Posted on 12/16/2019 10:00:41 PM PST by Kevin in California
Schumer did that again today with his demand for a fair trial, meaning to Schumer that Democrats get to reopen the investigation of Trump during the trial, including calling witnesses who did not testify, and doing the job the House Democrats failed to do. A do-over.
Thats not usually the way trials work the pleading of claims and discovery takes place before the trial. House Democrats chose not to do that for key witnesses they wanted including John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney because forcing them to testify in the House would have meant court litigation. Democrats were on a timetable driven by the 2020 election that did not allow for a court to decide the clash of branches, so they went with what they had.
Schumer and Senate Democrats know that what the House had is not enough to get 20 Republican Senators to vote against Trump they may not even get one. So the trial takes on a different purpose to seek evidence and to prolong impeachment investigations for the remainder of the election year based on new evidence discovered during the trial.
Byron York astutely observes that Senate Democrats are taking the same approach they took in trying to block Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination
This is why you do not do a trial. One day one vote. Dismiss.
Dismiss with prejudice.
Democrats cannot refile this case. They need to find a new one.
You know what they say about crying wolf. Democrats need an airtight case.
Good luck with it.
Subpoena Eric Cimarella
Epstein didn’t kill himself...
If something could be released indicating criminality now, impeachment could be stopped!
Massively frustrating...
Senate should shut it down and dismiss it period
Yeah, and when I’m six feet under, then I’ll be voting for the maggots.
:-\
Yep. Quick acquittal and then let Barr prosecute the President’s case.
The DEMs are going to impeach. It would take some sort of catastrophe to delay the inevitable. These are not honest or honorable people.
Here's some news, and it involves "the phone call" that is the sole basis for impeaching Trump ...
Yovanovitch needed to be removed for many reasons most critical she was denying visas to Ukrainians who wanted to come to US and explain Dem corruption in Ukraine. She was OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE and thataEUR(TM)s not the only thing she was doing. She at minimum enabled Ukrainian collusion.@RudyGiuliani 7:07 AM - Dec 17, 2019
Recently acquired documentary evidence shows she perjured herself before Schiffless Committee.Also her embassy stopped a Ukrainian audit of over $5 billion in aid funding put in question in 2017 by Ukrainian auditors.
Enough for now more to come, plenty more.
This will likely come in during the impeachment trial. Basic fairness allows the defendant to put on a defense.
Mittens and three or four more will vote to allow new witnesses in the name of “fairness”. Pierre Delecto wants to punk Trump.
The dems are not going to give up using these tactics. They have a huge file of “dirt” on Republicans, normal people, and even on democrats who try to leave the plantation. It consists of made-up stories, from people who will say anything for a buck, knowing that they will never be prosecuted.
They time the release so it will hurt the most, and when there is no time to refute it.
And Gop will shut it down and then the DEms will squeal that it was fixed and GOP is evil and why you cannot vote for them in 2020. That is going to be the pitch. Truth be damned
DNC = CPUSA Communists = NAZI Socialists = KKK = KGB = Totalitarian Police State
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