Posted on 12/04/2019 11:26:57 PM PST by knighthawk
Former vice president and 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden told Fox News' Peter Doocy Wednesday that if called by the Senate to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial, he would not voluntarily appear.
"The White House is now saying that if there is a Senate impeachment trial they might like to call you as a witness. Is that something where you would appear voluntarily?" Doocy asked Biden as he continued his "No Malarkey" campaign tour, making a stop in Iowa on the first day of the public House Judiciary Committee hearing back in Washington, D.C.
"No, I’m not going to let them take their eye off the ball," Biden said. "The president is the one who has committed impeachable crimes, and I’m not going to let him divert from that and I’m not going to let anyone divert from that."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
If the Senate subpoenas him, the Trump DOJ would be happy to enforce it.
He will appear and he will testify or take the 5th.
Period.
Guilty as sin.
It’s good that the guilty party isn’t part of the trial of the person investigating his crime,
Jim Jordan hardest hit.
Okay, how about handcuffs and leg irons? For both him and Hunter.
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I heard audio where he just said flat-out he wouldn’t testify.
I expect Lindsey Graham to back down.
I’ve noticed less and less talk of calling the Whistleblower, and every member of Congress that follows the Media rule of not mentioning the ID of the Whistleblower, they are siding with the Activist Whistleblower over the President of the United States.
That trend is very bad.
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Yep.
And then the real fun will begin.
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You believe that Fox News?
“Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas firm, Burisma Holdings, at the same time that his father was vice president and working on Ukrainian foreign policy. Biden also insisted at the time that Ukraine fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating the company. Biden has maintained that corruption concerns prompted his intervention.”
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They conveniently left out that Biden told them they would not get $1 Billion dollars if they didn’t fire the Prosecutor Investigating Burisma!
That’s quite something to omit.
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Especially when the judge issuing the impeachment subpoenas at that time will sign his name, John Roberts at the bottom. BTW the dem’s forgot that the job of the presidents defense team will be to impeach the “witnesses” and “evidence” of the prostitution team provided by the house to try the case. Yes it’s actually the dem’s who will be on trial for 6-8 weeks.
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That article is outrageous.
It doesn’t say that anyone is accusing Biden of wrongdoing. It doesn’t use the word “exchange,” as “in exchange for” but it does with Trump.
It only says Trump and some Republicans want Biden to be a witness. No suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of Biden.
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“I expect Lindsey Graham to back down.”
Of course he will. That’s a given.
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Waterboard the rotten bastard.
Over about 2 weeks
Obstruction? Is he colluding with the RATS?
I'm betting he won't. If the Senate subpoenas him the he will challenge it in court. The legal proceedings will last longer than the Senate trial will.
Hey Joe, there’s going to be little girls there with fragrant hair who want to pet your furry legs!
Mo’ Malarkey.
I hear his campaign has now changed the name of his tour to No Malarky or Shananigans.
The courts have no role in adjudicating a Senate subpoena.
Unless the Senate grants it to them through default.
But the Executive can enforce it once issued.
Because the House has ceded their constitutional authority to the courts does not mean the Senate must.
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