Posted on 12/18/2019 7:34:16 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Representative Jackie Speier (D., Calif.) has called on Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to recuse himself from the impending impeachment trial over his admission that he would not be an “impartial juror” and his claim that the trial was politically motivated.
“I’m not an impartial juror,” McConnell told CNN on Tuesday. “This is a political process. There is not anything judicial about it. Impeachment is a political decision.”
Speier responded by arguing that McConnell’s statement should disqualify him from participating in the impeachment trial.
“I think we’re going to have to call a mistrial before it even gets over to the Senate,” Speier said on CNN. “My understanding is that each of the senators is going to have to take an oath that they will independently evaluate the evidence for impeachment. . . . It sounds like there’s no interest in doing that whatsoever, and I would think Mitch McConnell should recuse himself.”
The House is expected to approve two articles of impeachment against President Trump this week, one for abuse of power and the other for obstruction of Congress.
McConnell is currently under pressure from both Democrats and Republicans to set parameters for an expected impeachment trial in the Senate that will please both sides. On Tuesday, McConnell slammed minority leader Chuck Schumer’s (D., N.Y.) proposal to determine which witnesses to call for testimony in the same document that will set rules for impeachment hearings.
“It is not the Senate’s job to leap into the breach and search desperately for ways to get to ‘guilty,’” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “The Senate is meant to act as judge and jury, to hear a trial, not to re-run the entire fact-finding investigation because angry partisans rushed sloppily through it.”
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LOL commies hate the fact that they dont have the Senate..go to hell Commies..they can ALL kiss my ass
Democrats are clearly criminals.
Tough
“....go to hell Commies..they can ALL kiss my ass”.
I’ll draw a big crowd of Libs so they can watch. Lol
The House can deare a “mistrial” in the senate?
“The Senate is meant to act as judge and jury, to hear a trial, not to re-run the entire fact-finding investigation because angry partisans rushed sloppily through it.”..
I have to admit it.
That was a great thing to say by Mitch.
Whatever reason he said it for..he still said it.
Hey hope you’re well man and enjoy the holidays :)
Quick — let’s check thew rule book!
Oh! That’s right! There is no rule book!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Heads I win, Tails you lose.
The Democrats just took their best shot, and President Trump is still standing.
The Democrats are frantic.
The Democrat leaders have committed crimes.
This impeachment baloney was all an attempt to frighten President Trump into not investigating the crimes of the Democrat leaders.
Now, it’s his turn.
Merry Christmas you criminal Democrats.
So DemonRats want a fair trial in the Senate, after just conducting a House investigation that produced no actual crimes and was anything but fair?
It’s not that kind of trial scumbag. He doesn’t have to recuse himself, he makes the rules. The fascist donks made up the rules for the house impeachment scam and McConnell makes up the rules for the Senate. The “lower” house has no say in how the “trial” will be run.
Now, you and all of the criminal democrat party can FOAD.
I expect to hear that Trump broke all kinds of records today in donations. I know I sent my donation for his re-election.
As soon as the 2020 re-election, I hope and pray Trump turns all hell loose on the democrats.....
A declaration of a mistrial generally means that a court must hold a retrial on the same subject.
(snort!)
I guess we'll have to find another Senate to have another trial.
Recuse?
He must have thought Sessions was the SML!
Lol. I seriously think Cocaine Mitch is going to clown these idiots. I know a lot of people here don’t like him, but there’s not a much better politician than him.
Q for Speier:
Out of curiosity, which article in the Constitution outlines an impeachment mistrial? Yes, I will wait.
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