Impeachment trial provides a rare opportunity for Trump

American Thinker ^ | 29 Jan, 2021 | John J. Mastronardi

[MtnClimber]

Might this be Trump's chance to get some solid evidence before the American people regarding the 2020 election?

By impeaching now former president Donald Trump in the House of Representatives, Democrats and NeverTrump types may have just unwittingly provided a worldwide platform to the former president to allow him to showcase evidence of voting irregularities or perhaps even outright fraud in the 2020 election. For an added dimension, the trial may serve to demonstrate that the Capitol incident was really instigated and fostered by non-Trump supporting agitators and organizers.

For this to happen and for it to have the desired result, two things need be true. One, Trump really has to have the goods. Two, the defense has to make a cogent and understandably simple case. If so, then both the Democrat Party and the fledgling Biden/Harris administration will suffer irreparable damage.

An article of impeachment is basically a charging document, akin to a criminal indictment. In a criminal case, the prosecution must prove each and every element that constitutes the offense charged. Otherwise, the defendant is acquitted or at least should be. An impeachment trial is not a criminal proceeding, so the outcome can be driven by other political considerations. Nevertheless, the Democrat House managers must still offer some modicum of support for the elements of their case to avoid exposing themselves, again, as merely tawdry partisans.

[JimRed]

I know that Giuliani, Bannon, etc., are counting on evidence being presented, because those are the rules. They don’t get that rules and the Constitution are moot now. How could they not know that?

If the evidence is not allowed to be presented Trump should buy full pages in every publication willing to sell him the space, laying it out. Radio and TV time, too. Twits and Fakebook are out, I presume. But the evidence must be displayed as widely as possible, so even the RATs can't deny it.

[PLMerite]

[Will a presiding leftist “judge” (Leahy) allow this evidence to be presented? I don’t think so.]

If they disallow his defense, then President Trump should just get up and walk out, on camera.