Posted on 01/21/2020 7:23:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Two weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was in a bind.
Cracks were beginning to form in the ranks of Senate Republicans, and some moderate and vulnerable GOP senators were voicing their support for calling witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial — a measure McConnell and other allies of President Donald Trump were staunchly against.
Then John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, said he was prepared to testify. The announcement was McConnell's worst nightmare. A pivotal witness who was in the president's inner circle had stepped forward and offered to testify in Trump's trial. Could McConnell and Senate Republicans really afford to turn a blind eye?
The Kentucky Republican was stuck — until he wasn't.
This week, he announced in a resolution that the Senate would begin opening arguments on Wednesday in Trump's impeachment trial. If the Senate votes to hear from witnesses, it will depose them first and then vote on whether they should publicly testify.
The trial itself will be much more condensed than previous impeachment proceedings as well. If the Senate passes McConnell's resolution on Tuesday, each side will be given 24 hours to argue their case over three trial days. During former President Bill Clinton's trial, each side was allowed 24 hours of argument over four days.
Senators will then be given 16 hours for questioning.
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I am so glad Yahoo is treating Mitch just like they treated Adam, who led the sneakiest, slimiest, secretist investigation.
OH, WAIT, YAHOO DID NOT TREAT ADAM LIKE THAT.
EVERYTHING POPEYES DID WAS AOK WITH THEM.
:) Thanks!
The Biblical Babylon? :)
"Absent national-security concerns regarding classified information, the depositions should be public," he said. "The entire check on the process is that the public has a chance to vote for senators who are up for reelection. But if the Senate is hearing witnesses behind closed doors, the machinery of representative democracy starts to break down."
.....Says the Dean from Cornell Law.
Apparently, only Schifforbrains and his fellow cronies are allowed to hold hearings behind closed doors in this process
LOL
Uh... no. It was the job of the House to prove there was an indictable offense made by the President and they could NOT so now they want the Senate to do their job of prosecuting an innocent man who is doing wrong but great things for America across the board.
I firmly believe every dem who voted to impeach Trump should immediately be removed from office, by force if necessary, when Trump is completely exonerated AGAIN.
These are criminal actions by these traitorous dems and they should be treated as traitors when the time comes.
Nah. It means they’re not sweet, kind, and loving toward the universe like such lib luminaries as ScatFranNan and Schiffhead.
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