WASHINGTON - Amid uncertainty over the key question of whether to call witnesses in President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, Trump’s legal team wrapped up its opening arguments on Tuesday with an appeal for a quick acquittal.
Republican Senator John Barrasso told reporters the consensus in the meeting was “we’ve heard enough and it’s time to go to a final judgment vote.” But other Republicans said the vote count was unclear and no decision would be made until Friday. The Democratic-led House on Dec. 18 impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress arising from his request that Ukraine investigate Biden, the former vice president.The Republican-controlled Senate is almost certain to acquit Trump, who has painted the impeachment proceedings on the campaign trail as an effort by Democrats to poison his re-election. His lawyers echoed that argument on Tuesday.
Bolton’s allegations go to the heart of impeachment charges against Trump. Democrats have said Trump abused his power by using the security aid - approved by Congress to help Ukraine battle Russia-backed separatists - as leverage to get a foreign power to smear a political rival. Trump has denied telling Bolton he sought to use the Ukraine aid as leverage to get Kiev to investigate the Bidens. He has denied any quid pro quo - a Latin term meaning a favor for a favor - in his dealings with Ukraine.Sekulow told the senators that impeachment “is not a game of leaks and unsourced manuscripts. That’s politics, unfortunately.”
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
No need to respond. What dont you people get? The house Hearings found So much Evidence. They use the same Evidence to IMPEACH TRUMP.🤔 Senate Trial, same Evidence they either Agree or Disagree. That's it. Over 20 million$$ worth of lawyers & law school yet This is Complicated.
VP Joe Biden’s billion $ quid-pro-quo to keep Hunter’s profitable position—money laundering...
Giuliani has all of the evidence he needs that Pros Shokin’s investigation/prosecution should never have been suspended in March, 2016. Proud-of-self Ukraine Point Man VPJoe Biden bragged before CFR about getting Pres Poroshenko to fire Shokin solely due to Burisma pursuit.
The republicans should learn from Romney
Desperation
he was another coffee boy, right? and the hundreds of people who have accused Trump of rape, sexual assault, robbing charities, stiffing contractors, committing treason, and laundering mob money for decades-----all of them are lying too, right?
Trumpian GOP wants to obstruct justice by omitting evidence and testimony. There’s nothing Godly or patriotic about them or their misleader.
Arguments that Dems hate TrumpFraud ?
waste of tax payers money in the usa
If we needed Bolton's testimony, I'm sure the House would have subpoenaed him. It's not up to the Senate to do the House's job.
TrumpMustTestify Let Trump call Bolton a liar under oath. TrumpIsALiar
Why does he keep his glasses like that all the time? It's not a good look SenSchumer . Take that shit off when you are talking to people. Put it on while reading. comeonman
If you want Bolton, then give the Republicans hunter Biden. If I’m Moscow Mitch I’ll tell schumer that and if he don’t agree then drop the trial vote on the poasible conviction and keep it moving on too the elections. We the people will figure it out
Gee. Maybe the House Judiciary Committee should have subpoenad Bolton.
If it proved DT innocent the Rs would instantly have Bolton appear at the trial. Don't they know that everyone understands hiding something isn't about innocence but about guilt.
Am I the only person seeing the smirk on Chuck Schumer face?
It doesn’t count if Bolton isn’t under oath.
gtconway3d Lie
gtconway3d BS. He's playing the media
gtconway3d Seculow is saying even if what the book saying it’s true this is not Impeachaple. How does he know what’s in the book to categorically denounce everything preemptively?
gtconway3d The pressure is on.
nobody cares
gtconway3d HOORAY 😃 !!
gtconway3d I’m not sure I believe this. I think he thinks if people believe that, they will stop calling their senators. So don’t stop calling.
.RepAdamSchiff I wish you would call .realDonaldtRump as a witness. I mean. If it was such a perfect cll and all that he wouldn't mind telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth right?
gtconway3d Never trust Mitch McConnell
gtconway3d Lol
gtconway3d I surmise it’s a McConnell ploy...better to have evil dems thinking they are getting witnesses for the next couple days...and then vote it down.
gtconway3d
gtconway3d The only thing senatemajldr has done is BLOCK. BLOCK everything...!! He is a BLOCK HOLE!!
gtconway3d how is it even OPTIONAL to cll witnesses. wtf kind if fked up bull is that
gtconway3d Don't believe it. He'll pull something out of his lack of a soul.
gtconway3d This is the best news in a while!
Latest polls: Support for witnesses in Senate trial at 75 percent. (Source: TheHill)
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Good. We need a fair trial. If trump’s innocent, let it be proven with evidence and witnesses.
How laughable when they are effectively blocking that source from testifying.
FakeNews
He has enough to acquit though so the dems are done like Connie Chung son
He’s already impeached, dude.
John Bolton is a firsthand witness!
UNLESS THEIR NAME IS OBAMA OR CLINTON!!!
He's already impeached isn't this about removal or keeping his position as president
Is this guy even a lawyer? Trump is impeached, this trial ia about removal. His other lawyers thought that the Biden’s were on trial? Trump* defence team are like Larry, Moe and Curly.
