Posted on 02/01/2020 9:34:40 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump’s impeachment lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued the president should not have the stain of impeachment on his legacy if the Senate acquits him.
“Nancy Pelosi has now pulled a real sharp one. She says even if he’s acquitted and vindicated, he’s still impeached. He’s going to have that label forever. That should not be how it is. Why? He didn’t have a fair trial,” Dershowitz, 81, told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday.
“He was indicted. And what happens after a person is acquitted after indictment? The indictment disappears,” he continued. “If he wins this, I think nobody should regard him as having been impeached.”
Trump, 73, told House Republicans in an October phone call that he didn’t want to be impeached because it was a "bad thing to have on your resume," according to Axios.
The Democratic-controlled House impeached Trump in December on charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power over his conduct toward Ukraine.
On Friday, the Republican-led Senate rejected a motion to call for additional witnesses and documents, setting up a vote for Trump’s acquittal next week.
Two other presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998. Both were acquitted by the Senate. Former President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 before the House could impeach him.
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That ruins my TShirt business
“Yes, Trump’s acquittal is real and it’s spectacular!
(Seinfeld- Terry Hatcher episode)
Question now is which democrat up for re-election will vote to acquit? Those are the ones to go after.
Impeachment was voted by the House of Reps so therefore the way to undo it is to take back the House and then have a vote to remove the first vote.
I say this in the sense that Democrats seek a mob rule
“Democracy”, which is socialism on its way to communism,
all of which is ultimately deadly to our children, as
history shows us again and again.
Independent of any merit or lack thereof, of published
suspicions regarding Deshowitz himself.
The whole concept of a fair trial has to do with the rights of the defendant, not the ability of the prosecutor to have everything ruled in his favor. One of the basic features of a fair trial is for the defendant to be able to confront his accuser. The Democrats and Justice Roberts have conspired to prevent the accuser's name from being mentioned. How often does that happen in a fair trial?
A House impeachment is nothing more than an accusation.
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