House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler has sent the investigative materials in the impeachment inquiry to the White House, accompanied by this letter: pic.twitter.com/lbForNLV5Y— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) December 9, 2019
The impeachment goes before the entire Senate, not the Judiciary Committee.
In impeachment proceedings, the House of Representatives charges an official of the federal government by approving, by majority vote, articles of impeachment. A committee of representatives, called “managers,” acts as prosecutors before the Senate. The Senate sits as a High Court of Impeachment in which senators consider evidence, hear witnesses, and vote to acquit or convict the impeached official. In the case of presidential impeachment trials, the chief justice of the United States presides. The Constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate to convict, and the penalty for an impeached official upon conviction is removal from office. In some cases, the Senate has also disqualified such officials from holding public offices in the future. There is no appeal. Since 1789, about half of Senate impeachment trials have resulted in conviction and removal from office.
The Senate revised some rules in 1986
and the Senate established a special trial committee to hear evidence and report to the full Senate.
But this is not the Judiciary Committee and I don’t k ow that Lindsey has been named in charge of any impeachment hearing, if he has, I missed that.
https://www.cop.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/6Rulesrevisionreport1986.pdf
https://www.cop.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Impeachment_Role.htm
Calling me a liberal is a little overboard for a disagreement about Lindsey Graham, no?
House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler has sent the investigative materials in the impeachment inquiry to the White House, accompanied by this letter: pic.twitter.com/lbForNLV5Y— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) December 9, 2019
