20 Jan 2020 6:37 pm
These rules show that Moscow Mitch is trying to hide as many facts and evidence as he can from the public.McConnell Unveils Rules for Trump Impeachment Trial
On Monday, the president’s lawyers asserted he did nothing wrong and urged the Senate to “swiftly reject” the charges against him.
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Mr. McConnell’s trial rules, which also limited each side’s arguments to 24 hours over two days, gave the White House a helping hand at the outset and drew a swift anger from Democrats.
The rules left open the possibility that the Senate could not only decline to hear new evidence not uncovered in the House impeachment inquiry, but could also sidestep considering the House case against Mr. Trump altogether — although such a vote is considered unlikely.
“Under this resolution, Senator McConnell is saying he doesn’t want to hear any of the existing evidence, and he doesn’t want to hear any new evidence,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader.
“It’s a cover-up, and the American people will see it for exactly what it is.”
He promised to propose changes during what promises to be a rancorous debate in the Senate over the rules on Tuesday.
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Mr. McConnell had said repeatedly that he was modeling his rules on the procedures for Mr. Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial, but he made key changes that tilt the playing field in Mr. Trump’s favor.
While the Clinton-era rules imposed no limits on the 24 hours of oral arguments allowed on both sides, Mr. McConnell condensed them into two marathon-session days, which would allow the Senate to blaze through them by Saturday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/p ... trial.html
Tomorrow we will see whether Republicans in the Senate will vote for a fair trial or will participate in Moscow Mitch's sham trial and cover up.
Will they vote for impeachment in the dead of night?