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Democrats Threaten to Punish Trump for Not Testifying at Impeachment Trial
Breitbart ^ | February 8 2021 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 02/08/2021 11:46:48 PM PST by knighthawk

Democrats reiterated Monday a threat to punish former President Donald Trump for not testifying at the impeachment trial in the Senate, which begins Tuesday.

In a short filing responding to Trump’s lawyer’s 75-page trial memorandum, submitted Monday, the House impeachment managers — all Democrats hand-picked by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) — wrote:

[T]he House has invited President Trump to voluntarily testify under oath, yet President Trump immediately rejected that opportunity to tell his story. The House will establish at trial that this decision to avoid testifying supports a strong adverse inference regarding President Trump’s actions (and inaction) on January 6.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; impeachment; trump
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1 posted on 02/08/2021 11:46:48 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

There’s absolutely nothing they can do to him since Roberts isn’t even presiding the entire trial is unconstitutional to begin with


2 posted on 02/08/2021 11:50:04 PM PST by Lod881019
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To: knighthawk
Sounds like the Dimms are saying... "if you don't show up at the clubhouse tomorrow and you WON'T take a puff from our lighted cigarette we're gonna beat you up."

To which Mr. Trump should politely say... "GO PI$$ UP A ROPE A$$HOLES!


3 posted on 02/08/2021 11:57:57 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: knighthawk

Smart move by Trump. The Dems have nothing right now, but they will try to bait him into a perjury trap.


4 posted on 02/09/2021 12:02:11 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: knighthawk

They know they won’t get the votes but they would love video of themselves pretending to be self righteous and he having to listen. It’s all about the optics for them


5 posted on 02/09/2021 12:11:40 AM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: knighthawk

This “spite impeachment” is wearing real thin.


6 posted on 02/09/2021 12:12:04 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: knighthawk

Let he pogroms begin


7 posted on 02/09/2021 12:29:42 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: knighthawk

Demonrats are NOTHING but ANTI American SCUM

PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!


8 posted on 02/09/2021 12:58:46 AM PST by afchief
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To: knighthawk

So much for the fifth amendment.


9 posted on 02/09/2021 1:09:25 AM PST by Fido969 (,i.)
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To: knighthawk

Where’s my $2,000 check? Where’s my student loan debt relief? Where’s my $15 minimum wage? Why is the southern border wide open in the middle of a pandemic? The troubling questions for this fake, fraudulent government are adding up.


10 posted on 02/09/2021 1:21:19 AM PST by No_Mas_Obama
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To: knighthawk

Purge Is The Game!

11 posted on 02/09/2021 1:26:20 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: knighthawk

I so hope that they get Trump-handled just like every time before. Go get em PRESIDENT!!! Zero mercy!!


12 posted on 02/09/2021 1:27:00 AM PST by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: knighthawk

Nancy Pelosi and her scumbags. Would make a great band name for them, in jail.


13 posted on 02/09/2021 1:39:13 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: knighthawk

From a comment on ZeroHedge:
“A small group of elites gathered behind fences and razor wire to install an illegitimate leader. They are guarded by 25000 soldiers with machine guns in a closed capital city.

A trial of an opposition leader not in a court but in a political body controlled by the regime in power. There is no judge in charge of the proceedings, a regime politician will serve as judge and juror. The stated goal of the proceeding is to insure that the opposition leader is not elected to a position of power.

A state media labels the opposition leader a threat to the republic and his followers as insurrectionists who will need to be deprogrammed.

The leader makes daily appearances before the cameras to sign his proclamations. No debates, no legislation, no questions, only the signature of the leader on his orders.

This is what despotism looks like.”


14 posted on 02/09/2021 1:45:36 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: knighthawk

This is a communist “show” trial.


15 posted on 02/09/2021 2:44:21 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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16 posted on 02/09/2021 2:46:02 AM PST by 4Liberty (Honest GOP can’t use legal options cause Dems use illegal ones (threats). The Robert Creamer Party! )
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To: ReaganGeneration2

Spot on.


17 posted on 02/09/2021 2:53:31 AM PST by EEGator
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To: knighthawk

So every low-life criminal in America has the right to not testify in his own trial via the 5th Amendment, but Donald Trump doesn’t?


18 posted on 02/09/2021 3:00:56 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: ReaganGeneration2

That’s exactly what it is, despotism. When you lay it out like that, it’s undeniable.

Americans never thought it could happen here but we were too complacent, too willing to ignore the incremental violations of our freedom and the rule of law, and now it’s too late.


19 posted on 02/09/2021 3:04:11 AM PST by livius
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To: ReaganGeneration2

Your posted words are heartbreaking and full of truth.


20 posted on 02/09/2021 3:05:44 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!! )
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