Expectations of the Senate Trial of El Presidente President Donald J. Trump
Expectations of the Senate Trial of El Presidente President Donald J. Trump
Trump forbid his staff to testify to the House. Sure, the House Democrats sued to force testimony and those cases are bogged down in appeals. Some of Trump’s boys came to testify and either said they were under orders from Trump forbidding them to speak or they made smart ass comments. There was one day where a White House staffer was asked a question and told to reply "true, false or sit mute." This person babbled until he had run out the clock on the Democrat asking questions. After several tries, the Democrat have up. The next interrogator asked soft ball questions and got actual answers.
The Trump Stooges should have hit with a Contempt of Congress charge! (This would probably been futile as Attorney General Bart (supposedly) has to investigate and prosecute such matters. That is not likely to happen...)
The other issue was the House subpoenaed documents. These were refused. The worst refusal was the White House lawyers I inventing reasons to deny access to Trump’s Income Tax returns. The law says supposedly that the House demands Income Tax Returns and they get them immediately. The House is suing the White House and has won every appeal the White House has filed. The House should issue Contempt of Congress charges! (This would likely be futile since AG Barr is the one who had to investigate and prosecute and I can not see him doing so.
William Barr, Attorney General, is a Republican Apparatchik!
Then, adding insult to loss of face, one of the Republicans’ told a House Democrat Leader that "you didn't try hard enough". I wonder if that Democrat felt like saying either "well fuck you too" or - better answer! - "How would you have done it?" You can learn from your "enemy", you know.
I think the Democrats should wait out the time it will take to get the Income Tax subpoena before the full Supreme Court and hope those jurists are worthy of their positions and order Trump's Income Tax forms be sent to the House.
Serious question: will these Trump Apparatchiks have the balls to defy the "Full Nine Members of the Supreme Court and refuse to so produce them?
Trump is impeached!
Nothing can change that!
Will the various Senators take their oaths seriously and demand a fair trial or will they refuse to allow witnesses and thus go along with Moscow Mitch killing off the trial and thus "acquitting" "The Donald"? I fear that both Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts might. Roberts could go either way; Roberts is about to retire. I 'd say Jerry Moran is slightly leaning towards not bucking Moscow Mitch or "The Donald" because he wants to do win the next erection err election.
The upcoming week will probably be interesting but probably not have any true surprises...
Trump forbid his staff to testify to the House. Sure, the House Democrats sued to force testimony and those cases are bogged down in appeals. Some of Trump’s boys came to testify and either said they were under orders from Trump forbidding them to speak or they made smart ass comments. There was one day where a White House staffer was asked a question and told to reply "true, false or sit mute." This person babbled until he had run out the clock on the Democrat asking questions. After several tries, the Democrat have up. The next interrogator asked soft ball questions and got actual answers.
The Trump Stooges should have hit with a Contempt of Congress charge! (This would probably been futile as Attorney General Bart (supposedly) has to investigate and prosecute such matters. That is not likely to happen...)
The other issue was the House subpoenaed documents. These were refused. The worst refusal was the White House lawyers I inventing reasons to deny access to Trump’s Income Tax returns. The law says supposedly that the House demands Income Tax Returns and they get them immediately. The House is suing the White House and has won every appeal the White House has filed. The House should issue Contempt of Congress charges! (This would likely be futile since AG Barr is the one who had to investigate and prosecute and I can not see him doing so.
William Barr, Attorney General, is a Republican Apparatchik!
Then, adding insult to loss of face, one of the Republicans’ told a House Democrat Leader that "you didn't try hard enough". I wonder if that Democrat felt like saying either "well fuck you too" or - better answer! - "How would you have done it?" You can learn from your "enemy", you know.
I think the Democrats should wait out the time it will take to get the Income Tax subpoena before the full Supreme Court and hope those jurists are worthy of their positions and order Trump's Income Tax forms be sent to the House.
Serious question: will these Trump Apparatchiks have the balls to defy the "Full Nine Members of the Supreme Court and refuse to so produce them?
Trump is impeached!
Nothing can change that!
Will the various Senators take their oaths seriously and demand a fair trial or will they refuse to allow witnesses and thus go along with Moscow Mitch killing off the trial and thus "acquitting" "The Donald"? I fear that both Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts might. Roberts could go either way; Roberts is about to retire. I 'd say Jerry Moran is slightly leaning towards not bucking Moscow Mitch or "The Donald" because he wants to do win the next erection err election.
The upcoming week will probably be interesting but probably not have any true surprises...
Labels: Apparatchik, impeached
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