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To: JoSixChip
I keep seeing people say that Trump will be able to call anyone he want and ask them about anything. Not true, mcconnell will make Trump focus and the actual articles of impeachment. Trump will be lucky if he can bring up biden at all.

You don't think that the president has Due Process constitutional rights?

19 posted on 11/13/2019 9:05:06 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
You don't think that the president has Due Process constitutional rights?

Due Process is not a license to peruse any investigation you want. For example a guy charged with jay walking can not investigate his neighbor for extortion in his jay walking trial. mcconnell is not going to give Trump a unrestricted license to investigate anything he wants. mcconnell will make Trump focus on the actual articles of impeachment. Kinda like schifft saying the whistle blower does not need to testify because he is not being used as evidence.
22 posted on 11/13/2019 9:10:53 PM PST by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: FreeReign
You don't think that the president has Due Process constitutional rights?

Not in an impeachment trial. This is not a court of law as we imagine such and is not bound by any rules of evidence or due process. It is a strictly political affair and can use any rules that the Senate wishes.

The best rule they could adopt is to immediately dismiss all charges as unfounded and irrelevant. As in "these charges do not rise to the level of high crimes or misdemeanors". End of story.

If they do conduct a "trial", the longer it runs, the greater the chance they will vote to remove President Trump. The Senate is as corrupt as the House and too many Republicans still want to keep the gravy train running for themselves. They will make deals with the Democrats if they think they can keep it quiet. Hence the trial balloons about a "secret ballot" for the impeachment.

But if the promised payouts are big enough, the Republicans will betray President Trump quite openly with the thinnest of legal pretenses. They actually believe they could collect what they are being promised.

In the event of a conviction, I would expect Civil War II to go hot immediately.

33 posted on 11/13/2019 10:06:43 PM PST by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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