CNN is, like,: "No problem whatsoever."
Posted on 02/13/2021 10:40:21 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The failing cable network reported, “CNN’s Dana Bash is told by one of the sources involved in these discussions that there are bipartisan talks about putting Jamie Gangel’s article in the trial record, instead of calling the witnesses.”
The article in question relates to a story published by CNN about an alleged phone call that took place between Rep. Kevin McCarthy and President Donald Trump. Nobody who spoke to CNN was on the phone call, or even overheard the phone call. Instead, CNN claims the call was “described to CNN by multiple Republicans briefed on it.”
In short, the Democrats wanted to hear from witnesses to slow down the seemingly inevitable acquittal of President Trump. When the Trump legal team exploited this tactical error to include 301 new witnesses, the Democrats then decided that witnesses are not actually important, and could be substituted with an article from CNN about a phone call that someone overheard then told someone else about who then told CNN.
Apparently, Democrats feel more confidant about using third person hearsay than hearing from 301 witnesses from the Trump campaign, or disallowing them to speak altogether.
The media seemed to panic when the Trump legal team showed them the list of names:
When the media was told the Trump team would ask for witnesses, one reporter seemingly panicked at the number.
“In the hundreds?” the female reporter asked as the Trump legal team member began to leave. “Jason, in the hundreds?”
The man simply turned around and briefly showed the document he was holding to the media. The document has “Witness list 301 (so far) written in thick sharpie marker.
Among the witnesses the Trump legal team would like to call are House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Times reporter, and Muriel Bowser, the Mayor of Washington, D.C.
UPDATE: After National File’s reporting, it appears all witnesses have been cancelled, and the CNN article will not be used. Instead, a statement from Rep. Herrera Beutler will be added to the record. The impeachment trial will now move on to closing arguments.
Third hand heresay evidence? This doesn’t even qualify as a kangaroo court trial. Kangaroos have some principles, unlike Democrats.
How do you cross-examine a CNN story?
Republicans propose 301 witnesses. Sounds about right.
Even Judge Judy doesn’t allow heresay testimony..as soon as someone in her courtroom says “Oh someone told me” she shuts them down and says that is NOT allowed
HA! Hysterical! 😆
I hope this is true. This gave me the heartiest laugh I have had in a long time.
Kangaroos have backbones and pugnaciousness, unlike Republicans. This is pathetic! If you won’t demand actual witnesses and your own witnesses as well, you are yellow-bellied poltroons.
If President Trump agreed to "call of his supporters" then he would have been explicitly admitting that: (1) they answered to him, and (2) he had any control over them.
Imagine if someone burglarized your neighbor's home ... and he called you on the phone, informed you of the incident, and told you to keep your teenage son away from his property.
You'd have to be a moron to say: "Oh, sure. I'm so sorry about that."
Anyone would half a brain would say: "Do you have any evidence that my son did this?"
Trump’s lawyers are about to present truth to the Democrat clown show and the RATS don’t want their phony dog and pony show impeachment “trial” blowing up in their faces!
They have to keep changing the rules because the keep losing.
CNN is, like,: "No problem whatsoever."
RAT folded when the Rs said bring Pelosi as first witness.
The Rs are going to suffer the consequences of this impeachment, much more so than the socialists.
Whoa! said the dem a$$holes. We wanted a circus but not an actual one.
I’d like to see how long it would take for each of the 301 witnesses to take the stand.
Let the trial continue for months. The more they focus on this, the less time for legislative mischief to concoct.
Fuster cluck.
Lindsey just doesn't care what type of company he keeps....
Jamie Gangel......CNN......married to Daniel Silva.....who has gone south on his Gabriel Allon books
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