Lindsey Graham does not want Schiff or other Congressmen to testify at Senate impeachment trial

[mystery-ak]

December 9, 2019
Lindsey Graham does not want Schiff or other Congressmen to testify at Senate impeachment trial
By Thomas Lifson

Is the ghost of John McCain haunting Senator Lindsey Graham? The South Carolina Senator went on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show, Sunday Morning Futures, to throw a wet blanket on conservatives’ dreams of a Senate trial that would get to the bottom of the plot against President Trump. He wants to leave all those rocks in place, turning nothing over to see what crawls out. Instead, once the House managers present their case, he wants a quick vote, presumably ending in dismissal of the case.

In particular, Graham ruled out calling Adam Schiff to testify.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/lindsey_graham_does_not_want_schiff_or_other_congressmen_to_testify_at_senate_impeachment_trial.html

[libertybele]

December 9, 2019
Lindsey Graham does not want Schiff or other Congressmen to testify at Senate impeachment trial
By Thomas Lifson

Is the ghost of John McCain haunting Senator Lindsey Graham? The South Carolina Senator went on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show, Sunday Morning Futures, to throw a wet blanket on conservatives’ dreams of a Senate trial that would get to the bottom of the plot against President Trump. He wants to leave all those rocks in place, turning nothing over to see what crawls out. Instead, once the House managers present their case, he wants a quick vote, presumably ending in dismissal of the case.

In particular, Graham ruled out calling Adam Schiff to testify.

more
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/lindsey_graham_does_not_want_schiff_or_other_congressmen_to_testify_at_senate_impeachment_trial.html

It sure seems that ole Lindsey has something to hide.   

[Chosen Daughter]

Lindsey Graham says he won’t call Adam Schiff as witness in Senate trial


“Here’s what I would tell Adam Schiff,” Graham said. “Do you really want to start calling other members, Republican members of Congress in oversight? Do you want me to call you to the Senate as part of Senate oversight?”

The big picture: Graham also declared that he will seek a quick end to the impeachment trial, regardless of whether President Trump wants to call more people to testify.

“When 51 of us say we’ve heard enough, the trial is going to end,” Graham said. “The president’s going to be acquitted. He may want to call Schiff, he may want to call Hunter Biden, he may want to call Joe Biden. But here’s my advice to the president: If the Senate is ready to vote and ready to acquit you, you should celebrate that.”

https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/12/lindsey-graham-says-wont-call-adam-schiff-witness-senate-trial/

And deny Trump all of that material for his rallies? 

[sneakypete]

Ahhhh,the "real"   Lady Lindsey is back!

[truth_seeker]

It sure seems that ole Lindsey has something to hide.

@libertybele 

meaning what?

[sneakypete]

@libertybele 

meaning what?

@truth-seeker

Meaning she is normally joined at the hip with the Dim leadership so they can cut deals that favor each other,and only appears to be a conservative when there is an election coming up.

[catfish1957]

In particular, Graham ruled out calling Adam Schiff to testify.

The only honorable reason I think Linzy would avoid this spectacle, is that he wants to avoid having to prosecute a sitting HR member for a treasonous coup.

[skeeter]

It sure seems that ole Lindsey has something to hide.

He wants to preserve the really good gig he and his friends have there in the US congress.

4.4 trillion and no questions asked. Whats not to love?

[Jazzhead]

Graham is right -  get this farce over with quickly,  with a motion to dismiss at as early a stage as possible.   

[skeeter]

Graham is right -  get this farce over with quickly,  with a motion to dismiss at as early a stage as possible.

Graham would be doing the nation a great disservice if he refused to take some kind of action to discourage the left from continuing down the tactical and strategic road they've chosen here. They are rapidly undermining the very bedrock our republic is built upon and will succeed unless their wrongdoing is relentlessly prosecuted.

Simply ending the farce painlessly is probably exactly what they are hoping for at this point.

[catfish1957]

Graham would be doing the nation a great disservice if he refused to take some kind of action to discourage the left from continuing down the tactical and strategic road they've chosen here. They are rapidly undermining the very bedrock our republic is built upon and will succeed unless their wrongdoing is relentlessly prosecuted.

Simply ending the farce painlessly is probably exactly what they are hoping for at this point.

Dang right.  Hold the vote, and hold every democratic "convict" vote accountable.

[skeeter]

Dang right.  Hold the vote, and hold every democratic "convict" vote accountable.

If the rats have failed to dent POTUS' approval at this point going on the attack in the senate can only make he and the GOP look good.

[truth_seeker]

Graham is right -  get this farce over with quickly,  with a motion to dismiss at as early a stage as possible.

The dems will say there was not proper consideration, hearings, testimony, witnesses, etc.

But they won't be happy with anything short of round the cllock televised hearings, etc.

Graham, McConnell, Trump SHOULD want it over, in order to take up IG, Barr, Durham, election business.

There are hours and hours of TV video to go through, for their campaign soundbites and ads.

[catfish1957]

There are hours and hours of TV video to go through, for their campaign soundbites and ads.

