Posted on 11/21/2019 6:43:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump has opted against pressuring Senate Republicans to immediately dismiss articles of impeachment, sparing the party the prospect of a clash at the outset of an election year.
White House counsel Pat Cipollone signaled during a Thursday meeting with key Senate Republicans that Trump has concluded he has more to gain politically from presenting a detailed defense at trial than from no trial at all, said GOP sources familiar with the discussion.
That decision should shield Senate Republicans from the damaging backlash from the conservative base that might ensue at the onset of GOP primary season if Trump demands that they use their 53-seat majority to shield him from an impeachment trial.
Senate Republicans are relieved, conceding there is not enough support among them to throw out the charges without a trial. I think everyone agrees theres not 51 votes to dismiss before the managers call the case, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told reporters.
House Democrats are still developing their case against Trump.
They are accusing the president of abusing his power in dealings with Ukraine. But Trump is not waiting around. Cipollone told Republican senators during their meeting at the White House that his office is preparing a sophisticated defense.
With an overwhelming majority of Republican voters viewing impeachment as unwarranted if not illegitimate, Senate Republicans still have to guard against pitfalls. Trumps allies, and his loyal voting base, could grow dissatisfied if they believe the trial is dragging on too long. Republicans, worried that they would be blamed, are cautioning their colleagues to manage the trial with that in mind.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
gawd! so we are all gonna have this fake impeachment garbage crammed down our throats for months and months longer...
We know this. Prez Trump knows this
Rooting out the deep state entails impeachment in the senate. The deepstaters there will got outed as they push through pretending they can oust trump. They cannot. And Im talking about the republicans
When your enemy is hanging themself, just get out of the way and let them.
Ginsberg is still “alive”
When she kicks the can, we all will know about it
He shouldn’t need to. The senate will feel the pressure from the people.
Besides, Trump can use a senate trial to his advantage far better than the DemonRats can. He is innocent, they are not. They are incompetent, Trump is not.
Bush League Republican MUST become extinct before the Republic does.
Grahamnesty wants an abbreviated trial so his role in the dossier dissemination remains hidden.
I lol-ed then and I'm lol-ing now.
I can here it now... When they start firing up the ovens... then!
Its my understanding the Senate Rs can call anyone in for questioning during the impeachment trial. This could be the ultimate opportunity to actually Drain the Swamp. No token convictions, but a full blown draining of the swamp.
Trump should tell them” I will not demand you shield me from impeachment, but I demand the Senate Democrats are treated just like the House Republicans! Can’t call witnesses! If they ask questions the majority doesn’t like, they get shut down, and secret closed door meetings without them. Oh and no Democrap can campaign until the Senate is done with impeachment....sometime around Labor Day! “
Relax. Trump DOES know how to put on a show. They will regret the day they ever voted for this trail.
You had better hope there are not 20 GOP votes to convict.
That sounds like a plan. No, really, that sounds like a plan. :)
Are u sure? Have u seen hilLIARy lately? Without her Kickapoo joy juice injections shed be completely horizontal too. /s
Romney, Murkowski, Collins. Maybe Burr, Sasse, Lee...
Sure, as long as all of the rules aren’t there to “protect the accusers”. Trump should get to call as a witness anyone he wants period. No negotiating this point. I truly believe the whole Repuke party save a handful are in on this. The vigorous defense in the house is only happening because they know they can’t stop it. The same won’t be true in the Senate. Expect a lot of bending to the will of Majority leader Schumer
I have believed from the beginning that this frantic impeachment is due to Ginsbergs terminal health condition/or retirement. I believe, possibly successfully, the Democrats will argue that a President under articles of impeachment can not nominate a Supreme Court Justice. In August it was announced that Ginsberg had pancreatic cancer, within several weeks the mysterious whistleblower was born.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.