Posted on 01/21/2020 11:03:30 PM PST by knighthawk
A marathon first day in the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump erupted into a shouting match well after midnight early Wednesday morning, as Trump's legal team unloaded on Democratic impeachment manager Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. -- in an exchange that prompted a bleary-eyed Chief Justice John Roberts to sternly admonish both sides for misconduct in the chamber.
Nadler began the historic spat by speaking in support of the eighth amendment of the day proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, after each of Schumer's previous attempted alterations to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's rules were rejected by a united Republican contingent by a vote of 53-47. The eighth amendment, issued as the clock struck midnight, was to issue a subpoena for former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who has reportedly described Trump's conduct as akin to a "drug deal."
Nader, who was overheard apparently planning to impeach Trump back in 2018, said it would be a "treacherous vote" and a "cover-up" for Republicans to reject the Bolton subpoena, claiming that "only guilty people try to hide evidence."
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Smile...
best comment of the day!
“Why did Schumer, Clinton, Obama and Kerry all vote against him? “
Because he was nominated by Bush.
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
Lordy I hope you're right!
Yep....
Are people actually watching this foolishness?
Considering the state of the Trump Economy, I assumed Sane America was pretty busy working, trying to decide which job offer to accept, taking care of their kids, watching 401Ks swell, and doing lots of shopping.
I suspect the 35% of America that is addicted to the Kool Aid is mainlining the stuff.
Do you think its really that high?
None of the news junkies I know are watching very closely. Its too predictable. We know what the Party of Satan has to proffer.
Its easy enough to catch up on the trustworthy news aggravation sites.
After three years, my sense is that many of us place a lot of trust in President Trump and feel much more relaxed about the dems bottomless box of exploding cigars.
Roberts should've reprimanded Nadler before the defense team took the floor. Since he didn't, they had to and shouldn't have been included in Roberts' admonition.
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