45th President of the United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 12)
Discussion
Byker28i said:
According to a report from Fox News, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has indicated he has no desire in presiding over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump -- leaving the door open for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to oversee the proceedings.
As the Fox report notes, "Politico reported on Tuesday that Chief Justice John Roberts 'wants no further part' in overseeing the politically charged situation after he presided over the first impeachment trial of Trump less than one year ago."
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Should Roberts demur since he has other business to attend to during the court's current session, that would leave who presides up in the air, but the Constitution provides a roadmap.
"The Constitution says that in impeachments for presidents, the chief justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding officer. For lesser impeachments, the presiding officer has been the same as for other Senate business — either the vice president or a senator. The Constitution is not clear on who should preside over impeachments for former presidents." Fox is reporting. "If Roberts does not preside over a Senate trial, Harris would likely have the choice of whether to preside herself."
Should Harris decline, the next in line would be Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who is the longest-serving Democrat.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-cou...
Could Harris nominate someone? Some like, oh I don't know, Moscow Mitch?As the Fox report notes, "Politico reported on Tuesday that Chief Justice John Roberts 'wants no further part' in overseeing the politically charged situation after he presided over the first impeachment trial of Trump less than one year ago."
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Should Roberts demur since he has other business to attend to during the court's current session, that would leave who presides up in the air, but the Constitution provides a roadmap.
"The Constitution says that in impeachments for presidents, the chief justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding officer. For lesser impeachments, the presiding officer has been the same as for other Senate business — either the vice president or a senator. The Constitution is not clear on who should preside over impeachments for former presidents." Fox is reporting. "If Roberts does not preside over a Senate trial, Harris would likely have the choice of whether to preside herself."
Should Harris decline, the next in line would be Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who is the longest-serving Democrat.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-cou...
Sit back, grab the popcorn and watch the GOP implode.
Trump warned not to pardon himself and family:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-...
"White House counsel Pat Cipollone and another attorney who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial, Eric Herschmann, offered the grave warnings as Trump, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner listened. Other lawyers joined by telephone. They all told Trump he should not pardon himself, his family or any GOP lawmakers in a prospective manner unless he was prepared to list specific crimes."
Priceless
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-...
"White House counsel Pat Cipollone and another attorney who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial, Eric Herschmann, offered the grave warnings as Trump, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner listened. Other lawyers joined by telephone. They all told Trump he should not pardon himself, his family or any GOP lawmakers in a prospective manner unless he was prepared to list specific crimes."
Priceless
Countdown said:
I don't think Pompeo is thick. He's a very right-wing GOPer who has managed to stay in Trump's good books and push the America First agenda internationally. He's stayed sufficiently remote from the s
tstorm that continually surrounds Trump so he has a lot of credibility and he will appeal very strongly to the MAGA brigade as well as the less fruitloopy wing of the GOP.
He's an eschatological spacecadet, by definition you need a fairly slack grip on reality to believe that ststorm that continually surrounds Trump so he has a lot of credibility and he will appeal very strongly to the MAGA brigade as well as the less fruitloopy wing of the GOP.t. Alternatively he doesn't but cynically thinks it's a votewinner, which may have been true when he was running for congress in the bible belt but will fail when applied to the national stage if he's daft enough to run for president.Byker28i said:
The Georgia lawyer who breached the Capitol and then gave an interview to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about it was arrested today.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1356036/down...
Blimey - it's like shooting fish in a barrel
You're being pretty unfair on the fish. To follow on from Dan Rather defending rats, fish don't blog extensively on Anglr or Trawlr.https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1356036/down...
Blimey - it's like shooting fish in a barrel
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