Rand Paul: Trump Senate impeachment trial an 'illegitimate procedure' without John Roberts

Washington Examiner ^ | Jan 23 | by Andrew Mark Miller,

[RandFan]

Sen. Rand Paul says that a Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that doesn’t include Chief Justice John Roberts would be an illegitimate process.

“If Justice Roberts won’t preside over this sham ‘impeachment’ then why would it ever be considered legitimate?” the Kentucky Republican tweeted Friday. “Hint: It won’t be.”

Later in the day, Paul joined Fox News’s Sean Hannity and elaborated on his impeachment stance, calling it an “illegitimate procedure” if Roberts isn’t there.

“It isn’t a real impeachment. It’s going to be a fake, partisan impeachment,” Paul said about a process without Roberts.

“The story is,” Paul continued, “that the chief justice is not going to be asked, but the reason he’s not going to be asked is he’s privately said he’s not supposed to come unless it’s an impeachment of the president.”

“So, this is an illegitimate procedure,” he said. “And even the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who's not a rabid Trump person, who's actually, if anything, sort of in the middle, he is now saying this is illegitimate because I’m not getting in the middle of this and I’m not coming over for this.”

[itsahoot]

a shack in the woods full of canned goods and some arable land and some form of livestock, and a shotgun within reach as insurance against metals failing and civilization collapsing.

There you go, can't eat gold or paper.

[Eleutheria5]

But while things are relatively tranquil for the moment, you can use it to buy shotguns, canned goods, livestock, lumber and land. And a dependable dog, too. I prefer pitt bulls, so long as they haven’t been corrupted by the ring or the drug dealers. Buy ‘em when they’re young, treat them right, and there is no more loyal dog.