The white elephant that dims aren't thinking out  is how the pissed off daytime TV junkies will react when all this shit starts preempting Ellen, The View, Ophra, etc.  Care to guess which demographic that might be?

[truth_seeker]

The white elephant that dims aren't thinking out  is how the pissed off daytime TV junkies will react when all this shit starts preempting Ellen, The View, Ophra, etc.  Care to guess which demographic that might be?

Agreed. There have been  no bombshells, but hourse of political lawyers blabbing their boring shite.

[sneakypete]

The white elephant that dims aren't thinking out  is how the pissed off daytime TV junkies will react when all this shit starts preempting Ellen, The View, Ophra, etc.  Care to guess which demographic that might be?

@catfish1957

Not to mention the daytime soap operas. When you talk about fans of shows like "As Your Stomach Turns",you ain't talking about casual fans that try to catch a show when they can.  You are talking about people who have been watching that one show for generations. They call their mothers and daughters on the phone in the evenings to talk about what happened.

It would take a braver man than me to get between these women and their soaps!

[Cyber Liberty]

I saw the full interview yesterday morning, and Graham is basically trying to tamp down our expectations.

[catfish1957]

I saw the full interview yesterday morning, and Graham is basically trying to tamp down our expectations.

You mean having Schiff drawn and quartered on a Treason conviction is too much to ask?

[Cyber Liberty]

You mean having Schiff drawn and quartered on a Treason conviction is too much to ask?

Inconveniencing Schitt is too much to ask, it seems.

[bilo]

Lindsey Graham says he won’t call Adam Schiff as witness in Senate trial


“Here’s what I would tell Adam Schiff,” Graham said. “Do you really want to start calling other members, Republican members of Congress in oversight? Do you want me to call you to the Senate as part of Senate oversight?”

The big picture: Graham also declared that he will seek a quick end to the impeachment trial, regardless of whether President Trump wants to call more people to testify.

“When 51 of us say we’ve heard enough, the trial is going to end,” Graham said. “The president’s going to be acquitted. He may want to call Schiff, he may want to call Hunter Biden, he may want to call Joe Biden. But here’s my advice to the president: If the Senate is ready to vote and ready to acquit you, you should celebrate that.”

https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/12/lindsey-graham-says-wont-call-adam-schiff-witness-senate-trial/

And deny Trump all of that material for his rallies?

All that does is strengthen the Rats.

The Rats will say that the Pubs couldn't defend Trump from the "facts" and so they dismissed the case. Instead, the Pubs have to drag the Rats through the mud that they have been throwing. The Pubs need to drag in the Cirramelli, Schiff's staffers, Schiff, Nadler, the Biden's and if possible bring in the prosecutor who was terminated after he started investigating Burisma.

[Cyber Liberty]

All that does is strengthen the Rats.

The Rats will say that the Pubs couldn't defend Trump from the "facts" and so they dismissed the case. Instead, the Pubs have to drag the Rats through the mud that they have been throwing. The Pubs need to drag in the Cirramelli, Schiff's staffers, Schiff, Nadler, the Biden's and if possible bring in the prosecutor who was terminated after he started investigating Burisma.

I was pretty pissed to hear Graham say if he can get 51 votes to dismiss and avoid a trial, he'd do it.  That's lawyer-think, not politics-think.  News for Graham:  This isn't a defendant you are trying to get off without jail time, it's the President of the US being the subject of a lawless witch hunt. 

This is a political trial, and needs a political solution.

[sneakypete]

All that does is strengthen the Rats.

The Rats will say that the Pubs couldn't defend Trump from the "facts" and so they dismissed the case. Instead, the Pubs have to drag the Rats through the mud that they have been throwing. The Pubs need to drag in the Cirramelli, Schiff's staffers, Schiff, Nadler, the Biden's and if possible bring in the prosecutor who was terminated after he started investigating Burisma.

@bilo

Well,Teddy DOES keep making "I wanna be president!" noises. IMHO,he is trying to walk that fine line between supporting Trump one instant,and then the next trying to stick a knife in his back.

[libertybele]

I was pretty pissed to hear Graham say if he can get 51 votes to dismiss and avoid a trial, he'd do it.  That's lawyer-think, not politics-think.  News for Graham: This isn't a defendant you are trying to get off without jail time, it's the President of the US being the subject of a lawless witch hunt. 

This is a political trial, and needs a political solution.

 

[sneakypete]

@Cyber Liberty   @libertybele

I may be wrong,but *I* think Lady Lindsey's goal is to do what he can to hinder Trump's election chances,without coming right out and challenging him. What she wants is for Trump to emerge from this so "damaged" he can't win,leaving Lady Lindsey in the black birds seat to accept the nomination.

Of all the things he is or might be,dumb ain't one of them.

[Fishrrman]

If there's to be a trial in the Senate, the very first "witness" called should be Eric Ciaramella, brought in by armed guards if need be.

I want to see him take the 5th in front of the Senate, and then slink away.

And after that, Schiffy, too.