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McConnell sets stage for impeachment trial launch, warns 'both sides' could call witnesses
Fox News ^ | January 14, 2020 | Marisa Schultz, Brooke Singman

Posted on 01/14/2020 4:55:10 PM PST by yoe

The Senate is poised to launch into an impeachment trial for President Trump as early as next Tuesday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said, as warring factions on Capitol Hill ended an impasse that had left the entire process in limbo for nearly four weeks.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: eeyoreparty; gop; impeachment; lowiqcrowd; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; senate; trial; trusttheplan
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To: yoe

Hunter AND JoBien, thefake wiistleblower, Schiff and Nadler, maybe even Pelosi?


41 posted on 01/14/2020 5:35:54 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: ncalburt
Trump Gop gets a 2 month Dem run / Dem media trashing by ,Globalist scum China Mitch

What is different in this than the last few years?

42 posted on 01/14/2020 5:37:00 PM PST by Ingtar (Bedbugs, thy name is Democrat.)
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To: yoe
Mitch McConnell is not Donald Trump’s slave, he is a Republican senator from the state of Kentucky.

This whole crazy separation-of-powers thing is working the way the Founders designed it.

He and the president are both members of the same party with, broadly speaking, the same policy goals. (The senator’s performance on judges is evidence of this.)

Sen. McConell cares about his own fortunes, about GOP senators’ fortunes, and like every majority leader before him, about the perogatives of the Senate. He is as corrupt as the rest of them, but he knows what he is doing.

He has also been there a long time, and knows how to count votes. He will decide based on these considerations, and his knowledge of Senate procedures and this ability to count votes, how to run the trial. The president will not be removed, and judges will continue to be confirmed, and whatever legislation the president supports that makes it to the Senate will be approved..

We don’t live in a TRUMP! empire. We are a free people who live in a republic of over two centuries’ standing, of which the separation of powers is a key part. People need to stop judging every political event through a simple-minded lens, and sometimes looking through this lens in kind of a dumb way of how it affects TRUMP!

The Constitution and the freedom of future generations of Americans depends on us getting a grip. There will still be a USA after this president leaves office, Sen. McConnell is politically a friend of the president, not an enemy. They are both politicians, and therefor deserve entirely our skepticism, but given their roles in the US system, they are on the same team.

43 posted on 01/14/2020 5:38:29 PM PST by untenured
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To: gibsonguy

Yep, this both sides can call witnesses is a Mitch BS head fake.


Exactly. That is move the impeachment ball down the field gaslighting. I’m thinking the GOP Senate plan now is to hide beyond Roberts while Senate Democrats assault POTUS and his supporters for months on end. Roberts can rule the hoaxblower and Bidens out of bounds.


44 posted on 01/14/2020 5:39:06 PM PST by lodi90
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To: yoe

This is a bad call. The pubbies are drinking the dem koolaid.

Give a whole bunch of speeches testifying to the absolute joke the House impeachment was, then dismiss with extreme prejudice.


45 posted on 01/14/2020 5:39:23 PM PST by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: ncalburt
Why did Trent Lott a republican push thru Dem Clinton trial in record speed but Mitch is planning a anal exam of Trump for 2 months for the Dem media to enjoy ?

Bill Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998. His trial began in the first week of January 1999, and lasted until February 12th.

I don't know what you mean by "record time." There was only one other impeachment trial before that for a U.S. President, and that lasted about three months. In Clinton's case, there were absolutely NO facts in dispute ... and the trial STILL took more than a month.

46 posted on 01/14/2020 5:40:24 PM PST by Alberta's Child (In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
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To: yoe

He needed 51 votes.


47 posted on 01/14/2020 5:41:04 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Psalm 73

Roberts will be the Senate trial Judge.

Between McConnell, the rogue Republicans, and Chief Justice Roberts... I trust this process about as much as I would trust a process that saw a five time convicted rapist, given quality alone-time with my wife or daughter.


48 posted on 01/14/2020 5:41:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Leftistist media and particularly CNN NEWS should come with a ten day supply of Cipro.)
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To: Ingtar
The only difference is Mitch is hosting a two month Dem media attack feast on purpose in the 2020 Presidentially election year .
49 posted on 01/14/2020 5:42:26 PM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: untenured

Mitch McConnell is not Donald Trump’s slave, he is a Republican senator from the state of Kentucky.


