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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,034 posts) Mon Dec 23, 2019, 04:39 PM Dec 2019

Impeachment live updates: McConnell, Pelosi dig in on impasse over Trump's Senate trial

Both sides dug in Monday in the impasse over a Senate trial of President Trump, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) chiding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) for the delay in transmitting articles of impeachment, a position he called “absurd.”

Pelosi, meanwhile, insisted that before moving forward, Democrats need to know “what sort of trial the Senate will conduct.” Democrats are seeking to have several witnesses testify, and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) pressed his case in a letter to colleagues Monday that documents withheld by the White House be subpoenaed as part of the trial.

At the heart of the Democrats’ case is the allegation that Trump tried to leverage a White House meeting and military aid, sought by Ukraine to combat Russian military aggression, to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, as well as a probe of an unfounded theory that Kyiv conspired with Democrats to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

●White House official directed hold on Ukraine aid shortly after Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/impeachment-live-updates-mcconnell-pelosi-dig-in-on-impasse-over-trumps-senate-trial/ar-BBYgZTe?li=BBnb7Kz

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Impeachment live updates: McConnell, Pelosi dig in on impasse over Trump's Senate trial (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2019 OP

McConnell doesn't dare let the reins slip from his grasp gratuitous Dec 2019 #1

Constitution says the chief justice presides over it . I imagine there will lots of talk about what Fullduplexxx Dec 2019 #3

That's long since settled FBaggins Dec 2019 #4

Maybe Moscow's Mitch's arrogant claims about what he was ... marble falls Dec 2019 #2

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

1. McConnell doesn't dare let the reins slip from his grasp

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 05:03 PM

Dec 2019

Ordinarily, I'd say there was little to worry about. The trial in the Senate is supposed to be presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Trials aren't customarily run by the jurors, but by the official sitting on the bench. McConnell, I presume, isn't going to just hand the proceedings over to Roberts without retaining significant control over everything. I don't know what that will mean in terms of the actual trial of Trump's impeachment, but you can be sure that McConnell wants the trial to be on the articles of impeachment rather than a trial of Trump.

Fullduplexxx

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3. Constitution says the chief justice presides over it . I imagine there will lots of talk about what

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 07:35 PM

Dec 2019

Of talk about what "presides "means

FBaggins

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4. That's long since settled

Reply to Fullduplexxx (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 24, 2019, 03:15 PM

Dec 2019

By, in fact, the last Chief Justice to sit in that seat.

The Senate is not just "the jury", they are "the court". Therefore "presides" is largely procedural.

marble falls

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2. Maybe Moscow's Mitch's arrogant claims about what he was ...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 05:16 PM

Dec 2019

do to stage manage the Senate portion of the impeachment process is biting him on his ass?

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