Posted on 12/20/2019 2:45:05 PM PST by bryan999
The White House is considering making the argument that President Trump has not officially been impeached, given that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not transmitted the articles of impeachment to the Senate, two sources involved in the president's impeachment defense told CBS News.
The House voted to impeach Mr. Trump on two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — on Wednesday. However, Pelosi told reporters on Thursday that the House would wait to deliver the articles until the Senate had laid out the rules for the trial.
"When we see the process that's set forth in the Senate, then we'll know the number of managers we'll have to move forward, and who we would choose," the California Democrat said. The House must vote on a resolution designating impeachment managers to prosecute the case against Mr. Trump in the Senate before delivering the articles.
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Trump sure knows how to drive liberals crazy!
If a liberal SCOTUS justice were to suddenly pass away, I bet Pelosi would transmit those article in a split second.
heheheh. Who is he going to argue that to? The senate can’t conduct a trial until it is given an impeachment case, and the house hasn’t given the senate an impeachment case, because the house says the senate is a corrupt tribunal.
Electric company "But you never mailed the check."
Democrats refusal to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate means there is no impeachment!
Hoist the Democrats on their extortion petard!
Nanny’s ‘Quid Pro Quo’ move is destined to fail... epically.
Nanny’s ‘Quid Pro Quo’ move is destined to fail... epically.
there’s zero impeachment unless and until the House files any charges with the tribunal (senate)
and meanwhile McConnell should adopt Senate rules barring any late-filings of such charges (or give her 24 hours from adoption if he wishes, whatever he does its entirely the senate’s perogative to set its own procedures). this will force Nancy to eat crow and start her fake impeachment process over if she wishes
He and Mitch should give them a deadline, otherwise the Senate passes a rule saying impeachment is over due to no-show by the managers and lack of charges.
That’s what would happen in any other court and it’s what people expect and understand.
The Senate has the freedom to make up it’s own rules about how impeachment is done within the few requirements the constitution places on them.
It’s time for Trump and the Republicans to do something bold and put these bitches in their place.
I think that the president should argue that if the house adjourns for the year before sending the articles of impeachment to the senate those impeachment proceedings are null and void with the whole process having to be started over again after sitting a new house.
It's CBS and it was a lib constitutional law "expert" who says he isn't impeached. The WH could be trolling.
But if Pelosi has put Trump on Double Secret Probation, and has directed that a letter be placed into his file, why should either Trump or Cocaine Mitch care? Why should we care?
Let’s give them until Jan 7 and if the House managers fail to show up, ram
their no-show up their asses!
How many taxpayer dollars have gone into this Democrat crusade to bring down president Trump? It’s all the Democrats have done since gaining a majority in the House. They’ve done nothing else. We all knew the swamp was going to fight back, because it’s an entity that wants to survive. The impeachment farce is only a diversion.
... and Nancy Pelosi disenfranchised the vote of every democrat who voted to impeach.
I’m waiting to hear from Democrats why President Trump should be removed from office for doing nothing.
It’s really simple Pelosi, just send the House managers to the Senate with the articles of impeachment.
Do it before Christmas, POTUS will thank you for the present.
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