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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****LIVE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL 1/31/20 THREAD 4****
Thread 1 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212933656
Thread 2 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212934619
Thread 3 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212935730
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)preside over the issuance of subpoenas and document requests and adjudicate whether such are relevant for the trial.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,236 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,236 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)crickets
(25,950 posts)No one can say the House managers didn't try everything they could to get a fair trial.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)crickets
(25,950 posts)I think Mitch really wanted a one vote difference, as close as possible without letting it go over the line, just to be a jerk.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)-and notably Murkowski - so there wouldn't be a tie. Am wondering what sweeteners were offered to her for that vote since she originally defied the "establishment" GOP to get that seat as a write-in way back.
crickets
(25,950 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)that "allows" those defections for expediency (and this often gets rotated depending on the issue).
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)after the final arguments.
Arguments will begin at11 am on Monday for final arguments.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,211 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)so I'm sure all 3 Senators who are running are making their way to the airport to get planes out to Iowa (and not needing to actually "be" in D.C. over the weekend or technically, not until the final vote on Wednesday).
sprinkleeninow
(20,211 posts)Mersky
(4,979 posts)And while the break and timing of next weeks proceedings is appreciated, it pales in comparison to the likely acquittal* permitting tRump to run amok as a bratty, de facto dictator.
*to have an acquittal, there has to be a trial. Thats simply not what Ive witnessed this week.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)will be in full effect!
And the drip drip drip is only just starting.
Mersky
(4,979 posts)What we saw this week was a prelude to a trial that wont occur.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,211 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,211 posts)not receiving a done deal Friday as expected. Plus bigger freakshow at SOTU. Perhaps...
Mersky
(4,979 posts)See yall in the impeachment threads on Monday.