Should Senate impeachment trial allow witnesses?

[Lakhota]

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

isn't that the job of the House? Didn't they bring in witnesses to testify? If they didn't bring in enough witnesses, then they shouldn't vote. Right?

The House only had "voluntary" witnesses. Trump blocked all the "key" witnesses and documents. It's called Obstruction of Congress.

 

[jc456]

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

isn't that the job of the House? Didn't they bring in witnesses to testify? If they didn't bring in enough witnesses, then they shouldn't vote. Right?

The House only had "voluntary" witnesses. Trump blocked all the "key" witnesses and documents. It's called Obstruction of Congress.

no it isn't, the congress has no legal subpoena, how can one obstruct something that isn't legal? needs to go to a court. Ever hear of executive privilege? you should actually educate yourself, you look more foolish than normal.

 

[Lakhota]

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

isn't that the job of the House? Didn't they bring in witnesses to testify? If they didn't bring in enough witnesses, then they shouldn't vote. Right?

The House only had "voluntary" witnesses. Trump blocked all the "key" witnesses and documents. It's called Obstruction of Congress.

no it isn't, the congress has no legal subpoena, how can one obstruct something that isn't legal? needs to go to a court. Ever hear of executive privilege? you should actually educate yourself, you look more foolish than normal.

Funny. Executive Privilege doesn't apply when crimes are involved. Google it...

 

[Thunk]

That won't happen. It would be political suicide for Republicans if they did such a thing. Their continued support for this corrupt and unhinged President is also political suicide. Americans really do want him gone. Did you not see the demonstrations?

I will see a demonstration in 30 minutes...it's called a TRUMP RALLY!

Why don't you quit fooling yourself, tune in, and see the 10's of thousands in cheering support for our president standing in 17 degree weather just for a chance to get in... & 10's of millions watching on TV.

 

[Care4all]

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

isn't that the job of the House? Didn't they bring in witnesses to testify? If they didn't bring in enough witnesses, then they shouldn't vote. Right?

The House only had "voluntary" witnesses. Trump blocked all the "key" witnesses and documents. It's called Obstruction of Congress.

no it isn't, the congress has no legal subpoena, how can one obstruct something that isn't legal? needs to go to a court. Ever hear of executive privilege? you should actually educate yourself, you look more foolish than normal.

Really? You are the second right winger claiming Congress does not have subpoena power....today...

WHO on the right wing TOLD you that?

Are you actually trying to claim when Congress subpoenaed Hillary Clinton's Benghazi and Lybia emails,

it was never a legal subpoena?

And when they subpoenaed the IRS and Lois Lerner for records, it was never a legal subpoena? And when they subpoenaed her to testify, that was not legal either?

or when the R's in congress subpoenaed Eric Holder on fast n furious...

ALL OF THAT was done with ILLEGAL subpoenas?

WHO is telling you this crapola?

 

[Care4all]

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

isn't that the job of the House? Didn't they bring in witnesses to testify? If they didn't bring in enough witnesses, then they shouldn't vote. Right?

The House only had "voluntary" witnesses. Trump blocked all the "key" witnesses and documents. It's called Obstruction of Congress.

no it isn't, the congress has no legal subpoena, how can one obstruct something that isn't legal? needs to go to a court. Ever hear of executive privilege? you should actually educate yourself, you look more foolish than normal.

ever heard of the term, ''exerting executive privilege''?

the president alone, has to exert executive privilege,

it has NEVER been done in a blanket manner of refusing all subpoenas, for every thing, even if that thing does not involve privilege of the president...EVER.

this president did not exert it.... he just flat out spat on congress.

people are required to show up when subpoenaed before congress, then when there.... if there is a question they are asked that is privileged, the privilege is exerted by their or white house lawyers, sitting behind the witness... and it is only for the specific question asked... all other questions not involved in a presidential exertion of privilege, have to be answered.

And on documents where it is exerted, ONLY specific documents identified as privilege are held on the specific conversation of privilege, all others have to be turned over.

TRUMP never did that... he just refused to turn over any documents at all and refused to allow any witness from testifying at all...

that was obstruction of congress.

 

[basquebromance]

"The impeachment Articles passed by the House of Representatives will meet a quick demise in the Senate" - Sen Graham

 

[The Original Tree]

Why don’t you and Putin Google US Code and show us those crimes that appear in The Articles?

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

isn't that the job of the House? Didn't they bring in witnesses to testify? If they didn't bring in enough witnesses, then they shouldn't vote. Right?

The House only had "voluntary" witnesses. Trump blocked all the "key" witnesses and documents. It's called Obstruction of Congress.

no it isn't, the congress has no legal subpoena, how can one obstruct something that isn't legal? needs to go to a court. Ever hear of executive privilege? you should actually educate yourself, you look more foolish than normal.

Funny. Executive Privilege doesn't apply when crimes are involved. Google it...

 

[HenryBHough]

How can the prosecution or defense present their cases without witnesses?

Case?

What case?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

How can the prosecution or defense present their cases without witnesses?

