From Sarah Carter:
Sen. Graham pointed out that the democratic House managers told the Senators “that President Trump got a better deal from the House than Nixon or Clinton.”
“And here’s what the response was. Not so. They impeached president in 78 days, President Trump. Imagine 78 days to remove the president of the United States from office, nullify the 2016 election, take him off the ballot in 2020. Do you think 78 days is proper consideration of something this grave? Seventy-one of the 78 days, the president was denied the ability to call witnesses on his behalf, cross-examine witnesses, present evidence.”
“So the Nixon impeachment lasted for years. He went to the Supreme Court. The Clinton investigation lasted for four-and-a-half years. So the defense was able to tell the Senate that all the due process given Nixon and Clinton didn’t exist with Trump.”
“And then they — the most stunning of all arguments, they impeached the president of the United States in 78 days. Why? Because they wanted to get it over by Christmas. Why didn’t they pursue witness in the House? That would require court action. That would delay their goal of impeaching him before the election. I think that is devastating to the House managers.”(Read more.)
We have to remember that what came out of the mouths of the various 'witnesses' was here-say. The President of Ukraine said there was no coercion.
ReplyDeleteHere-say has never been admissible in any court much less as a basis for Impeachment in order to turn over the outcome of the vote for a duly elected President.