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January 21, 2020 01:16 PM UTC

McConnell Backs Down as Impeachment Trial Begins

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  • by: Colorado Pols
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

As Politico reports, there are some significant happenings already as the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump gets underway:

Senate Republicans backed down from an aggressive timetable and new restrictions on evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, changing course after protests from senators like Republican Susan Collins of Maine.

Instead of crammingas many as 48 hours of opening arguments from House impeachment managers and the White House counsel into just four days this week, McConnell’s resolution will now give each side 24 hours to speak over three days. That could ultimately extend the trial by two days. And a controversial provision in the plan that would not have automatically included the House’s evidence was also scuttled from a previous draft.

McConnell’s rule changes — which include the admission of evidence from the House impeachment process — were so last-minute that they were actually written out by hand, as NBC News reports. As the New York Times confirms, McConnell made the adjustments due to pushback from his own caucus:

Mr. McConnell made the change after key Republican senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, argued that the rules for Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial should not deviate from the rules used during the only modern precedent, the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999.

Ms. Collins, a moderate Republican who is likely to face a tough re-election bid later this year, has significant sway with Mr. McConnell, as her votes could change the outcome of the trial.

We will update this post as more information becomes available.

 

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6 thoughts on “McConnell Backs Down as Impeachment Trial Begins”

  1. someone should propose an amendment to the impeachment rules that allows any senator to call any witness deemed relevant by Chief Justice Roberts and phases out the income tax in 2 years.
     

    1. UPDATE:

      Representative Crow, Colorado is looking good and sounding good

      Can't help but notice his youth compared the visible Reps and Senators and even most of the staff.

      1. We have been watching. The Dems are crushing it, in my view…biased though it may be. They are thorough, organized, and they are largely excellent in their presentation. Crowe is very competent, and Hakeem Jeffries is quite impressive.

        All the presidents’ men seem to be content with the “Waaa, Waaa, poopy pants Mc Whiney face” defense.

        It will be interesting to see the publics’ response.

        1. yes. But the real question can be boiled down to the public's response in PA, MI, WI and AZ.

          And states like ME, CO and others where Senate seats are up for election.

          1. “Why would an innocent man not want all the evidence out and all the witnesses to testify? Wouldn’t you if you were innocent?”

             

            “Why would an innocent man not want all the evidence out and all the witnesses to testify? Wouldn’t you if you were innocent?”

             

            “Why would an innocent man not want all the evidence out and all the witnesses to testify? Wouldn’t you if you were innocent?”

             

            How to Defeat Trump and Catch a Frisbee

            https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/opinion/trump-democrats-impeachment.html

             

            1. well now.
              I have known border collies that catch frisbees. Sometimes.
              I am better at catching a frisbee than any border collie I know.
              and what about her emails?

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