Posted on 01/31/2020 4:18:42 PM PST by John Semmens
At the impeachment trial of President Trump being conducted in the Senate, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court John Roberts refused to carry out his duty to read a question posed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken). Paul tried to ask what involvement Rep. Schiff's staff might have had with Obama Administration holdovers in efforts to oust Trump from office.
Roberts, as had Schiff before him during the House impeachment investigation, said he "blocked the question because it might lead to the disclosure of the whistle blower's identity. The government often relies on confidential informants to build a case against a lawbreaker. The future willingness of persons to levy charges against public officials could be negatively affected if they had to come forward and face possible cross-examination under oath. This, in my opinion, is a greater threat to our democracy than denying the accused the presumed right to face his accuser."
Though the so-called whistle blower's identity is widely known—both Schiff and Roberts have to have known his identity in order to block questions that might lead to naming him—his long-term animus and scheming against Trump is not. In 2017, long before the July 2019 Trump-Zelensky phone call, Eric Ciaramella was active in plotting how to remove Trump from office. Surely, this animosity should raise questions concerning the veracity of the so-called whistle blower's accusations. Surely, the defense should have a right to cross-examine him under oath so jurors could assess his credibility.
Schiff praised Roberts' "courage in defense of those of us fighting against the tyranny Trump would inflict on this country. Many of my staff have put in long hours working under the radar with fellow patriots to unseat this monster by whatever means we can. It is good to know we have an ally ensconced at the highest level of our government."
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It was spot on right to the last sentence which went too far.
The best satire is when it sounds like something that would have actually been said and there is no way a partisan hack like Schiff would ever call a GOP Chief Justice an ally.
Fair maybe, but not an ally.
AOC is “ensconced” somewhere. I believe she said that she and other Dems will make the Electoral College tuition free.
In the matter of Trump, Roberts (a never-Trumper) is an ally of those trying to oust him from office.
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