The Impeachment ‘Kill Switch’: McConnell Dismissal Rule Corners Dems, Blocks Antics as Trial Starts

[Nostra]

Like calling witnesses...

An avenatti type of character would absolutely qualify.

Not sure what you mean by that.

Schumer has asked for 4 witnesses.
Mulvaney
Bolton
Blair
Duffey

Any reason you can think of that we shouldn’t hear from any of these people?

Sure, if they were so important you should have called them in during your sham “investigation”. Oh that’s right, you forfeited your right to use the judicial branch to compel testimony because you morons couldn’t wait. Tough luck. You don’t get to change things now. No new witnesses. Period.

They were called during the investigation. Trump obstructed them.

Bolton was not sent a subpoena. The others were challenged in court, as our system lays out.

Your handlers refused to follow the system. That's on them, not Trump, not the Senate.

Deal with it, fuckwit.

 

[rightwinger]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is as of now including in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial rules a “kill switch” that effectively allows for the president’s legal team to seek an immediate verdict or dismissal of the case should Democrats engage in any shenanigans like they did in the House process.

The revelation comes after the House finally late last week formally sent the Articles of Impeachment it adopted before Christmas—after holding them for more than a month without transmission—to the U.S. Senate, thereby triggering the start of a Senate trial. The Senate will formally commence its trial procedures in votes this coming week, and while some Republicans want to outright dismiss the charges altogether from the outset, others believe a trial should take place.

In so finally transmitting the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also named impeachment case managers—the Democrats who will present and manage the House’s case to the Senate—last week. They include House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY). Both Schiff and Nadler were widely panned for the highly unfair process they ran in the House of Representatives, and many Senate Republicans do not trust them to refrain from playing games that seek to make the Senate trial unfair to the president as the highly partisan process in the House ended up.

Republicans on the House side, who were essentially powerless to stop the Democrats’ shenanigans since they are in the minority in the lower chamber, are warning Senate Republicans to be on the lookout for Schiff’s gamesmanship and that from his ilk.

“It’s incumbent upon the Senate to preserve the right of the President’s legal team to ask for a verdict or move to dismiss this sham impeachment anytime they..

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“killswitch” will be thrown only if any Dem pulls a ruthless, dishonest, crooked stunt for their own political gain.

Dems: OMG. That means we’re finished....Flushed, ....Kaput.....where is that trump RED MAGA CAP?....ROTFLMFAO!!!

All this dirty political campaign is a struggle of one groupe of extremely wealthy people against another. Ethnic hatred is also to be put into consideration...

<sob> but....but....Hillary!

 

[Frankeneinstein]

<sob> but....but....Hillary!

Trumps undeniable contribution to the human race is getting those who would not shut up about hillary to making them squeal whenever her name is mentioned.

 

[Nostra]

ANYTHING a DIM DEM would attempt...........

Like calling witnesses...

Dumbass. Don't you people EVER tire of your hypocrisy?

"
Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests"

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has dismissed a Republican request for eight witnesses to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and the whistleblower who first brought forward the allegations about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a letter Monday to the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), took issue with the witnesses the Republicans intended to call.

Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests

Specifically, Nadler dismissed requests for testimony from Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and witnesses related to unfounded GOP-claims of Ukrainian interference during the 2016 election.

Since the Impeachment Investigation into the President's wrong doing, had nothing to do with the Biden's, Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, or the 2016 election, and everything to do with Repugs trying to deflect from the President's wrong-doing and turn the Hearings into a circus, Schiff was correct in refusing these requests. These people had no evidence to given on the extortion plot against the Ukraine.

There is nobody so blind as those will not see. Again, EVERYTHING your side does is good and NOTHING the other side does is. Nadler and Schiff refused anyone who might have info to debunk their plot.

Trump is blocking anyone that might reveal the truth.

You are lying, again.

Bolton was never under subpoena. The others were challenged in court, as our system lays out.

Your Dimwingers refused to follow our system of government, and had to rush impeachment thru because Trump was an imminent threat to our "democracy"......only to go on vacation for a month and sit on it.

So, get it thru you thick fucking skull that the fact the Dimwingers didn't get testimony from some people is the fault of Dimwingers. Not Trump. Not the Senate.

