by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
The long-awaited Senate trial for our impeached leader, Donald John Trump, now looks as though it will begin next Tuesday. The 100 sitting U.S. Senators will be sworn in later today as jurors for the trial, and Chief Justice John Roberts will also take an oath before he assumes his role as the presiding officer in the trial.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named seven House "managers" who will be tasked with presenting the House impeachment findings to the jurors of the Senate. The "evidence" will be somewhat limited because Trump blocked many potential witnesses from appearing before the House impeachment committees.
It would take a vote by two-thirds of the Senate (67 members) to remove Trump from office, an unlikely eventuality when 53 of the sitting senators currently identify with the Republican Party. There are 45 elected Democrats and two Independents. The "Independents" are Senator Angus King from Maine and his neighbor, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Trump has been providing the majority Republican Party with his views on how the trial should be conducted, and he is now lobbying to have the entire affair "dismissed" out-of-hand, something that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated will not happen.
McConnell, being the Majority Leader, will actually be providing more direction for the trial than Chief Justice Roberts. The Republican leaders in the Senate are pushing to have a quick trial, without the bother of witnesses, and with an absolute minimum of public scrutiny. Yesterday Senator Ol' Roy Blunt, who represents the lobbyists of our nation's capital, stated that neither C-SPAN nor any of the major networks will be allowed access to the trial. And Senator Lindsey Graham who commands the Southern Belle and Disney Princess vote complained that he wanted to "end this crap as quickly as possibly." But it is also beginning to look as though a few Republican senators may join in a Democratic push to have witnesses and some semblance of a real trial.
It was announced this morning that senators will not be permitted to carry their cellphones into the Senate chamber during the trial, nor will they be allowed to talk to reporters. It is unclear at this time whether the First Amendment has been stricken from the Constitution permanently or if these are just temporary measures.
So, for now at least, there will be no witnesses (they hope), no cameras, no cellphones, no chatting with reporters, and it's all crap anyway. Welcome to the GOP version of what an impeachment trial is supposed to look like when it's against one of their own!
The Chief Justice might want to pack a few snacks and bring along a paperback book or two!
Citizen Journalist
The long-awaited Senate trial for our impeached leader, Donald John Trump, now looks as though it will begin next Tuesday. The 100 sitting U.S. Senators will be sworn in later today as jurors for the trial, and Chief Justice John Roberts will also take an oath before he assumes his role as the presiding officer in the trial.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named seven House "managers" who will be tasked with presenting the House impeachment findings to the jurors of the Senate. The "evidence" will be somewhat limited because Trump blocked many potential witnesses from appearing before the House impeachment committees.
It would take a vote by two-thirds of the Senate (67 members) to remove Trump from office, an unlikely eventuality when 53 of the sitting senators currently identify with the Republican Party. There are 45 elected Democrats and two Independents. The "Independents" are Senator Angus King from Maine and his neighbor, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Trump has been providing the majority Republican Party with his views on how the trial should be conducted, and he is now lobbying to have the entire affair "dismissed" out-of-hand, something that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated will not happen.
McConnell, being the Majority Leader, will actually be providing more direction for the trial than Chief Justice Roberts. The Republican leaders in the Senate are pushing to have a quick trial, without the bother of witnesses, and with an absolute minimum of public scrutiny. Yesterday Senator Ol' Roy Blunt, who represents the lobbyists of our nation's capital, stated that neither C-SPAN nor any of the major networks will be allowed access to the trial. And Senator Lindsey Graham who commands the Southern Belle and Disney Princess vote complained that he wanted to "end this crap as quickly as possibly." But it is also beginning to look as though a few Republican senators may join in a Democratic push to have witnesses and some semblance of a real trial.
It was announced this morning that senators will not be permitted to carry their cellphones into the Senate chamber during the trial, nor will they be allowed to talk to reporters. It is unclear at this time whether the First Amendment has been stricken from the Constitution permanently or if these are just temporary measures.
So, for now at least, there will be no witnesses (they hope), no cameras, no cellphones, no chatting with reporters, and it's all crap anyway. Welcome to the GOP version of what an impeachment trial is supposed to look like when it's against one of their own!
The Chief Justice might want to pack a few snacks and bring along a paperback book or two!
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