Posted on 01/20/2020 3:38:13 PM PST by jazusamo
RESOLUTION AT LINK.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday released a resolution laying out the ground rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Trump's team and the House of Representatives have until 9 a.m. on Wednesday to file any motions. The exception being motions to subpoena witnesses or documents. All responses filed to any motions have to be in by 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
The trial will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The House will have two days to make their case for impeachment but their time allotment cannot exceed 24 hours. After that, Trump's legal team will be given two days to make their case and again, that cannot exceed a 24 hour time period.
Once the president's team finishes their presentation, senators can ask questions but they are limited to a 16-hour time frame. There will then be a 4-hour argument split between the House and Trump's team. Deliberation will follow. At that time the Senate will decide whether or not to subpoena witnesses or documents.
If the Senate decides to allow either side to subpoena witnesses, the witnesses will undergo a deposition and then the Senate will decide if those witnesses will testify.
Once the deliberations are concluded the Senate will vote on each individual article of impeachment.
Below is the full resolution:
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She’ll be bopping her own dumb head with that gavel.
His big sin was hat he (legally) took diplomacy away from the diplomats.
Don’t even watch that part.
There seems to be a missing verb there.
You might as well be telling that to 6 year olds at this point. Some people on FR would rather pout than understand a simple thing like you said.
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takes 15 seconds.
“I guess there is a 1976 act that prohibits the Executive from stopping funds from Congress?”
Funds authorized by Congress must be delivered to recipient within a certain time frame. In the case of Ukraine the aid was sent within the time frame.
Should the President believe the funds should either not be sent or they should be held pending an investigation he must go back to the Congress for authorization to delay or cancel the aid.
“I guess there is a 1976 act that prohibits the Executive from stopping funds from Congress?”
Funds authorized by Congress must be delivered to designated recipient within a certain time frame. In the case of Ukraine the aid was sent within the time frame.
Should the President believe the funds should either not be sent or they should be held pending an investigation he must go back to the Congress for authorization to delay or cancel the aid.
So the law was NOT broken, because the funds were delivered.
I am of the opinion that the President’s team should have been afforded the same privileges enjoyed by the House Judiciary chair during the house hearings.
I also believe that the focus should be “No crime”. Start with the fact that there is an existing treaty between the US and Ukraine that specifically says that it is LEGAL for either to ask the other for assistance with investigations.
The GOP Senate should be submitting motions to exclude any Senator who has run for the presidency in 2020 from deliberations as it is a clear conflict of interest and violates Senate code of conduct.
Got it. thanks
Raycpa’s suggestion “hold control key down and press +”
should work on all Windows based computers.
My wife tried that but it did not work LOL
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