There will be no trail. A motion to dismiss will be introduced, passed, and then everyone will get on with life!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

How can the prosecution or defense present their cases without witnesses?

The house is free to call any of the 17 witnesses they used to make their determination. The house, in an impeachment, is the finder of facts, the senate is to try those facts. If the house can't make their case with what they have, tough shit, it's not the senates job to bail them out.

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Not the way it works dumb ass.

Yeah, it works anyway the Republicans in the Senate decide it is going to work, dumbass!

 

[Lakhota]

When will Speaker Pelosi send Articles of Impeachment to the Senate for trial? Apparently that is her choice if/when she sends them over for trial. It sounds like she is strategically waiting for feedback from McConnell about the rules/procedures - and FAIRNESS. If she thinks it's just going to be a sham trial - she may not send them over.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

How can the prosecution or defense present their cases without witnesses?

Because morons, it isn't the job of the Senate to hold an all new hearing all over again and retry the president a second time, but to JUDGE the case presented them by the House!

Too bad Schiffty wouldn't allow the GOP to call Biden, Hunter and the others they wanted, then they could have gotten Mulvaney and others THEY wanted! Too late now!

Holding a trial is exactly the job of the senate. The house had hearings to determine whether to impeach Trump. Now there will be a trial to determine whether he is guilty.

There will be no trial. A motion to dismiss is what will happen and the case will be over in a matter of minutes.

 

[BULLDOG]

How can the prosecution or defense present their cases without witnesses?

There will be no trail. A motion to dismiss will be introduced, passed, and then everyone will get on with life!

You be sure to hold your breath for that.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Since the impeachment seems to center around Ukraine (where there is NO evidence of wrongdoing by Trump)

Actually, there is overwhelming evidence of Trump's guilt. Why would you say otherwise?

Where? The House Dems couldn't find any!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

How can the prosecution or defense present their cases without witnesses?

There will be no trail. A motion to dismiss will be introduced, passed, and then everyone will get on with life!

You be sure to hold your breath for that.

McConnell basically hinted that would happen already! Where were you?

You better pray that it does or only the non-Senators will be running for President during the months it takes for the Biden's to testify, and all of their exploits paraded in public! Bidens will be smeared by his and junior's Ukraininan involvement. Have you started practicing saying "Democrat presidential nominee Pete "Buttplug" Buttigieg" yet?

Biden is probably making phone calls right now to Republican Senators begging to be let off the hook. His fellow Democrats are going to throw Sleepy Joe under the bus in hopes he doesn't wake up until after the convention.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

79% of Democrats say YES.

72% of Independents say YES.

64% of Republicans say YES.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Impeachment: Poll finds most think Trump should let aides testify in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is requesting four witnesses: acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

Chuck Schumer requests four witnesses in impeachment Senate trial - CNN

Chuck Schumer is only requesting four witnesses. I think this is a fair and reasonable request - especially since most Americans, most Republicans, and most Independents want witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. What do you think?

I think investigation is the House's job and they should not attempt to have the Senate do their job for them. If they want these witnesses, it's their job to get them to testify. "Oh, but mean old orange man won't let them". That's what the courts are for.

The bottom line is, the House won't take the steps necessary to force testimony. That's not the Senate's problem.

What is your assessment of the Dem's argument they 1. have already produced ample evidence to impeach 2. could not afford to wait for the courts to rule on Trump's obstruction because of the imminent threat Trump poses in corrupting another election after soliciting the help of Russia in the 2016 election? 3. want Repubs in the Senate to pressure the WH to relent on it's obstruction in order for senators to have ALL the pertinent information they need to decide on impeachment.

The first two are bald-faced lies.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

This impeachment bullshit has gone too long.
We all know that the Republicans in the Senate will vote NO, so vote asap and move on to more important shit like the economy and the trade war with china.
Bunch of incompetent retards running America like it's a banana republic.

More important than holding the POTUS accountable when he breaks multiple laws? More important than holding him accountable for obstructing Congress' constitutional authority of oversight? He has violated his oath of office in nearly every way imaginable. There should be no consequence for that?

List the laws Trump broke please!

The entire Dem House could not come up with even one!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

trump forfeited any pretense that he is legitimate by his complete failure to come forth and to allow his subordinates to come forth in front of the public. They have been offered every opportunity to come forth and testify under oath. They have hidden everything they do from the American People, and yet whine that they have not been treated fairly.

The orange whore even hides his finances, which every other president has been open about. I will not even go into his treatment of his fellow Americans, as well as immigrants, and his refusal to listen to the professionals working in national security and foreign affairs to keep our country safe, and his repudiation of them in favor of kissing putin's ass.

Not true. The democrats need only to wait for the courts do make a decision.

Why won't he let the witnesses speak?

What witnesses?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Because the Congress does not get to run roughshod over the Whitehouse.

They aren't. They are within their constitutional authority.

A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.

Why won't he let the witnesses speak?

How is it in their constitutional authority?

I love how you wipe your ass on the Constitution and then hold it up to be revered!