in the Senate in the trial of Bill Clinton 50 Guilty - 50 Not Guilty

Articles of Impeachment, U.S. Senate judgement

(67 "guilty" votes necessary for a conviction)February 12, 1999

Articles One and TwoPartyTotal votes Democratic Republican

Guilty0 045 5045 50 Not guilty 45 45 10 5 55 50

Roll call votes on the Articles of Impeachment
Senator	Party–state	Article One vote	Article Two vote
Spencer Abraham	R– MI	Guilty	Guilty
Daniel Akaka	D– HI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Wayne Allard	R– CO	Guilty	Guilty
John Ashcroft	R– MO	Guilty	Guilty
Max Baucus	D– MT	Not guilty	Not guilty
Evan Bayh	D– IN	Not guilty	Not guilty
Bob Bennett	R– UT	Guilty	Guilty
Joe Biden	D– DE	Not guilty	Not guilty
Jeff Bingaman	D– NM	Not guilty	Not guilty
Kit Bond	R– MO	Guilty	Guilty
Barbara Boxer	D– CA	Not guilty	Not guilty
John Breaux	D– LA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Sam Brownback	R– KS	Guilty	Guilty
Richard Bryan	D– NV	Not guilty	Not guilty
Jim Bunning	R– KY	Guilty	Guilty
Conrad Burns	R– MT	Guilty	Guilty
Robert Byrd	D– WV	Not guilty	Not guilty
Ben Nighthorse Campbell	R– CO	Guilty	Guilty
John Chafee	R– RI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Max Cleland	D– GA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Thad Cochran	R– MS	Guilty	Guilty
Susan Collins	R– ME	Not guilty	Not guilty
Kent Conrad	D– ND	Not guilty	Not guilty
Paul Coverdell	R– GA	Guilty	Guilty
Larry Craig	R– ID	Guilty	Guilty
Mike Crapo	R– ID	Guilty	Guilty
Tom Daschle	D– SD	Not guilty	Not guilty
Mike DeWine	R– OH	Guilty	Guilty
Chris Dodd	D– CT	Not guilty	Not guilty
Byron Dorgan	D– ND	Not guilty	Not guilty
Pete Domenici	R– NM	Guilty	Guilty
Dick Durbin	D– IL	Not guilty	Not guilty
John Edwards	D– NC	Not guilty	Not guilty
Mike Enzi	R– WY	Guilty	Guilty
Russ Feingold	D– WI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Dianne Feinstein	D– CA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Peter Fitzgerald	R– IL	Guilty	Guilty
Bill Frist	R– TN	Guilty	Guilty
Slade Gorton	R– WA	Not guilty	Guilty
Bob Graham	D– FL	Not guilty	Not guilty
Phil Gramm	R– TX	Guilty	Guilty
Rod Grams	R– MN	Guilty	Guilty
Chuck Grassley	R– IA	Guilty	Guilty
Judd Gregg	R– NH	Guilty	Guilty
Chuck Hagel	R– NE	Guilty	Guilty
Tom Harkin	D– IA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Orrin Hatch	R– UT	Guilty	Guilty
Jesse Helms	R– NC	Guilty	Guilty
Fritz Hollings	D– SC	Not guilty	Not guilty
Tim Hutchinson	R– AR	Guilty	Guilty
Kay Bailey Hutchison	R– TX	Guilty	Guilty
Jim Inhofe	R– OK	Guilty	Guilty
Daniel Inouye	D– HI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Jim Jeffords	R– VT	Not guilty	Not guilty
Tim Johnson	D– SD	Not guilty	Not guilty
Ted Kennedy	D– MA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Bob Kerrey	D– NE	Not guilty	Not guilty
John Kerry	D– MA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Herb Kohl	D– WI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Jon Kyl	R– AZ	Guilty	Guilty
Mary Landrieu	D– LA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Frank Lautenberg	D– NJ	Not guilty	Not guilty
Patrick Leahy	D– VT	Not guilty	Not guilty
Carl Levin	D– MI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Joe Lieberman	D– CT	Not guilty	Not guilty
Blanche Lincoln	D– AR	Not guilty	Not guilty
Trent Lott	R– MS	Guilty	Guilty
Richard Lugar	R– IN	Guilty	Guilty
Connie Mack III	R– FL	Guilty	Guilty
John McCain	R– AZ	Guilty	Guilty
Mitch McConnell	R– KY	Guilty	Guilty
Barbara Mikulski	D– MD	Not guilty	Not guilty
Daniel Patrick Moynihan	D– NY	Not guilty	Not guilty
Frank Murkowski	R– AK	Guilty	Guilty
Patty Murray	D– WA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Don Nickles	R– OK	Guilty	Guilty
Jack Reed	D– RI	Not guilty	Not guilty
Harry Reid	D– NV	Not guilty	Not guilty
Chuck Robb	D– VA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Pat Roberts	R– KS	Guilty	Guilty
Jay Rockefeller	D– WV	Not guilty	Not guilty
William Roth	R– DE	Guilty	Guilty
Rick Santorum	R– PA	Guilty	Guilty
Paul Sarbanes	D– MD	Not guilty	Not guilty
Chuck Schumer	D– NY	Not guilty	Not guilty
Jeff Sessions	R– AL	Guilty	Guilty
Richard Shelby	R– AL	Not guilty	Guilty
Bob Smith	R– NH	Guilty	Guilty
Gordon H. Smith	R– OR	Guilty	Guilty
Olympia Snowe	R– ME	Not guilty	Not guilty
Arlen Specter	R– PA	Not guilty	Not guilty
Ted Stevens	R– AK	Not guilty	Guilty
Craig L. Thomas	R– WY	Guilty	Guilty
Fred Thompson	R– TN	Not guilty	Guilty
Strom Thurmond	R– SC	Guilty	Guilty
Robert Torricelli	D– NJ	Not guilty	Not guilty
John Warner	R– VA	Not guilty	Guilty
George Voinovich	R– OH	Guilty	Guilty
Paul Wellstone	D– MN	Not guilty	Not guilty
Ron Wyden	D– OR	Not guilty	Not guilty

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[DoodleDawg]

...Senate Must Have Trial...

