Posted on 01/15/2020 3:26:53 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has officially locked in the schedule for the first few days of the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump after the House formally notified the chamber that it had appointed managers.
McConnell, speaking from the Senate floor, set up an agreement for the House managers to return to the Senate on Thursday at noon to formally present the articles of impeachment. The two articles are also expected to be read from the floor on Thursday.
Chief Justice John Roberts, under the deal which passed the Senate by unanimous consent, will arrive at 2 p.m. on Thursday when he will be sworn in to preside over the trial. Roberts will then swear in all 100 senators.
"For the information of all senators, a few minutes ago, the Senate was notified that the House of Representatives is finally ready to proceed with their articles of impeachment. So by unanimous consent, we have just laid some of the groundwork that will structure the next several days," McConnell said the Senate floor.
House staff and impeachment managers were closely followed as they walked across the Capitol on Wednesday evening to kick start the Senate trial, delivering a message announcing that the House had appointed managers to present the impeachment articles. House Democrats say they also handed over the articles.
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Are the House Managers (Schiff) sworn in ?
How about swearing the 5 (nadless is part of the 100) "non-partisan" (spit)arse wipes from the House
And right after both sides give their opening statements, McConnell should say “OK let’s have a vote to dismiss”
Are the sworn in Senators obligated to be there all the time or merely just attend to vote?
Schiff should not be a manager, he should be called to testify.
And those 4 ‘rat Senators running for President should recuse themselves since they stand to directly benefit.
That’s why he made himself a manager, apparently managers do NOT have to testify
Agree on both!
Every Democrat appointed as a House Manager has that same conflict of interest. They all know. No way they don’t.
This trash should be dismissed with prejudice in one hour!
Pissed that the GOP is giving any legitimacy to this farce.
I didn’t know limosenes could walk?
You don’t assume a position of authority to prevent your self from testifying in a legal proceeding
You recuse yourself from the proceedings so you don't become witness your own case
This is fundamental to American legal process
History demands that the Senate go through the motions even though the end result is a foregone conclusion
All along the way, the democrats can be made to be fools
the Republicans will be acting from strength the Democrats pretend to have
Levin warns Senate Republicans against ‘giving credibility’ to a ‘poisonous process’ in impeachment trial
She definitely needs a new bra fitting. Those rumoured implants are headed to the South Pole.
IG Atkinson, when was the form changed? Who authorized the change? Why was the change undertaken? Who pointed out that the form went above the statute?
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