PleaseBlitz Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 @No Excuses Here is a good explainer. https://apnews.com/article/barring-trump-holding-office-again-f477c7ddc7ad0cc91a5fb86d12b007f0 Conviction first, then a separate vote to bar him from office. It is a simple majority for judges, but the law is not entirely clear for a former POTUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Gotcha thanks y’all. Heard it on the radio the other day and it sounded too convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Yeah, but couldn't they just go the 14th amendment route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Trump’s Crack Impeachment Lawyers Misspelled ‘United States’—Again Former President Trump’s legal team seems to think proofreading is overrated. Hardly a week after submitting a legal brief for Trump’s looming Senate impeachment trial that misspelled the words “United States,” they made exactly the same blunder again on Monday in the pre-trial brief laying out their defense. The 78-page brief referred to the country Trump used to lead as the “Unites States” on page 7. While falling short of perfect, the misstep still marked something of an improvement from their last go, when the team screwed up the name of the country twice, including on the first page. “President’s Trump speech on January 6, 2021, was not an act encouraging an organized movement to overthrow the Unites States government,” the new document reads. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 House managers rebut Trump team's calls to dismiss impeachment case, say evidence is 'overwhelming' House impeachment managers responded to the final pretrial brief from Donald Trump's legal team on Monday, saying the former president's defense — that such a trial is unconstitutional and that he quickly moved to suppress the violence during the Capitol riot last month — is "wholly without merit." "The House denies each and every allegation in the answer that denies the acts, knowledge, intent, or wrongful conduct charged against President Trump," the Democratic managers wrote. "The House states that each and every allegation in the article of impeachment is true, and that any affirmative defenses and legal defenses set forth in the answer are wholly without merit." "The House further states that the article of impeachment properly alleges an impeachable offense under the Constitution, is not subject to a motion to dismiss, is within the jurisdiction of the Senate sitting as a court of impeachment, and should be considered and adjudicated by the Senate sitting as a court of impeachment," they added. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Trump's impeachment defense team reverses course, withdraws request to break for the Jewish sabbath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Dan T. said: Trump's impeachment defense team reverses course, withdraws request to break for the Jewish sabbath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Haven't all of us felt like Walter Sobchek at some point in the last 5 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 My guess part Deaux last 2-3 weeks. There will be no conviction. I figure the final vote will be 56-44. The 5 republicans who said the trial was constitutional and maybe one retiring gop senator. To bar Trump, the senate will have to use 14 admemdment. I prefer not to bar him. Let his sorry ass run again; we will just kick his ass again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Trump Brags Trial Is ‘Accountability’ For House GOPers Who Voted To Impeach Him Former President Trump has reportedly bragged to aides and advisers that not only does he expect to be acquitted during his second Senate impeachment trial, but that he views trial itself will be as an opportunity for “accountability” for the handful of House Republicans who dared to vote in favor of his impeachment for “incitement of insurrection” last month. According to CNN on Monday, Trump has turned his post-presidency focus onto punishing the 10 House Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach him for the second time last month after the former president incited the deadly insurrection at the Capitol that left five dead. One Trump adviser told CNN that the former president offered a twisted view on his second impeachment trial, bragging that House Republicans who voted in favor of impeaching him will face “accountability” for supposedly turning “against the people.” CNN reported that the adviser acknowledged that Trump actively tried to delegitimize the election process after Joe Biden was declared the President-elect. Former Trump aides remember Trump basking in the spectacle that unfolded during the Capitol riot, according to CNN. One former senior White House official told CNN that Trump was “loving watching the Capitol mob.” Click on the link for the full story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chachie Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 The republican senators are correct about one thing: This is a waste of time... because of republican senators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 They are sowing the video of the insurrection. Surprised they actually showed Babbit being shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 my first extended exposure to dem rep joe neguse is right now as one of house case mgrs making opening comments impressive...maybe a fresh star in the firmament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 That video was absolutely terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jumbo said: my first extended exposure to dem rep joe neguse is right now as one of house case mgrs making opening comments impressive...maybe a fresh star in the firmament Incredible 39 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said: They are sowing the video of the insurrection. Surprised they actually showed Babbit being shot. I'm glad. These people think this is all a joke. They don't realize that the standard they're setting may get them targeted someday, in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Raskin and Neguse both were compelling and impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gbear Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I think the quoting judge McConnel (sp?) was a nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Mr. Sinister said: Incredible yeh, that was a killer courtroom presentation any given atty representing trump will make for a laugh riot contrast....for those of us able to laugh at the darkness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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