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The Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump


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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying about his rules for the impeachment trial, and pressing ahead with a “coverup” to protect President Trump. McConnell released the impeachment trial resolution Monday evening, laying the groundwork for the trial that he repeatedly said would follow the precedent of Bill Clinton’s trial in 1999. But there are key differences—it will take place on a much shorter timescale, won’t automatically admit the House’s findings into evidence, and there’s no guarantee the trial will include witnesses. In a statement Tuesday morning, Pelosi said: “For weeks, he has insisted that he will adhere to the rules used during the Clinton impeachment trial... but his proposal rejects the need for witnesses and documents during the trial itself. In contrast, for the Clinton trial, witnesses were deposed and the president provided more than 90,000 documents.” Pelosi went on to say McConnell has designed the process “to hide the truth from the Senate and from the American people, because he knows that the president’s wrongdoing is indefensible and demands removal.”

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying about his rules for the impeachment trial, and pressing ahead with a “coverup” to protect President Trump. McConnell released the impeachment trial resolution Monday evening, laying the groundwork for the trial that he repeatedly said would follow the precedent of Bill Clinton’s trial in 1999. But there are key differences—it will take place on a much shorter timescale, won’t automatically admit the House’s findings into evidence, and there’s no guarantee the trial will include witnesses. In a statement Tuesday morning, Pelosi said: “For weeks, he has insisted that he will adhere to the rules used during the Clinton impeachment trial... but his proposal rejects the need for witnesses and documents during the trial itself. In contrast, for the Clinton trial, witnesses were deposed and the president provided more than 90,000 documents.” Pelosi went on to say McConnell has designed the process “to hide the truth from the Senate and from the American people, because he knows that the president’s wrongdoing is indefensible and demands removal.”

Elections have consequences Tibs

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Lev Parnas’ legal team has shared a video of his client socializing with Mike Pence and his wife after the vice president vehemently denied that he knows Parnas. Pence said during a CNN appearance last week: “I don't know the guy.” But Joseph Bondy, the attorney for Parnas, tweeted the video Monday night with the caption: “Pence does indeed know the guy.” The video clip shows Parnas holding the hand of Karen Pence and talking with her as the vice president speaks to someone else at the table. The short video ends as Parnas is seen reaching toward Mike Pence, waiting to shake his hand. Mysteriously, the video has had a soundtrack added to it. It plays the opening seconds of “September” by Earth, Wind and Fire, which have the lyrics: “Do you remember, the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders, while chasing the clouds away.” Parnas has alleged that Pence was aware of his role in a pressure campaign on the Ukrainian government to get it to investigate the Biden family.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/parnas-lawyer-shares-pence-video-after-vice-president-denies-knowing-him

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