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McConnell circulates procedures for second senate impeachment trial of Trump
The Hill ^ | 01/08/21 | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 01/08/2021 7:48:07 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude

Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday circulated to colleagues a memo outlining the procedure for holding another trial for President Trump if the House impeaches him for a second time in just over a year.

The document, which was first reported by The Washington Post, lays out how the Senate would proceed if the House approves articles of impeachment and transmits them to the upper chamber before or by Jan. 19, when senators are scheduled to resume regular business after the January recess.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2020; coup; donaldtrump; impeachment; kag; maga; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; pelosi; sedition; trump
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To: Bogey78O

Kentucky does not allow for a recall.


41 posted on 01/08/2021 7:59:15 PM PST by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

He may be distributing material, as is his job, to inform members that it normally takes 25 days to fully impeach a President. Maybe that will quell the rush to impeach. Who knows?


42 posted on 01/08/2021 7:59:26 PM PST by BipolarBob (USA - Born July 4, 1776. Died Jan. 20, 2021 in the Year of our Covid.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Yes, so they can’t remove him from office.


43 posted on 01/08/2021 7:59:35 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Williams

They can’t.

https://www.legislativeprocedure.com/blog/2021/1/8/latest-impeachment-effort-not-possible-under-rules

Waller comments on that here:

“The Constitution defines who is subject to impeachment (Article II, section 4). It stipulates, “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” The Senate must vote separately to bar an impeached official from office. That vote, unlike the vote to convict, requires a simple majority. But that vote is not in order until after the Senate has voted to convict the official based on the articles of impeachment. The Senate cannot remove someone from office if they are not in that office. And absent a conviction vote, the Senate cannot bar someone from holding future office. The consequences of giving Congress this power would be to allow it to bar private citizens from holding office preemptively.”


44 posted on 01/08/2021 7:59:48 PM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: Bogey78O

You know federal office cannot be recalled, don’t you?


45 posted on 01/08/2021 7:59:48 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Safrguns

I guess he’s ready to end his political career and this is the note he wants to go out on. Oh offing well.


46 posted on 01/08/2021 8:00:08 PM PST by RC one (Lying, cheating, deceiving & manipulating are as natural to Democrats as swimming is to fish.)
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To: Zhang Fei

It was sarcasm.


47 posted on 01/08/2021 8:00:15 PM PST by deadrock (<img src="WIDTH420WIDTH420.jpeg" width="420">)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
Yet there are Freepers telling us to keep voting Republican because there's no way we can start a new party and then, in another post, they tell us to invent our own messaging app if we don't like being censored. What a cognitive disconnect.
48 posted on 01/08/2021 8:00:17 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: Williams

That’s not necessarily a bad thing- hear me out...

1) if they try and impeach him it will only make his supporters such as myself more fervent about him...

2) it would be nothing but bad optics for the rest of DC, impeaching a President that’s out of office...


49 posted on 01/08/2021 8:00:29 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday.......

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Gee I loved reading that. I think I’ll post it again.

Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday.......


50 posted on 01/08/2021 8:01:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Jan. 19: A trial to remove POTUS one day before his term expires?

What the bleep would that accomplish, would they convince Pence to decline to be sworn in so Piglosi would become the hysterical first womyn president for 12 hours?

Somehow it reminds me of the Queen Bee syndrome. Queen Nancy could not tolerate being upstaged by Klamydia Harris, so the latter would have to settle for being the second female prez.


51 posted on 01/08/2021 8:01:31 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Dominion delenda est.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Republicans and conservatives, need to start a new political party.

And that new party should pledge its allegiance to Trump and to other REAL American patriots.

Perhaps call it the “American Patriots Party”? Anything but republican.

And don’t allow anyone into the party that did not support Trump or conservatism in the last 4 years, especially in the last 3 months.


52 posted on 01/08/2021 8:01:39 PM PST by adorno
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To: Zhang Fei; All

How do you impeach a president an hour after he has ceased to be President?

I’m no fan of Turtle; but Thank You, Zhang Fei.


53 posted on 01/08/2021 8:01:46 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Williams

[Apparently they can impeach him after he leaves office.]


Like I said, it’s a giant auger aimed at Pelosi’s rear orifice. She wants Trump out now. McConnell’s saying the Senate will hold a vote after Biden takes office.


54 posted on 01/08/2021 8:01:57 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

They are what they always were. Med dogs.


55 posted on 01/08/2021 8:02:05 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

idiots they impeach him and convict him. don jr will run with millions of supporters its a shallow vindictive move not based on fact.. he can present evidence..


56 posted on 01/08/2021 8:02:12 PM PST by rolling_stone ( its time)
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To: All

The Turtle is being mighty accommodating here..since he could just run out the clock? This week sure has been illuminating!


57 posted on 01/08/2021 8:02:44 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” CSL)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

That should get mitch a dominion landslide victory.


58 posted on 01/08/2021 8:02:44 PM PST by robel
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To: wildcard_redneck

Read beyond the headline.


59 posted on 01/08/2021 8:02:48 PM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: Hodar

We have a treaty deal with the aliens not to reveal their presence, we won’t dare to expose that, they would crush us like ants.


60 posted on 01/08/2021 8:02:52 PM PST by baclava
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