Deal with it and stop spewing the same bullshit lies.

 

[Nostra]

Like calling witnesses...

An avenatti type of character would absolutely qualify.

Not sure what you mean by that.

Schumer has asked for 4 witnesses.
Mulvaney
Bolton
Blair
Duffey

Any reason you can think of that we shouldn’t hear from any of these people?

Sure, if they were so important you should have called them in during your sham “investigation”. Oh that’s right, you forfeited your right to use the judicial branch to compel testimony because you morons couldn’t wait. Tough luck. You don’t get to change things now. No new witnesses. Period.

They were called during the investigation. Trump obstructed them.

More lies. Bolton wasn't called. Trump obstructed nothing. The Executive Branch used tools at it's disposal as laid out in the Constitution.

The rush to judgement is on your Dimwinger handlers. Not Trump. Not the Senate.

Deal with it and quit spewing the same bullshit lies.

 

[bripat9643]

What McConnell is saying is that he is the only one who gets to use political maneuvers

If the Dems try, he will declare “shenanigans” and declare Trump innocent

You mean like Schitt did in the basement and would NOT let anyone in to watch his TRIAL and refusal to let anyone on the right to testify?

Adam Schiff blocks Republicans' attempts to question impeachment witnesses
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Nov 19, 2019 · Adam Schiff, the Democratic chair of the House Intelligence ... When Nunes continued questioning, Vindman refused to ... “ The whistleblower has the right, the statutory right to

I saw Republicans question all the witnesses. Mostly dumb questions.... But they were questions

If you don't recall, Adolph Schiffler shut down Nunez and Stefanik when they attempted to ask questions Schiff didn't like. We also don't know what went on during the closed door sessions in the basement, but all the Republicans says there were a lot of questions that Adolph Schiffler objected to.

Out of context
They were fishing for the identity of the Whistle blower

Stefanik wasn't. And neither was Nunez, but Schiff accused him of it.

 

[BluesLegend]

Looking forward to Schiff being told to shut up you're out of order.

 

[OKTexas]

Dumbass. Don't you people EVER tire of your hypocrisy?

"
Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests"

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has dismissed a Republican request for eight witnesses to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and the whistleblower who first brought forward the allegations about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a letter Monday to the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), took issue with the witnesses the Republicans intended to call.

Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests

Specifically, Nadler dismissed requests for testimony from Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and witnesses related to unfounded GOP-claims of Ukrainian interference during the 2016 election.

Since the Impeachment Investigation into the President's wrong doing, had nothing to do with the Biden's, Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, or the 2016 election, and everything to do with Repugs trying to deflect from the President's wrong-doing and turn the Hearings into a circus, Schiff was correct in refusing these requests. These people had no evidence to given on the extortion plot against the Ukraine.

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

Which Ukrainians? The pro-Russian KGB trained ones? It certainly isn’t the new prosecutor general of Ukraine.

Don't remember is it was the current prosecutor or the Anti-Corruption Bureau. It's been a couple of months since it was reported.

.

 

[bripat9643]

Dumbass. Don't you people EVER tire of your hypocrisy?

"
Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests"

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has dismissed a Republican request for eight witnesses to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and the whistleblower who first brought forward the allegations about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a letter Monday to the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), took issue with the witnesses the Republicans intended to call.

Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests

Specifically, Nadler dismissed requests for testimony from Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and witnesses related to unfounded GOP-claims of Ukrainian interference during the 2016 election.

Since the Impeachment Investigation into the President's wrong doing, had nothing to do with the Biden's, Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, or the 2016 election, and everything to do with Repugs trying to deflect from the President's wrong-doing and turn the Hearings into a circus, Schiff was correct in refusing these requests. These people had no evidence to given on the extortion plot against the Ukraine.

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Ivanka and Jared made $100 million per year before Trump was elected, you fucking douchebag.

 

[colfax_m]

Specifically, Nadler dismissed requests for testimony from Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and witnesses related to unfounded GOP-claims of Ukrainian interference during the 2016 election.

Since the Impeachment Investigation into the President's wrong doing, had nothing to do with the Biden's, Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, or the 2016 election, and everything to do with Repugs trying to deflect from the President's wrong-doing and turn the Hearings into a circus, Schiff was correct in refusing these requests. These people had no evidence to given on the extortion plot against the Ukraine.

