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House impeachment managers target top Trump defense attorney Cipollone, claim he is 'material witness'
Fox News ^ | January 21, 2020 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 01/21/2020 9:57:58 AM PST by jazusamo

House Democrats prosecuting the Trump impeachment case took aim Tuesday at White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, claiming in a stunning letter that the lead member of the president's defense team is actually a “material witness” to the charges in both articles and demanding that he disclose all “first-hand facts and information” before proceedings begin.

The impeachment "managers" said they need that information in order to weigh potential “ethical” issues or conflicts of interest concerning his defense of the president.

Just hours before Senate trial proceedings were set to resume, the impeachment managers claimed that during the House inquiry they gathered “evidence” that indicates he is a “fact witness to numerous critical events related to the president’s scheme, and remains deeply involved in actions implementing the president’s directive to obstruct the House’s impeachment inquiry.”

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, though, blasted the House managers' letter and claimed their requests were unfair -- and even floated disqualifying Schiff, who is the lead impeachment manager, instead.

"Democrats’ opening salvo in impeachment: they demand Trump get rid of his lawyer, Pat Cipollone. Absurd request," Cruz said in a statement to Fox News. "Unlike the House, the Senate will have a FAIR trial. That means we won’t deny the President his lawyer ON THE DAY the trial starts."

He continued: "Under the standard put forth by the House Democrats today – that any potential fact witness cannot serve as counsel in the impeachment hearing – there is an obvious person who should be disqualified: Adam Schiff. Schiff, it has been alleged, spoke directly with the so-called ‘whistle-blower’ and may even have helped him draft the complaint that launched this entire impeachment. ... So, maybe we should disqualify Schiff as a lawyer, and schedule him instead as a witness to explain his role in creating the...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cipollone; democrats; impeachment; impeachmentmanagers; schiff; senaterules; senatetrial; tedcruz; ussenate
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1 posted on 01/21/2020 9:57:58 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Adam Schiff is a witness, he is the one that wrote the whistleblower complaint I dont see him testifying, but hey different standards when you have a D next to your name..by the way Schiff, hows Ed Buck doing


2 posted on 01/21/2020 10:02:05 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jazusamo

So much for attorney/client privilege.


3 posted on 01/21/2020 10:03:23 AM PST by Orosius
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Yep, the Rats are really reaching but this is only the beginning of their whining and sobbing.


4 posted on 01/21/2020 10:04:31 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Seems the DEM plan is to STALL, STALL,STALL.


5 posted on 01/21/2020 10:05:57 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: jazusamo

Dems just want to stall and have chaos and confusion, Mitch needs to stay on the two week timetable, PERIOD.


6 posted on 01/21/2020 10:06:12 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: jazusamo
Pelosie needs to be impeached, then hanged, and then quartered. Alas, that piss poor excuse of a leader gets away with murdering the US Constitution and nothing will happen.
7 posted on 01/21/2020 10:16:54 AM PST by Chgogal (Never underestimate the stupidity of a DummycRAT voter. Proof: California, New York, Illinois.)
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To: jazusamo

Good for Cruz.

We really need to go scorched earth. Defending the president is a game without end. We need to indict Democrats.


8 posted on 01/21/2020 10:41:29 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: UCANSEE2

Remember that our enemies at Big Media and Rat conspirators want this “trial” to go on for months.


9 posted on 01/21/2020 10:41:51 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: jazusamo

The Republicans and Team Trump best treat this for what it is: a fight to the death for these Democrats. They have some serious skeletons in their closets and it will be coming out soon enough.


10 posted on 01/21/2020 10:42:36 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: ClearCase_guy

WHere are Bilbo Bagpipes and John “Bull” Durham today?


11 posted on 01/21/2020 10:42:45 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Democrats - giving a whole new meaning to the words “Shyster”, “Insane”, “corrupt” and “Anti-American”.


12 posted on 01/21/2020 10:42:48 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures)
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To: jazusamo

Utter insanity.


13 posted on 01/21/2020 10:42:54 AM PST by semaj (We are the People)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Adam Shit for brains is NOT a material witness BUT Trump attorney is REALLY????


14 posted on 01/21/2020 10:43:24 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Chgogal

“Pelosie needs to be impeached, then hanged, and then quartered”

Don’t stop there.


15 posted on 01/21/2020 10:45:06 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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Schumer in 1999 said that there is NO need for the Senate to call witnesses against Bill Clinton..if the House proved their case there is no need for witnesses, now the same Schumer is singing a different tune..hypocrites, ALL OF THEM


16 posted on 01/21/2020 10:46:36 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: UCANSEE2

The only “stall” that the Democrats like are “bathroom stalls”. Just ask Adam Schiff.

Stalls are for animals so that confirms my opinion of the congressional democrats as sons of bitches. The women Dems are beyond description - most being insane - AOC, the Squat Four, Waters - in a class all by herself; Sheila Lee Jackson, another creature of unknown origins; etc.


17 posted on 01/21/2020 10:46:59 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures)
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To: jazusamo

The democrats’ plan is to throw up so much [crap] that it will create a storm and the MSM will have a feast.


18 posted on 01/21/2020 10:49:11 AM PST by odawg
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Democrats - giving a whole new meaning to the words “Shyster”, “Insane”, “corrupt” and “Anti-American”.

Precisely! And a few others I won't post here.

19 posted on 01/21/2020 10:50:11 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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So it appears The Vile Botoxian didn’t trust Lard@ss Nadler to do the speaking/lying.

Schittforbrains is a dead ringer for Christopher Walken as a deranged serial killer.


20 posted on 01/21/2020 10:53:14 AM PST by RooRoobird20 (“Democrats haven’t been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.”)
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