Moscow Mitch is channeling his inner Lewis Carroll: "Come, I'll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I've nothing to do.' Said the mouse to the cur, 'Such a trial, dear Sir, with no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.' 'I'll be judge, I'll be jury,' Said cunning old Fury: 'I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.'"

[QuigleyDU]

Trump wiil not be removed from office, calm down people, and its not even gonna be close. Ridiculouus amount of panic here, proving to many of you watch and read to much fake news.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. I posted a correction in this post, which mentioned Lott was the Majority Leader and provided a chronological record of the impeachment process.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3781881/posts?page=65#65

[LibertyWoman]

Wouldn’t that be a sight. Unlike the marxist, who would have used force against us, our President wouldn’t turn the military or LE on us. Perhaps that’s the only way to truly ‘clean’ up D.C./Swamp. Maybe we should strike while the iron is hot...(so to speak)

[DoughtyOne]

Joh, thanks for the kudos, but they were premature.

Check out this correction of my comments.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3781881/posts?page=65#65

[JonPreston]

Good idea.

Why hasn’t it happened before?

It's stunning that some dolts still have faith in the political system. Trump broke it and for that I'm truly grateful. It's been a scam for decades.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. Here’s a post where I correct the record. I was wrong.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3781881/posts?page=65#65

[plain talk]

Trump needs good strong relations with people in the House and Senate to fight this thing. So far he has been a isolated CEO barking orders and doing his tweet and EO thing. Trump needs to get a strong coalition behind him. How this turns out all depends on Trump.

[dsrtsage]

” I don’t see where they’re going to get the votes other than Mittens crossing over to vote with them.”

Et tu, Brute?

[seastay]

Can somebody here speak to this theory below on how impeachment frees up the president to put his accusers on the record for cross testimony in his defense which will uncover deep state corruption up until this point that the establishment has blocked and news has refused to cover?

LET THEM GO AHEAD AND IMPEACH TRUMP.... HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS THEN......
By: Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD, (Political Science)
I have a degree in Political Science, and I am a card-carrying Libertarian. I've been studying politics and political history for the past 30 years. My specialty is U.S. Presidents. That said, I hope that the House of
Representatives impeaches Trump. Let me tell you what will happen next!
1. The House can pass articles of impeachment over the objections of the
Republicans, and refer to the Senate for trial.
2. The Senate will conduct a trial. There will be a vote, and the Republicans will vote unanimously, along with a small number of Democrats, to not convict the President. Legally, it will all be over at that point.
3. However, during the trial, and this is what no one is thinking about right now, the President's attorneys will have the right to subpoena and question ANYONE THEY WANT.. That is different than the special counsel
investigation, which was very one-sided. So, during the impeachment trial, we will be hearing testimony from James Comey, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Glenn Simpson, Donna Brazile, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch,
Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper, and a whole host of other participants in this whole sordid affair and the ensuing cover up activities.
A lot of dirt will be dug up; a lot of truth will be unveiled. Finger pointing will occur. Deals will start being made, and suddenly, a lot of democrats will start being charged and going to prison.
All this, because, remember, the President's team will now, for the first time, have the RIGHT to question all of these people under oath – and they will turn on each other. That is already starting.
4. Lastly, one more thing will happen, the Senate will not convict the President. Nothing will happen to Trump. Most Americans are clueless about political processes, the law, and the Constitution. Most Americans believe
that being impeached results in removal from office. They don't understand that phase 2 is a trial in and by the Senate, where he has zero chance of conviction. Remember, the Senate is controlled by Republicans; they will
determine what testimony is allowed — and **everything** will be allowed, including: DNC collusion with the Clinton campaign to fix the election in favor of Hillary, the creation of the Trump dossier, the cover up and
destruction of emails that very likely included incriminating information.
They will incriminate each other for lying to the FISA court, for spying and wiretapping the Trump campaign, and for colluding with foreign political actors, especially George Soros. After the Senate declines to convict the
President, we will have an election, and Trump will win. It will be a backlash against democrat petulance, temper tantrums, hypocrisy and dishonesty. Even minorities will vote for Trump, because, for the first time, they will see that democrats have spent 2+ years focused on maintaining their own power, and not doing anything at all about black murders in Chicago, homelessness, opioids, and other important issues that are actually killing people. And, we will spend the following four years listening to politicians and pundits claim that the whole impeachment was rigged.
So let's move on to impeachment.
Hyram F. Suddfluffel, PhD

[DoughtyOne]

My post to you was off base on several counts.

Please review this corrective post, for the details.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3781881/posts?page=65#65

[Mr. Jeeves]

Removal about the same - welcome President Pense - until he too is either defeated at the polls or similarly impeached, removed - then please welcome President Pelosi.

A President Pence would immediately name a Vice President who would be ahead of Pelosi in line. Unfortunately, that Vice President might well be named "Romney."

[Innovative]

Fine. Address it by voting it down. The R-s are a majority, time to use it.

[hotsteppa]

Fake news people. McConnell said this months ago and not today.

AP slips this in at the bottom? “This item has been corrected to show that McConnell spoke to NPR months ago, not Friday.”