The Impeachment ‘Kill Switch’: McConnell Dismissal Rule Corners Democrats, Blocks Antics as Trial Commences

Breitbart ^ | 1/20/2020 | Matthew boyle

[bitt]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is as of now including in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial rules a “kill switch” that effectively allows for the president’s legal team to seek an immediate verdict or dismissal of the case should Democrats engage in any shenanigans like they did in the House process.

The revelation comes after the House finally late last week formally sent the Articles of Impeachment it adopted before Christmas—after holding them for more than a month without transmission—to the U.S. Senate, thereby triggering the start of a Senate trial. The Senate will formally commence its trial procedures in votes this coming week, and while some Republicans want to outright dismiss the charges altogether from the outset, others believe a trial should take place.

In so finally transmitting the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also named impeachment case managers—the Democrats who will present and manage the House’s case to the Senate—last week. They include House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY). Both Schiff and Nadler were widely panned for the highly unfair process they ran in the House of Representatives, and many Senate Republicans do not trust them to refrain from playing games that seek to make the Senate trial unfair to the president as the highly partisan process in the House ended up.

Republicans on the House side, who were essentially powerless to stop the Democrats’ shenanigans since they are in the minority in the lower chamber, are warning Senate Republicans to be on the lookout for Schiff’s gamesmanship and that from his ilk.

“It’s incumbent upon the Senate to preserve the right of the President’s legal team to ask for a verdict or move to dismiss this sham impeachment anytime they..

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Say they did it! Found some crime and booted Trump from office-—The first day of the Pence term would be the start of the Pence impeachment in the house.

[stylin19a]

I'm guessing they don't, otherwise we wouldn't have seen this....

[lewislynn]

There's no reason to call witnesses. There's a transcript and a Constitution.

The problem is they all like to pretend they're really smart and hear themselves speak...Including Ted Cruz.

Ted Cruz of all people should be like Dershowitz and talk about the constitutionality of their foolishness...nothing else to discuss.

[ImpBill]

I do honestly hope you are correct, but to be perfectly honest after 50 years of both watching and for a time working for candidates of the GOP I really haven’t witnessed much that strengthens the belief you shared.

Time will tell.

[jackibutterfly]

What is the story behind calling Mitch, “Cocaine Mitch”??

[justa-hairyape]

These deep staters are demons. Plan accordingly. IMHO - It is absurd to even listen anymore to these non humans. Nothing but garbage and lies comes out of their horrid mouths.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

One of mitch’s opponents accused him of trafficking in cocaine.

His campaign had “ Cocaine Mitch” t-shirts made.

I think they’ve sold more than $70k worth so far.

[Howie66]

As I said on that night when those Subversives passed those “articles of impeachment”, they were in fact and in deed, declaring War on the United States Citizen and our Constitution.

Nothing less.