Posted on 10/22/2019 3:48:27 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters he has no control over how long the Senate would take to conclude a trial if the House votes to impeach President Trump.
“I have no idea how long this will go on,” said the Kentucky Republican.
McConnell’s words appear to contradict a suggestion he made last month when he said that while the Senate would have to take up impeachment, “how long you are on it is a different matter.”
If the House passes articles of impeachment, the Senate would have to follow existing rules for conducting the trial unless 100 senators agreed to change the rules.
The trial would take place every afternoon except Sunday, and Chief Justice John Roberts would preside.
McConnell said the rules give him very little latitude about how the trial is conducted. Motions would come from Roberts, not lawmakers, unless all senators agreed.
“It wouldn’t be up to me,” McConnell said. “Unlike other processes in the Senate, the majority leader does not really have ball control here.”
Lawmakers are in the dark about when the impeachment process will finally conclude in the House, and now the Senate process is looking equally unpredictable.
McConnell said “there are all kinds of potentials,” depending on what articles the House sends to the Senate.
Schumer said he anticipates at some point, sitting down with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, to agree on a process but that the “balls and strikes” of the proceedings are under the control of Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
“I don’t see anybody in all of this who would be able to control the process,” McConnell said. “At some point, it ends. I have no idea how long this will go on.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Between 2 and 5 years?
And we voters have no control over how long we will be patient with RINOs and passive GOP types before we bounce them at the polls.
The DC country club elitist life does not truly go on and on forever. Those days are over.
RINO POS trying to get some wiggle room out of Trump to do deals. That is all this swamp critter is after.
halve that, since Trump won’t be able to present his side of the case
Pro Obama Roberts... Oh No
This is good news if true, but I don’t trust mcconnel. If Trump could try the whole process as well as the russia witch hunt, proving a conspiracy. That would be interesting.
He wants the Dems to think he will drag it out and air all of the Dems dirty laundry and call the prime suspects of their Coup on the carpet and have it all shown on national TV.
The best defense is a better offense.
AG Barr will be very busy.
What a tool of the DNC Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is. I wonder what they have on him.
Gawd.
I like this especially if warren is the democrat nominee. She’d be required to attend everyday. Not much campaigning for her. Ha!
Mitch McConnell Vows To Squash Trump Impeachment Push washingtontimes.com ^ | Oct. 5, 2019 Posted on 10/6/2019, 11:05:56 AM by Helicondelta
“All of you know your Constitution,” McConnell says in the video. “The way that impeachment stops is with a Senate majority with me as majority leader.”
“Schumer said he anticipates at some point, sitting down with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, to agree on a process but that the “balls and strikes” of the proceedings are under the control of Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate.”
The majority leader says he has no say in the process but the House dems plan to negotiate process with the Senate minority leader? ... Then we have Roberts overseeing the circus.
Well that’s comforting. (sarcasm)
I’m of two minds here.
1. Immediately vote not to convict and remove. Shut it down in 1 day.
2. Hold hearings between now and Election Day. Call in those lying bastids, whistleblowers, Deep State Operatives and other fools. Grill them for hours until they break. Until they admit there were no grounds for idiot House Dummies to impeach in the fist place.
Either way - Trump wins.
It sounds like McConnell and other GOP Senators have already been contacted by the Deep State and told how to play it out.
Bullshit. He can do the same exact thing Pelosi is doing. Just dictate how it goes and tell everyone else to stuff it.
Schumer anticipates sitting down with Schumer?
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