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.
It occurred to me that this could have been a nice setup by the Republicans in order to get the Dems to refuse what they were demanding. i.e. they were letting the Dems ‘hoist themselves on their own petard.’
I am sick of these losers. Wasting time at the taxpayer’s expense and purposely taking eyes off their real agenda. . .to dismantle America, a God-ordained sovereign nation.
Democrats are scum.
How could I resist?
Poltroon:
n. An utter coward.
n. A lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard; a fellow without spirit or courage; a dastard; a coward.
n. Synonyms Craven, Dastard, etc. See coward.
I am sure there is plenty of hearsay that the Trump team can also present.
Bannon said this has gone from a failed impeachment to a PURGE of DJT.....I agree.....bring on the witnesses for Trump.....Navarro, Cortes just for starters. Give them their witnesses......SOB’s
And not showing up to a phony impeachment (democrat campaign ad) is proof of guilt. Next up a giant scale and a duck.
What BS! why is Trump team allowing hearsay into the record. Demand that pelosi testify. Let her lie under oath and then show the world how she is treated differently then Stone.
Does your thesaurus have entries for “yellow-bellied,” too;-?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY72hNUhC0k
If Dems have never read the 2nd Amendment, what makes you think they’ve read all the way to the 6th Amendment?
It’s interesting that they caved. I would like to know what their internal polling says about this charade. Obviously, they’ve made the decision that it’s better for them to end this today, on the weekend, rather than drag it out into next week.
Bkmk
Judge Judy would laugh this out of her court.
So I see this dumb Rat women showing the same edited videos they used in their pathetic case, videos that have already been shot down, once the entire video was played by Trump’s defense. I assume then, the closing argument for the Rats are under way & they will use every minute of the 2 hours to try & make even more ppl in this country hate Orange Man Bad...
There is absolutely no resemblance between this disgraceful show and U.S. civil or criminal jurisprudence.
A “trial” where the designated judge, as per the constitution. the Cheif Justice of the SCOTUS, is not the judge, but instead a member of the jury voting on the guilt or innocence is the judge...Someone needs to take this farce to the SCOTUS have it deemed illegal, so it can’t happen again - impeaching a private citizen. May every Rat in the country rot in hell.
They got their hearsay into the record.
Deal was made.
Related:
Deal avoids witnesses in Trump impeachment trial after roller coaster morning
2/13/2021, 1:48:44 PM · by Basket_of_Deplorables · 26 replies
NY Post ^ | 2-13-2021 | Steven Nelson, Emily Jacobs and Jon Levine
The Senate and lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Saturday reached a deal to avoid witness depositions in his impeachment trial — averting a potentially weeks-long drama sparked by an 11th-hour request by Democrats to depose a Republican congresswoman. The deal allowed for a statement by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) to be read into the record without the congresswoman or anyone else being deposed as a formal witness. The compromise allows for the trial potentially to end on Saturday as was initially expected. Trump is expected to be acquitted of inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in a...
Those are his people, Grahamnesty fits right in.
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