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Trump’s impeachment trial gets underway with Raskin call for witness depositions
NY Post ^ | February 13, 2021 | 10:02am | Updated | By Steven Nelson and Bruce Golding

Posted on 02/13/2021 7:29:41 AM PST by conservative98

Closing arguments at former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial were expected to get underway Saturday morning — with each side granted two hours to make their final case to the US Senate before an expected vote on the verdict later in the day.

But Day 5 started instead with House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) asking to subpoena records and call a witness sparking fierce debate with Trump defense lawyer Michael van der Venn.

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KEYWORDS: day5; impeachment; inconceivable; jamieraskin; lindsey; livethread; michaelvandervenn; raskin; shamimpeachment; shampeachment; spartansixdelta; trump; trumpimpeachtrial; vandervenn; witnesses
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To: EBH

What is your point? At least half a million Trump supporters were in town. A crisis had just occurred, caused by a few hundred people. What was he supposed to say? Stay? It was in fact time to clear out and let the dust settle. The event had been infiltrated by provocateurs who had the potential to inflict further damage.


161 posted on 02/13/2021 8:43:09 AM PST by odawg
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To: FRinCanada2

Restart now


162 posted on 02/13/2021 8:43:51 AM PST by Ken Regis
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To: conservative98

Did Trump’s attorney make the point that they should be limited to the witnesses that they called during the House indictment?


163 posted on 02/13/2021 8:43:55 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Redmen4ever

“What kind of a trial is based on no witnesses and no other evidence?”


A trial where the deposition is not recorded and the “witness” is allowed to ssmash blackberries with hammers. And the hard drives wipe with a cloth.


164 posted on 02/13/2021 8:43:58 AM PST by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: odawg

Trump did tell his supporters to go home at some point during that day.


165 posted on 02/13/2021 8:44:06 AM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Ken Regis

Recess for 45 minutes


166 posted on 02/13/2021 8:44:35 AM PST by Ken Regis
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To: MayflowerMadam
Thank you. I did find it on RSBN finally. The link I have on my desktop wouldn’t work, but it’s fine on my smart tv. Thanks again!

PBS is showing the trial as well...Judy Woodruff is on...CBS and ABC stopped showing the trial once the vote on witnesses took place...

167 posted on 02/13/2021 8:44:38 AM PST by L.A.Justice ( )
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To: BobL

Agree


168 posted on 02/13/2021 8:44:42 AM PST by rep-always
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To: EnquiringMind

To open the door to the next phase of the FACT attack that exposes the democrat steal. That’s why. And the dumba@@es on the d side are against the wall desperate. The joke hours yesterday proved that. They think they can rewrite the Constitution, while the Conservatives are following it to take them out.

Note that yesterday— Swallwell was notably gone- out searching for more twitter FAKED blue check “tweet” “evidence”. Remember, on live tv, that Swallwell called Tucker Carlson a Russian agent (Carlson took a break, and when he came back on, Swallwell was gone. Ordered out of the studio). Swallwell IS A CHI-COM agent who is STILL on the House Intel committee (and a member of the “Gang of 8”).

Watch the actions of the Gang of 8— all of them, and the “team players” who are the remaining House and Senate members of Intel. Who have lower access clearance than the 8
And let’s think— JUST WHO HAS the Biden reports at that level- not Biden, he can’t remember or assimilate a damned thing. So the apparatchiks are in control.


169 posted on 02/13/2021 8:44:49 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: bk1000

Raskin is under the delusion he is smarter than the rest.
He is having a hard time accepting defeat. Trump lawyers simply demolished the impeachment argument by their video exposing democrap hypocrisy about “fight like hell”.


170 posted on 02/13/2021 8:44:56 AM PST by entropy12 (It is NOT WHO VOTES, it is who COUNTS THE VOTES wins elections...paraphrasing Joe Stalin)
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To: RideForever

This was info released to her by McCarthy so she would go public with it. I’d like to hear it straight from McCarthy. Call him as a witness and let him be cross-examined.


171 posted on 02/13/2021 8:45:24 AM PST by vivenne
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To: odawg

My point is as it relates to McCarthy calling the President and telling him to call off his supporters. That’s what I thought we were discussing.

The call was made...

The President responded and it is recorded...


172 posted on 02/13/2021 8:45:28 AM PST by EBH (Deer in the headlights get killed)
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To: conservative98

Why would that out of context stammer be impeachable?

The president’s statement was correct.

The protestors shouldn’t have gone in the Capitol but they aren’t all scum of the earth to be vilified for a political act of trespassing.

They didn’t try to kill anybody or take over the government. There were thousands of them in There and I’ve never seen so much as an act of graffiti.


173 posted on 02/13/2021 8:45:37 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: apostoli

“Obviously you are unaware of the overall ‘movements’ going on by the GOPe and anti-Trumpers. Lindsey is a SNAKE.”

Obviously. Only you have the secret decoder ring.

Or, maybe some of us are less prone to running around with our hair on fire.


174 posted on 02/13/2021 8:45:42 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now!)
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To: conservative98

Dem playbook requires them to demand Trump concede that there was no fraud (in their eyes the “Big Lie”).

Unfortunately fraud is the truth.

They will now demand witnesses, in hopes that Trump will bring witnesses to prove fraud, knowing full well that McConnell has threatened Trump if his team brings up fraud.

The Deep State is in full double down mode.


175 posted on 02/13/2021 8:45:50 AM PST by Yulee
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To: Pikachu_Dad

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-impeachment-lee-raskin-hole-case-jonathan-turley


176 posted on 02/13/2021 8:46:05 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: John S Mosby

Plus they doctored their “evidence” and were called out on it. Castro is the smarmiest of them all.


177 posted on 02/13/2021 8:46:16 AM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: entropy12
Raskin is under the delusion he is smarter than the rest.

Yep

178 posted on 02/13/2021 8:46:29 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: dandiegirl

analysts are stumped, some saying Trump will show up - never happen.


179 posted on 02/13/2021 8:47:23 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Ken Regis

And bring in Hilda beast and ask her about he missing 30,000 emails.


180 posted on 02/13/2021 8:47:24 AM PST by entropy12 (It is NOT WHO VOTES, it is who COUNTS THE VOTES wins elections...paraphrasing Joe Stalin)
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