Senate Republicans leaning toward "likely acquittal of Trump without hearing from any witnesses"

[Miles Archer]

According to an exclusive report from Bloomberg, Senate Republicans are saying there’s a growing “early consensus” that a short impeachment trial that could see the GOP-led chamber “vote on a likely acquittal of President Donald Trump without hearing from any witnesses” is the way to go.

“Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, said a growing number of the Senate’s 53 GOP members want to simply let House Democrats make their case to impeach the president and then hear a rebuttal from Trump’s team before moving immediately to a vote on the articles of impeachment,” Bloomberg’s Laura Litvan and Steven T. Dennis report.

Read the full report here.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/republicans-are-leaning-towards-a-short-impeachment-trial-in-the-senate-with-no-witnesses-report/

[Tiggeroshii]

1. John Dean has said to impeach and continue investigating without sending to the senate

Just investigate through the election and only send to Senate for conviction if he is reelected and you have an even more overwhelming amount of evidence keeping it in the spotlight.

[riversedge]

2. so, Repugs are as lazy as Trump. No defense. whow.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. They are all cowards, traitors. We have a BIG problem ahead when Putin shuts down our

power grids on election day.

Sure hope we all are preparing for it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. they're making a mockery of the nation's justice system.

The Founding Father must be spinning in their graves.

[evertonfc]

5. good.

just don't send to Senate.