Lindsey Graham Warns Not to Allow 'QAnon Shaman' Impeachment Testimony, Says Trial Could 'Go For Mon

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek

Lindsey Graham Warns Not to Allow 'QAnon Shaman' Impeachment Testimony, Says Trial Could 'Go For Months'
Aila Slisco 5 hrs ago

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has warned against allowing "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley to testify at former President Donald Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial.

Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, is facing multiple charges for his participation in the insurrection that the article of impeachment alleges the former president incited on January 6. Although Graham denounced the House for impeaching Trump on January 13 without calling any witnesses, on Friday the senator said that allowing witnesses at the Senate trial could lead to a lengthy "circus" featuring testimony from the likes of Chansley.

"I cannot think of a better way to turn the upcoming impeachment trial into a complete circus than to call the QAnon Shaman as a witness on anything," Graham tweeted. "The House impeached President Trump without a witness. If we open the witness door in the Senate there will be lots of witnesses requested on a variety of topics. And the trial will go for months, not days."

Chansley was the subject of photos that quickly went viral after the Capitol was violently breached by pro-Trump rioters. The shirtless "shaman" was pictured wearing a memorable outfit that included a furry horned hat and patriotic face paint.

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[orangecrush]

1. Yes, Lindsey.

Months.

[olegramps]

13. The Republicans have escaped accountability for years dating from the Nixon era.

I believe that the lack of their being held accountable has only served to further embolden them. They are just like any child that is not disciples for bad behavior. They soon become totally unmanageable tyrants. It truly incomprehensible that a person such as Greene would be elected to the congress. We have always will have the strange eccentric, but it is hard to phantom how such a person believes in the most bizarre conspiracies is elected. It makes me really wonder if the Republic has a future when so many people can be so misguided that they would attempt to destroy the government that provides them freedoms that they would totally abuse.

We have been warned time and time again that the Republicans are embracing fascism and that our nation is in jeopardy. Will we wake-up in time or allow the radicals to create a dictatorship as what has happened in parts of Europe. We had better come to the realization that Biden is our last hope and give him dedicated support or face the consequences of apathy.

[NHvet]

21. well said

[sarchasm]

22. We have been under assault since..

...Newt put a Contract on America.

[iluvtennis]

28. well said + 2. nt

[orangecrush]

33. Agree

Thanks for the post.

[hibbing]

38. Iran Contra, Iraq War, the list goes on and on n/t

[True Blue American]

2. Lindsey getting more nervous

By the minute. The crap about his election interference might come out in a public hearing.

Has Lindsey paid homage to Trump yet the way Kevin did?

[WillParkinson]

29. I didn't see any cheese powder on his lips....

So maybe it hasn't been his turn.

[True Blue American]

44. LOL

[mezame]

3. Poor Lindsey...

...he really has no idea what's coming. I am almost drooling with anticipation when he gets called to the stand.

[NanceGreggs]

4. I'm good with that.

I'm good with the trial going on for months. That gives the Dems plenty of time to present the evidence against Trump in excruciating detail.

And thanks to the pandemic that Trump called a hoax, there are millions of people who will be riveted by the proceedings because it beats the hell out of watching another CSI/Friends/Big Bang Theory marathon.

And poor Lindsey - still living with the delusion that whatever kompramat Trump has on him will stay under wraps as long as he keeps kissing ass.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Also, More Time For Further Evidence...

...to become public.
That's what Li'l Linz is really worried about.
A lengthy trial increases the pile of incriminating information.

[DeminPennswoods]

45. +1

I think the trial will be riveting.

[Progressive Jones]

53. With the added benefit of Trump being kicked around throughout the trial. nt

[Roy Rolling]

5. Witnesses

So if I understand this, Republicans want to call all the people who did not commit a felony January 6th as rebuttal witnesses?

Sure. That’s what they do in criminal cases. When the guy is charged with murder, the defense will call all his neighbors to the witness stand to say “I didn’t murder anyone, how could he have done it?”.

I guess when Q-Anon is your deity, logic isn’t required.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Whassamatta Lindsey?

Afraid the truth about your treasons will come out for all to see?

Hope he wears a buffalo head in your dreams.

[BeyondGeography]

7. If you're talking about the QAnon Shaman, Lindsey...

[left-of-center2012]

8. Lindsey Graham protecting his golfing buddy

What does Trump have on Lindsey that switched Lindsey from anti-trump to a trump lover?

[Ford_Prefect]

10. Film at 11:00?

[Wuddles440]

34. It's probably...

actually what Putin has on Dear Lindsey that keeps him up at night. There's a reason that the Orange Anus prohibited any record of his interactions with Putin.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Sorry you have zero say Graham.

Elections have consequences including the one that you were implicated for trying to disrupt in violation of all sorts of laws. Now go sit in the corner.

