Posted on 01/19/2020 3:36:22 AM PST by Libloather
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told Axios Saturday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is expected to present a resolution that will allow President Trump's legal counsel to motion to immediately dismiss the impeachment charges during the Senate impeachment trial that starts, in earnest, Tuesday.
"I am familiar with the resolution as it stood a day or two ago," Hawley told the news source.
"My understanding is that the resolution will give the president's team the option to either move to judgment or to move to dismiss at a meaningful time," the junior senator continued.
Hawley also said that he would be "very, very surprised" if the final resolution didn't give Trump's lawyers that ability and that he might not vote for it.
Earlier this week, McConnell told reporters that "there is little or no sentiment in the Republican conference for a motion to dismiss. Our members feel that we have an obligation to listen to the arguments."
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No. Roberts is more of a facilitator in this. He only makes a ruling when 51 or more Senators tell him to.
An acquittal from a trial does not exonerate. Every day of an impeachment "trial" gives the Democrats more drama time to poison the 2020 elections in November.
A summary dismissal would put a stop to all that.
This impeachment does not include any charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors" that are defined by any laws of the United States. It is based on hostile opinions, fabrications, third-hand hearsay, and perjury. "Orange Man Bad" is essentially the justification.
Shut it down.
Arguments both ways have merit.
Since the Senate isn’t going to ask ME, (good!, cause I can’t decide), I’ll wait to see what Mitch and the boys (politically incorrect on purpose because the gender (grammar term) in English is understood to stand for BOTH (and YES there are only TWO) sexes, the masculine “man” as in hu”man”.
“2. a human being of EITHER sex; a person.
“God cares for all races and all men”
Agreed for the most part. Some differences. Mayor Pete IMHO would lose about 10% of black females. Which is probably why the DNC wouldn’t allow Mayor Pete.
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