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

Which Ukrainians? The pro-Russian KGB trained ones? It certainly isn’t the new prosecutor general of Ukraine.

Don't remember is it was the current prosecutor or the Anti-Corruption Bureau. It's been a couple of months since it was reported.

.

Im pretty sure that you’re probably misremembering an over hyped press conference by some questionable MPs that was massively distorted by lousy right wing websites. Let me know if you dig anything up. The prosecutor general is on record saying there’s no investigation into Hunter Biden for money laundering. That’s all.

 

[bripat9643]

Like calling witnesses...

An avenatti type of character would absolutely qualify.

Not sure what you mean by that.

Schumer has asked for 4 witnesses.
Mulvaney
Bolton
Blair
Duffey

Any reason you can think of that we shouldn’t hear from any of these people?

Sure, if they were so important you should have called them in during your sham “investigation”. Oh that’s right, you forfeited your right to use the judicial branch to compel testimony because you morons couldn’t wait. Tough luck. You don’t get to change things now. No new witnesses. Period.

They were called during the investigation. Trump obstructed them.

Wrong. He invoked executive privilege, shit for brains.

 

[OKTexas]

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

Great. Arrest them. What are you waiting for?

Not going to happen. You know the story is bogus.

Really, the State Dept confirmed it.

.

Confirmed “it”? What exactly is “it”? A request for a meeting or an actual meeting?

Both.

.

Not in any of the stories about this meeting that I’ve seen. You have a link where the State Dept confirms the meeting?

An email between State Department officials dated Feb. 24, 2016 with the subject line “Burisma,” reveals that Karen Tramontano, a lawyer whom Burisma had hired to help end the U.S.’s probe into Ukrainian corruption, asked the State Department how it had come to the “determination that the company is corrupt.”

.

The company cited the fact that no hearing or evidence had been made public as its justification for ending the investigation.

“According to Tramontano, there is no evidence of corruption, has been no hearing or process, and evidence to the contrary has not been considered,” the email reads.

Tramontano then met twice with State Department officials in March 2016.


Another Burisma board member, Devon Archer, secured a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in March, as well. Archer had been one of Kerry’s senior advisers and was the college roommate of Kerry’s stepson, Chris Heinz.

REPORT: Hunter Biden's Ukraine Co. Repeatedly Met w/ Obama Admin to Quash Probe - Liberty Headlines

.

 

[OKTexas]

Dumbass. Don't you people EVER tire of your hypocrisy?

"
Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests"

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has dismissed a Republican request for eight witnesses to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and the whistleblower who first brought forward the allegations about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a letter Monday to the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), took issue with the witnesses the Republicans intended to call.

Nadler dismisses GOP witness requests

Specifically, Nadler dismissed requests for testimony from Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and witnesses related to unfounded GOP-claims of Ukrainian interference during the 2016 election.

Since the Impeachment Investigation into the President's wrong doing, had nothing to do with the Biden's, Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, or the 2016 election, and everything to do with Repugs trying to deflect from the President's wrong-doing and turn the Hearings into a circus, Schiff was correct in refusing these requests. These people had no evidence to given on the extortion plot against the Ukraine.

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Just one minor difference, Ivanka and Jared were self employed.

.

 

[The Purge]

 

[bripat9643]

Specifically, Nadler dismissed requests for testimony from Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, and witnesses related to unfounded GOP-claims of Ukrainian interference during the 2016 election.

Since the Impeachment Investigation into the President's wrong doing, had nothing to do with the Biden's, Adam Schiff, the Whistleblower, or the 2016 election, and everything to do with Repugs trying to deflect from the President's wrong-doing and turn the Hearings into a circus, Schiff was correct in refusing these requests. These people had no evidence to given on the extortion plot against the Ukraine.

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Just one minor difference, Ivanka and Jared were self employed.

.

Dims are always trying to compare their sleaze with the behavior of honest people, as if they were equivalent.

 

[OKTexas]

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Just one minor difference, Ivanka and Jared were self employed.

.

Dims are always trying to compare their sleaze with the behavior of honest people, as if they were equivalent.

Yep, it's called projection. Dishonest people always accuse others of being just like them.