[ret5hd]

11. On a scale of zero to Benghazi, how long???

[crickets]

12. Just like Watergate, only better. Woohoo!

Way to give the 24 hour cable news stations some great programming ideas. Sad how we only had three TV networks in the seventies and still managed to watch gavel to gavel coverage, often with little to no commentary at all! *wink*

Thanks, Linds!

[murielm99]

31. I watched it in nightly reruns on

the local PBS station, every night. It came on after the news.

I went to work bleary-eyed, for days, or maybe it was weeks?

[LiberalFighter]

14. Whatever the lame ass wants do the opposite.

[niyad]

15. Shut up, lindsey. You are not in charge. I keep wondering. .is he desperate or suffering from

dementia or Alzheimer's?

[modrepub]

16. Call Some Of the Officers And Their Families

let's see if the Repubs stand with the blues. Spineless toadies nearly all of them.

[COL Mustard]

26. That Would Be Interesting......

"We support the police...just maybe not THOSE specific police."

[modrepub]

40. Like The Anti-Masker Blue Line Flag Folks

Nearly every officer I've seen since this started is wearing a mask. If you truly support the police, then follow their example and put your damn mask on in public!

[Paladin]

17. Lindsey Graham, filthy little pimp. (nt)

[ancianita]

18. He must know that this guy knows something?

[Harker]

41. He knows who the lizard people are.

The horns are an elaborate receiving apparatus for the absolute truth.

[33taw]

19. Maybe he can propose another email Investigation.

[Lasher]

23. He says that like it's something bad.

[BlueAJ]

24. No witnesses?

Lindsey says ""The House impeached President Trump without a witness"

Seems to me all members of the House were witnesses.

[DeminPennswoods]

46. And members of the Senate

nt

[COL Mustard]

25. Hey Linseed, In Case You Forgot

The act of impeachment is similar to a grand jury indictment. You often don't have witnesses at those, either. But you could ask your buddy Donnie (I won't say his name beyond that), since I expect he'll have some significant exposure to grand juries in the next few weeks/months/years.

[beastie boy]

27. When clowns commit crimes, expect a circus at a trial.

"He can't be allowed to testify because he is a clown" is a piss poor excuse for denying due process.

[Lock him up.]

32. If Leningrad Linsdsey is called to answer questions about his call(s?) to overturn the election...

Then he will be the clown... the criminal clown. That's what he's scared of.

[LymphocyteLover]

30. the US could do a lot worse than broadcast how Trump manipulated and incited an

insurrection for a few months. Could educate people about his extremism and racism.

[Rebl2]

35. Does he

mean it will be like the circus we have witnessed since late 2016? I don’t understand what he is afraid of🤨

[essaynnc]

36. Conspiracy theory time!!!!

Or maybe this clown is a plant. Who was the absolutely most notable and identifiable person in all of the insurrection? Let's focus on the bright and shiny object, and don't worry about all of the actual planners and schemers that actually met with the repubs and planned this whole thing. I think that this guy is a distraction. They should put somebody else on the stand, not an idiot.

[malthaussen]

37. So you're saying there is much to be discovered, eh, Lindsey?

Wow, if the trial could "go on for months," there must be a TON of evidence and things we don't even know about! But I'm sure any rumor of Lindsey Graham being implicated is false. False, you hear?

-- Mal

[Nitram]

39. Typical Republican concern trolling. What really worries Graham is that a crazed Trumpist (one of

many), will be allowed to vent in court. How embarrassing it will be when much of what he says sounds just like what all Trumpists say.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

42. Such a dutifull servant of Herr Trump

[sarcasmo]

43. Lindsey still thinks the GOP controls the trial.

[lark]

47. Little Lyndsey, how cute, trying to hide that the treachery to the USA was done by his peers

and his party and that this was orchestrated by tangerine terror. Won't work, we're in charge now and he can't prevent the truth from coming out, if Dems push it and I sure pray they do. They need to show that the former office holder and other elected repugs planned to overthrow the legitimate government of the country to install the fascistic asshole - and they wanted to killing Pence and Pelosi.

[Gore1FL]

48. There should be no witnesses from the incited mob.

They aren't credible. Their testimony won't move the needle. Everyone knows why they were there.

[VladmireTrumpkins]

49. Well if Lindsey says it....

he knows quite a bit about acting like a clown

[mdbl]

50. since we watched it all on TV can we be called as witnesses?

just wondering. There is no reasonable doubt in my mind.

[SunSeeker]

51. Objection overruled.

Go fuck yourself, Lindsey.

This trial will have evidence.

[usajumpedtheshark]

52. During the House debate on impeachment, a Repugnantican asked whether any of the attackers

would be called to testify regarding incitement by trump. GOP can't get their hypocripsies straight.