Posted on 01/24/2020 10:37:11 AM PST by maggief
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he will vote against a motion to subpoena Hunter Biden if a majority of colleagues agree next week that additional witnesses and documents need to be summoned for President Trumps impeachment trial.
If Republican colleagues introduce a motion to subpoena former Vice President Joe Bidens son, Graham said I vote against it.
Grahams opposition essentially kills the threat that Republicans have wielded in recent weeks that if Democrats win a motion to hear from additional witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, they will retaliate by subpoenaing the Bidens.
Republican lawmakers such as Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) have threatened to weaponize the debate over witnesses by forcing the Bidens into the impeachment spotlight.
Paul has argued that Trumps defense team should be allowed to call whatever witnesses they want.
The president gets to call anybody he thinks would be good for his defense, the prosecution can call who they want, but I dont think we should selectively call witnesses that don't like the president, Paul said last week.
Kennedy argued that Trumps lawyers would likely want to cross-examine the Bidens.
I feel pretty confident, though I dont know it for a fact, that the defense team is going to want to call its witnesses, including but not limited to the Bidens, [and] as a fact witness the whistleblower, he said.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has also opened the door to subpoenaing Hunter Biden.
When you get to that issue, I cant imagine that only the witnesses that our Democratic colleagues would want to call would be called, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Do The Plan People still think this investigation is on the level?
and just like that, all the pro-Graham weenies here disappear.
Ideally, there will be no witnesses. Just vote down the impeachment and end this farce.
But if they do call witnesses, then the Bidens would have to be called. And the whistleblower. And Schiff.
14 posts it took
Well done
Most important thing Graham said was this needs to end
Hes right
No matter what, there will always be some Republican douche to screw things up.
We all were well aware that Lindsey is neck deep in this coup. All the window dressing he has been spewing in defense of Trump just went out the door. Never forget that McCain, was Lindsay’s bestie. McCain “here is the Russian dossier” traitor. Never forget.
Grahams opposition essentially kills the threat that Republicans have wielded in recent weeks that if Democrats win a motion to hear from additional witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, they will retaliate by subpoenaing the Bidens.
Moot court move -- Schumer's already rejected the idea.
This is a somewhat misleading headline and article. I watched the presser on this, and what he said was that he didn’t want THIS Hearing to be the venue for calling the Bidens. He said he would pursue it himself, if necessary, AFTER the impeachment trial. That is totally different than what the article was sugggesting..
Always!!
Why would linda say this now, at this stage of the trial? It’s like I said months ago, they will limit who Trump can call as a witness.
Right, he wants to investigate it later not now. So it will go the same way it has other investigations and promises, no where.
I don’t want Biden. I want Atkinson. The Whistle blower, the staff from Schiff he met with the WB, Schiff himself.
Linda is walking a fine line here. His political fortunes are tied to Trump...be he’s just as guilty as the Bidens when it comes to corruption.
[[I dont think its wrong for us to look at the Biden connection in the Ukraine]]
You don’t ‘think’? You should know for a fact that there’s nothing wrong with looking into him because of corruption, and should state so emphatically-
the fake news red flags are waving all over the place on this one... others who didn’t spot them need to up their not-being-gullible game
That's what I gathered, not that I think anything of substance will be done about the Bidens or anyone else up to their necks in Ukraine corruption. Get the whistle-blower on the stand, otherwise no additional witnesses.
“Whatever the Clintons had on him 25 years ago is still being held over his head “
Like in the movie Godfather II where the corrupt Senator woke up in bed with a dead hooker?
Except in this case maybe it was a dead boy?
[[I support Lindsey on this, not the right way to provide the depth and breadth of investigation the Biden situation calls for.]]
got to disagree- You can call him in on the senate trial- and also investigate him later- You don;t have to charge him with anything during the senate trial- just lay the groundwork for a later trial- make them sweat-
Hes up for re-election this year isnt he? Come on Georgia, primary his faggot ass
The Bidens’ corruption goes directly to the motivation of Trump’s action and therefore is material to the case.
Georgia...oof, Im so embarrassed. West Carolina i meant.
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