LOL. McConnell is the GOP Senate majority leader. Trump is the GOP POTUS. The GOP Senate was elected to support the GOP platform and POTUS. Correct? Why is this difficult? Democrats would never behave this way in a million years and you know it.


50 posted on 01/14/2020 5:42:31 PM PST by lodi90
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To: yoe

Before I start flinging stones at Mitch or anyone else; I want to see how this goes.

It will be glaringly obvious if it’s a fair trial very quickly just like it was obvious the process in the House was a sham.

Pelosi, Nadler, and Schiff have only one legacy at this point. They are as dirty as a corrupt pol can possibly be and not be hanged for their crimes.


51 posted on 01/14/2020 5:42:42 PM PST by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: yoe

Americans DEMAND subpoenas of the Bidens, Romneys
and other Congressional children who made BILLIONS
by selling US security.


52 posted on 01/14/2020 5:43:17 PM PST by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: lodi90
The Hoaxblower is witness zero.

He can't be "witness zero," because there's no formal evidence record anywhere indicating who he is.

Another witness -- probably that Sergeant Vindman misfit -- who would have to be called to testify and be compelled to identify who this "whistleblower" was. Then you move on to that jackass.

Personally, I believe that coup lawyer Mark Zaid should be the first witness called by the defense. He posted a Twitter message back in 2017 claiming that there were all kinds of insurgents in the U.S. government prepared to remove Trump from office, and he was allegedly representing the "whistleblower" as his attorney. So he should be called to testify and provide a list of all his clients to Trump's legal team.

53 posted on 01/14/2020 5:44:06 PM PST by Alberta's Child (In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
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To: Raycpa

He needed 51 votes.


Reid would get them in support of a Democrat POTUS. Why can’t Mitch? I think it’s clear it’s time for McConnell to go. He’s failing as majority leader. He’s given judiciary committee to a Senator who bragged he didn’t even vote for POTUS. He gave Murkowski her seniority back and plum committee assignments despite her spotty voting record. Etc., etc. Clearly, McConnell is only majority leader because he is weak.


54 posted on 01/14/2020 5:46:32 PM PST by lodi90
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To: yoe

There is so much ignorance about process. Mitch from the outset said the current rules in place for an impeachment would apply. These rules start with a presentation of the charges followed by a vote to call witnesses. Nancy wanted to change rules to require witnesses upfront. Mitch said no, that they would follow existing rules. Mitch didn’t cave. He is following the existing rules like he told nancy a month ago.


55 posted on 01/14/2020 5:49:40 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: JPJones
Give a whole bunch of speeches testifying to the absolute joke the House impeachment was, then dismiss with extreme prejudice.

I don't think it works that way. The Senate trial is not like a Brett Kavanuagh or Clarence Thomas circus hearing. The Senators can only submit questions in writing. It will probably be anti-climactic for any of the losers in the Senate who are used to self-aggrandizing speeches on the Senate floor.

No offense, but anyone who is posting on this thread and doesn't even know these basic facts really has no credibility even if your opinions are good ones.

56 posted on 01/14/2020 5:49:49 PM PST by Alberta's Child (In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
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To: lodi90
I think it’s clear it’s time for McConnell to go. He’s failing as majority leader.

And the Republican U.S. Senator who is capable of marshaling unanimous GOP support for every vote is ___________?

57 posted on 01/14/2020 5:51:06 PM PST by Alberta's Child (In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
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To: lodi90
I know that political parties were not part of the Founders’ design, that they developed anyway, and that Mitch McConnell does not want Donald Trump to be removed from office.

What is it exactly that you know?

58 posted on 01/14/2020 5:51:26 PM PST by untenured
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To: Alberta's Child
They held no non stop Media daily tv Show trials
and no TV witnesses .
Less than one month including long weekend and two federal holidays the
paper work .
That is record time .

MITCHY is letting Chuckie call witness to no crime .
The Dem witness parade will be Media Feast .
It will be televised car wreck for Trump and Mitch will enjoy it.

59 posted on 01/14/2020 5:52:29 PM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: lodi90

You are a troll who only posts bad news. Go away.


60 posted on 01/14/2020 5:53:13 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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