Posted on 01/08/2021 7:48:07 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday circulated to colleagues a memo outlining the procedure for holding another trial for President Trump if the House impeaches him for a second time in just over a year.
The document, which was first reported by The Washington Post, lays out how the Senate would proceed if the House approves articles of impeachment and transmits them to the upper chamber before or by Jan. 19, when senators are scheduled to resume regular business after the January recess.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Full blown treason is more like it.
Guess Mitch plans on this being his last term in the senate
I’ll never vote for a republican again. Except desantis.
Faux this bitch Addison Mitchell McConnell. I hope he gets the snot kicked out of him next go ‘round.
Impeachment for what?
They have no idea how they have ruined what little reputations they had. And how bad theyve damaged the country.
These people simply do not care.
What would you expect from “McConJob”??
Breathing.
Mitch is terrified of something....
The President needs to do a document dump..now!
I cannot say what I’m thinking. Mitch should resign.
I read the article these people are sick.
So...are we to STILL support the GOP? I mean, good grief!
Schedule it for January 21st, a***hole. That’s the way the other side plays the game...
This is basically a GFY to Pelosi. It puts to rest the rumors peddled by the Democrats that McConnell conspired with Pelosi to turf Trump before the inauguration. Typical BS from the left to try to get Republicans to fight each other.
“The Senate trial would therefore begin after President Trump’s term has expired – either one hour after its expiration on Jan. 20, or twenty-five hours after its expiration on Jan. 21,” the memo states.
The document was confirmed by a source familiar with its contents.
McConnell’s memo notes that the Senate, which is scheduled to hold pro-forma sessions until Jan. 19, the day before Biden is to take the oath of office, cannot conduct any business during those pro-forma meetings without unanimous consent.
The GOP leader notes that would preclude the Senate from acting on any articles of impeachment received from the House until Biden is president, raising an implicit question about the point of such an exercise.
“It would require the consent of all 100 senators to conduct any business of any kind during the scheduled pro forma sessions prior to January 19, and therefore the consent of all 100 senators to begin acting on any articles of impeachment during those sessions,” the memo states.
The document notes the Senate “can receive a message announcing that the House has impeached the President” while the Senate is in recess, but the Secretary of the Senate wouldn’t notify the chamber of the message until the next regular session, which is scheduled for Jan. 19.
What’s unclear is whether Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over the trial because Trump will no longer be president of the United States at 1 p.m. Jan. 20, the earliest a trial could start without consent from all 100 senators.]
they think trump ruined it..lol
Oh yeah. He’s terrified. Same with the Rats. Shaking in their boots.
Kentucky, you know you can press for a recall, right?
Of course
Hes not a beltway insider like all of them
Thats what you get
/sarc
[Schedule it for January 21st, a***hole. That’s the way the other side plays the game...]
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