Posted on 11/14/2019 9:56:18 AM PST by Red Badger
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) will be called as a witness in a Senate impeachment trial, which will be held if the House votes to impeach President Donald Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said hed call Schiff to testify during an appearance on Fox Newss Hannity late Nov. 13.
Graham also said he wouldnt let a trial of Trump be based on hearsay evidence alone. A trial would also not be held if the whistleblower doesnt testify, he said.
Lets say they get 218 votes. Heres what I promise the country. Were not going to try the president of the United States based on hearsay. So any resolution setting up a trial in the Senate, Im going to make sure that hearsay cannot be the basis of an impeachment allegation, Graham told host Sean Hannity.
If you invoke the hearsay rule, what would be left?
A trial in the Senate, to me, should not legitimize whats going on in the House. No American is denied the right to call witnesses on their behalf, except for Donald Trump. No American is accused of wrongdoing anonymously, except Donald Trump. What theyre doing in the House is a danger to the presidency itself, Graham continued.
So any trial in the Senate needs to make sure that you cant impeach a president based on hearsay, because thats a danger to the presidency itself. And secondly, any trial in the Senate must expose the whistleblower so the president can confront his accuser. I will not accept a trial in the Senate until I know who the whistleblower is.
A trial in the Senate is held if a president is impeached by the House. The trial is presided over by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. If the Senate convicts the president, he is removed from office; if it does not, he remains in office. No president has ever been convicted of impeachment. Conviction requires a two-thirds concurrence of those present.
What Senator Lindsay says and what he does are two VERY different things. My question is, how deep does the rot in Ukraine go, and does Senator Lindsay really want the truth? My suspicion is that the answers to those questions are deep and NO...
So true. Have seen articles where they allege payments to Biden’s son, Kerry’s Son, and companies owned by the Kerrys...
Who knows how many more “ representatives” wet their beaks off similar arrangements but they aren’t public yet....
Also recall Trump briefly mentioned Pelosi’s sons name , to me a shot across the bow that I know you are dirty too....
Biden is in the Senate Club (former Senator).
They arent going to call anyone with the name Biden.
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Committees are really the whole chamber delegating the "debating" (fact-finding) to a subset, to be worked out and reported back to the whole.
I wouldn't bet on taking it too narrowly mean actual debate on the floor of the chamber.
-PJ
Not sure how it will all go down, but the Democrats can’t afford to ever let this get to the Senate. There must be some procedure available for the House to impeach the President and then never actually refer those charges to the Senate.
The Senate could have a real investigation and that would expose the Democrats and their ‘Whistleblower’ as a partisan hack planted by the deep state. In the end, all the bad exposure Trump is currently suffering will eventually boomerang back on the Democrats and they will end up in opposition in 2020. Somebody likely reminded Nancy that win or lose in 2020, she’s done as the speaker so appeasing their base is necessary for the parties long term future. That and the distraction this fiasco creates is required to prolong the real investigations long enough so that they are never pursued.
This is just Linda-Speak for re-election.
We've been burned too many times by the fraud Graham.
Not holding my breath, at all.
If this Eric Ciaramello guy is not the whistlebower, then the Senate should be free to call him to testify.
They can question Schiff about contacts on his own time outside of chambers, or call his staff instead of him.
-PJ
Senator Lindsay told us about all kinds of things he would do with respect to Russiagate. AND? Nada.
Yes, lots of wet beaks...and wet operations perhaps.
It is all pretty disgusting
And then, Graham would be limited to questioning Schiff about that subject alone, and would not be able to extend it to House business.
-PJ
Doesn’t matter if he is or isn’t, the Senate can call anyone to testify.
If he refuses, then we will know...........
Bingo!
The Schiff show ends tomorrow with no conclusions...
Interesting.
5.56mm
Oh, please; he won’t do it. The Ghost Of McCain Past won’t let him.
“...Schiff is immune from being called to appear before the Senate for actions he took in the House.”
Schiff is not immune to being called as a fact-witness in the fake whistleblower’s case.
He is and Nancy Pelosi has a big pile of Schiff problem.
I am worried that some of those wet beaks are Senators and they will be told that the Deep State knows all and will expose them or worse if they don’t vote to convict.
How many attempted coups are democrats allowed before they are arrested for sedition?
What Senator Lindsay says and what he does are two VERY different things.
Correct. Pay no attention to Graham’s gum flapping. Is Graham using his Senate powers and gathering any facts regarding the ongoing coup? Nope. That is something he should be doing independently of the House circus and not doing it makes him a coup co-conspirator.
and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place”
Ok, he has immunity for what he says while in the House. But, what about all his comments on news shows?
Also, what about his staff, they have no immunity.
The Senate could have a real investigation and that would expose the Democrats and their Whistleblower as a partisan hack planted by the deep state.
It’s much easier for the Senate to have a full investigation of the coup now without the theater of impeachment trial. That they aren’t doing that tells you they won’t be doing it later, either.
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