He's already been impeached you numpty
...While railing against actual sourcing, of course.
How do they bring up Bolton' s name without opening up a line of questioning?
JaySekulow Point 1: realDonaldTrump has already been impeached. Point 2: you need to reread the Constitution. Point 3: you could remedy the unsourced allegation concern by allowing witnesses like AmbJohnBolton
He is the source. Bolton is his own source. This is his book about his experiences . It’s a first hand account, evidently. WTH.
Except it is sourced
You can impeach a president if you have the votes in the house of representatives. Donald Trump is impeached. You can remove a President if you have the votes in the Senate. Working on it! Donald Trump belongs in jail. So does Bill Barr, Mike Pompeo, Mick Mulvaney...etc.
Jay luny tuns?! Nah?
Maybe thats why you call, what are they called, umm...witnesses (you know, to like, corroborate allegations)
Those who hide the truth must not be permitted to silence all of America. Why does POTUS not permit witnesses & docs to come forward? Is he hiding the truth? Stand up and do not let them silence you. Vote out all Senators & Reps. that do not seek truth.
Then call in the witnesses, sh*t for brains.
I am so angry & to be honest I rarely feel anger. That is all I feel these days. When I don't have an iota of belief in the fact that my government is working for the majority I tend to get royally pissed off.
Agreed. Call the witness.
Trump was already impeached. Somebody should let Jay know.
No, but you can impeach the president for the evidence which substantially supports the articles under which President Trump has been Impeached; none of which your defense team disputed or refuted in any way.
Plenty of confirming sources.
Hmmmm. Didn’t Bolton sign the book?
Go away
Why Do you care about him
No one cares what Crying Chuck wants in NJ tonight
reesean 'The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. ' John F. Kennedy This what Mitch is trying to make us believe that truth is myth
SenSchumer senatemajldr SpeakerPelosi RepAdamSchiff SenateGOP FoxNews WSJ politico FT thedailybeast TheAtlantic VICE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators that he did not currently have the votes to block Democrats from calling witnesses at the trial
So, GOP wants Senators to become book reviewers instead of doing their real job, upholding Constitutional / Legislative / Congressional obligations?
Or a series of 6000 teleprompters for the Chosen One.
NukeDC
Wow, this is rich after all the House impeachment investigations in the SCIF. Do these Democrats even know the meaning of hypocrisy?
They need the Public to hear an unchallenged account that will end up all lies , but Dems will breastfeed it to their party as truth... If all they want is to see the account , do it in private...They need the sideshow like with Ford, Mueller etc. How'd that go?
Whining Chuck
“They” don’t have to prove anything. You get it all backwards lol 😆
U rock SenSchumer ! Keep it up
Those who hide the truth must not be permitted to silence all of America. Why does POTUS not permit witnesses & docs to come forward? Is he hiding the truth? Stand up and do not let them silence you. Vote out all Senators (McConnell) & Reps. that do not seek truth.
That is pretty desperate: 'We need to have a secret session to discuss a published book.'
Boys, help me with this one. Why does Trump always play at the end of his rallies, 'You can't always get what you want' by The Stones? And does Jagger and Richard's get a residual?
This cocksucker forgets that he’s NOT a senator! He has no voice!
Because it can't be leaked?
Cryin Chuck is a swamp creature.
A lovely straw man that they can keep hidden away so there is nothing to see or hear by the rest of us; and pretend that they are doing due diligence, which is, as you say, an *absurd* pretense.
If by disclosures you mean the work cited by the NYT, a work that they say was leaked from a draft of a book by Bolton. We have no way to know if this is even credible given for example the NYT's blatantly lies about other issues like its 1619 Project. Not evidence. And late.
Cryin' Chuck calling something absurd is the most absurd I heard from him since yesterday. Well done Chucky!
Not the Senates fault that the house had 'overwhelming evidence' of wrongdoing and rushed a vote to impeach without a thorough investigation and gathering of evidence. Now they deserve more opportunities? Nah
Ya they got smashed yesterday. Look at the size of Trump’s rally in NJ tonight. He’s not goi g anywhere! KeepAmericaGreat
It’s Comey 2.0!
Didnt matter to who? I
Seriously? Can you guys not read? I hate defending politicians, the NYTimes bombshell said 'He Preferred' that the aid be withheld. You are supposed to be one of the more reliable sources. What a bunch of morons.
They don’t..
They're right, the allegations don't matter.
Really...No matter what side of the fence you are on, you had to see this coming....
Evidence doesn't matter if the outcome is predetermined.
Those who hide the truth must not be permitted to silence all of America. Why does POTUS not permit witnesses & docs to come forward? Is he hiding the truth? Stand up and do not let them silence you. Vote out all Senators & Reps. that do not seek truth.
'disclosures' is the silliest euphemism in this situation.
GOP doesn’t have enough votes to block impeachment witnesses via WSJ
Haha even Reuters sucks at reporting now.
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