Posted on 01/22/2021 4:23:04 PM PST by White Lives Matter
Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Friday evening announced the impeachment trial for Trump will begin the week of February 8th.
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The swamp knows that Trump won the 2020 election and still has a solid base of tens of millions of supporters so they are working to bar Trump from ever running for office.
The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump last week – 10 Republican traitors joined the Democrats and voted in favor of impeachment.
Speaker Pelosi will send the articles of impeachment to the senate on Monday.
Pelosi and the Democrats have accused Trump of “inciting an insurrection”
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According to reports, McConnell privately says he wants Trump gone – the DC elites are pressuring Republicans to impeach private citizen Trump.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
They are terrified of something......
We have a criminal government that does not follow the rule of law.
I think this delay is because some Rs wouldn’t allow the Senate to conduct other business- like Cabinet appointments etc- to proceed during the trial.
That’s a good sign that some loyal Americans there are willing to stand against the “business as usual” for their principles.
There is no constitutional underpinning for holding a trial to remove someone from office after he has left office. Congress is grossly exceeding its authority.
If President Trump wanted to run again in 2024 (which I seriously doubt) there would be no enforceable law to stop him.
Removal from office is what normally happens if the Senate votes to convict (like Congressman Alcee Hastings, who was impeached as a federal judge). But the Senate also has the option to disqualify the person from holding future public office:
U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 3:
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Excellent. Much thx for that!
HE'S STILL PRESIDENT
STEAL THIS MEME
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“I believe that the best defense is that it is unconstitutional to impeach a private citizen! “
Well, you may be right - probably not, because there is plenty of English precedent back to the 1500s, most of the people who were impeached in the Commons were what you would call today “private citizens”.
But that’s not the case here. Trump was impeached when he was President. BARELY President, true - but President.
“The Senate shall have the power to try ALL impeachments”
The impeachment is done. It needs only to be tried. Only the Senate can try it.
QED.
He did? Never saw a report about that.
This might be a huge problem for Dems if trump’s side hauls out all the facts about the election.
United States Prison: Atlantic-Pacific
Biden: Warden
Head Chief Guards: McConnell , Pelosi
Guards: Congress
Fine! The incursion into the Capitol started when Trump was only 15 minutes into his speech! He was far away from the Capitol, as was his audience.
And there was at least one very active AnitFa (from Utah) egging on the crowd in the beginning of the incursion. Moreover, the Capitol police let the crowd in!!!!
However, what is unconstitutional is unconstitutional!!! Phooey, anyway!
THIS is one of the reasons they’re keeping the NG in Washington until at least March. Unity, my ass, these effing tyrants are power-drunk and don’t care if they light the tinderbox, as long as they’re protected.
My fear is that this will be managed in such a way that he will not get a full forum to defend himself and present evidence, but a process where his presentation is chopped up and sharply limited and he will be cut off whenever the Marxists want. They are not going to allow him or his attorneys full freedom IMO and media coverage will be so sharply biased that he will be presented as an enemy of the whole planet.
“Explain Alcee Hastings. An impeached and removed federal judge now a US Congressman and has been for several terms.”
He has the very valuable Race card that has no expiration date and no spending limit.
Karma’s gonna be a biotch.
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