.

 

[colfax_m]

Great. Arrest them. What are you waiting for?

Not going to happen. You know the story is bogus.

Really, the State Dept confirmed it.

.

Confirmed “it”? What exactly is “it”? A request for a meeting or an actual meeting?

Both.

.

Not in any of the stories about this meeting that I’ve seen. You have a link where the State Dept confirms the meeting?

An email between State Department officials dated Feb. 24, 2016 with the subject line “Burisma,” reveals that Karen Tramontano, a lawyer whom Burisma had hired to help end the U.S.’s probe into Ukrainian corruption, asked the State Department how it had come to the “determination that the company is corrupt.”

.

The company cited the fact that no hearing or evidence had been made public as its justification for ending the investigation.

“According to Tramontano, there is no evidence of corruption, has been no hearing or process, and evidence to the contrary has not been considered,” the email reads.

Tramontano then met twice with State Department officials in March 2016.


Another Burisma board member, Devon Archer, secured a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in March, as well. Archer had been one of Kerry’s senior advisers and was the college roommate of Kerry’s stepson, Chris Heinz.

REPORT: Hunter Biden's Ukraine Co. Repeatedly Met w/ Obama Admin to Quash Probe - Liberty Headlines

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That’s not what John Solomon said.
The emails show Tramontano was scheduled to meet Novelli on March 1, 2016, and that State Department officials were scrambling to get answers ahead of time from the U.S. embassy in Kiev.

The records don’t show whether the meeting actually took place. The FOIA lawsuit is ongoing and State officials are slated to produce additional records in the months ahead.

 

[Dragonlady]

You sure have all the commie talking points down pat. The bidens are corrupt, Trump was justified in making a request for cooperation to investigate them. That would blow the houses case out of the water.

Burisma was buying influence in the maobama regime through hunter. Their lawyers evoked his name to get meetings with the State Dept.

.

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Just one minor difference, Ivanka and Jared were self employed.

.

Dims are always trying to compare their sleaze with the behavior of honest people, as if they were equivalent.

Ivanka received more than 20 personal trade marks from the Chinese government, some as a personal gift from Chairman Xi. The Chinese do not give trade marks to foreigners, but they gave Ivanka more than 20.

Trump is a criminal President and his crooked family are scooping up the loot with both hands. Jared got a big loan for his company from the Saudis. These are benefits they’re getting directly from foreign governments.

 

[Nostra]

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Just one minor difference, Ivanka and Jared were self employed.

.

Dims are always trying to compare their sleaze with the behavior of honest people, as if they were equivalent.

Ivanka received more than 20 personal trade marks from the Chinese government, some as a personal gift from Chairman Xi. The Chinese do not give trade marks to foreigners, but they gave Ivanka more than 20.

Trump is a criminal President and his crooked family are scooping up the loot with both hands. Jared got a big loan for his company from the Saudis. These are benefits they’re getting directly from foreign governments.

The Chinese do not give trade marks to foreigners, but they gave Ivanka more than 20.

Surely you have a link confirming this, right? Cuz if you don't I can bring links showing you are full of shit.

GO!

 

[bripat9643]

This was already investigated in the first half of 2019.
There was no need for further investigation, since it was already investigated to death.

Your article is behind a pay wall. But tell the class, why are the Ukrainians are going after the money he was paid?

.

The same article was published directly from Ukraine.

Hunter was paid $600,000 per year. Such a good salary due to be Joe Biden's son. Buying influence perhaps. Just like Ivanka/Jared making more than 100 million per year.

Just one minor difference, Ivanka and Jared were self employed.

.

Dims are always trying to compare their sleaze with the behavior of honest people, as if they were equivalent.

Ivanka received more than 20 personal trade marks from the Chinese government, some as a personal gift from Chairman Xi. The Chinese do not give trade marks to foreigners, but they gave Ivanka more than 20.

Trump is a criminal President and his crooked family are scooping up the loot with both hands. Jared got a big loan for his company from the Saudis. These are benefits they’re getting directly from foreign governments.

In this country you don't even have to apply for a trademark. You simply declare whatever it is to be a trademark. So I don't understand the controversy about Ivanka getting trademarks in China. It seems to me that getting trademarks for your products should be standard government policy.