Live Thread: Impeachment Trial Day 8

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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QUESTION 12, from Schumer to House managers:

Would you please respond to the answer that was just given by the president's counsel?

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Joe Lockhart
@joelockhart
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3m
Dershowitz is making a crazy argument.  If Trump believes getting another country to manufacture dirt on a political opponent and he thinks its in the public interest for him to be reelected, not his opponent, he can do whatever he wants.  That's just a corrupt argument.




Jennifer Rubin
@JRubinBlogger
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2m
THAT is what R's must sign onto - an absolute monarchy

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ABC News
@ABC
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1m
Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment."

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CBS News
@CBSNews
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3m
.@RepValDemings
:  “Contrary to what the White House counsel has said or has claimed that there was no harm, no foul, that the aid eventually got there…15,000 Ukrainians have died.”

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Charlie Daniels
@CharlieDaniels
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5h
Adam Schiff
You are a two faced, forked tongued ,sniveling little man ,without honor, loyalty or patriotism. You disgrace your oath of fealty.
You’re a muck raking  liar who makes a mockery out of your office
You’re not in service to this nation, you’re in disservice to it.

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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1m
QUESTION 13, from Grassley to Trump team:

Does House's failure to enforce its subpoenas render its obstruction of Congress theory unprecedented?

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Undercover Huber
@JohnWHuber
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5m
Schiff lying again that

a) Trump said do “me” a favor. False, he said “us”, and “our country”

b) Trump asked for a *fake* investigation into Bidens and 2016 election. False

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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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1m
Chuck Schumer is trying to impeach the president for "high crimes & misdemeanors"

So naturally who did he invite to be his guest at the trial today?

Lev Parnas, accused of multiple felonies—who just had to be removed from the gallery due to his court-mandated ankle bracelet

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Joel B. Pollak
@joelpollak
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14m
11th question, from @SenTedCruz
 for WH: Aren't "quid pro quo" common?

Dershowitz: Quid pro quo is normal in foreign policy. Only way it's unlawful is if "quo" is illegal. Cites an Abraham Lincoln precedent, explaining even acts done for politics can be lawful.

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ABC News Politics
@ABCPolitics
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41s
Schiff presents hypothetical scenario to senators: Obama asks Russian prime minister to announce investigation into opponent Mitt Romney in return for aid.

"Do any of us have any question that Barack Obama would be impeached for that kind of misconduct?" https://

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Senate Republicans
@SenateGOP
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1m
Democrats' "overwhelming evidence" by the numbers:

𝟏𝟑 witnesses

𝟐𝟖,𝟓𝟕𝟖 documents wheeled over to the Senate (pictured below!
👇
)

𝟏𝟗𝟐 videos

"We heard from enough witnesses to prove the case beyond any doubt at all." - Jerry Nadler (CNN, 1/15/20)

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Mark Meadows
@RepMarkMeadows
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Wow. Adam Schiff just misquoted President Trump *again.*

He told the Senate President Trump asked President Zelensky to “do me a favor.”

The truth, what @realDonaldTrump really said: “do US a favor.”

He was talking about the country!

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Josh Manning
@Josh_Manning
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1m
We don't have to imagine: Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow has argued 12 cases before SCOTUS & won the majority.

You have a JD but I don't think you've ever been before SCOTUS, let alone won, have you?

So what we really have to imagine is what if you were as good as Sekulow.




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Jennifer Rubin
@JRubinBlogger
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can you imagine if Sekulow and Cipollone had to try a case in front of a real judge? bhahaahhahahahaha

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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2m
QUESTION 15, from Cotton, Boozman, McSally, Blackburn, Toomey to Trump team:

Did the House bother to seek testimony or litigate exec priv issues during the month it held up impeachment articles?

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RNC Research
@RNCResearch
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6m
Patrick Philbin: House Democrats Rushed “Partisan, Political Impeachment” To Get It Done Before Election

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Will Chamberlain
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@willchamberlain
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2m
Patrick Philbin points out that the House filed ZERO lawsuits to enforce their subpoenas

ZERO

The "obstruction of Congress" charge is absolutely lawless, and the most obvious "abuse of power" that has occurred in this entire farce

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CBS News
@CBSNews
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1m
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA): “Getting caught doesn’t mitigate the wrongdoing. The president is unrepentant and we fear he will do it again”

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Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
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1m
You get the impression from Schiff & other House managers that they really think that if they just keep repeating ad nauseam (on top of last week's 23-hr filibuster) that Trump committed impeachable offenses that a crime will magically appear justifying their partisan impeachment

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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1m
QUESTION 16, from either Udall or Heinrich to House managers:

Please address the Trump argument that House managers seek to overturn the 2016 election and that the decision to remove the president should be left to the voters in November.

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Call them to stop this madness

Mitt Romney 202-224-5251
Susan Collins 202-224-2523
Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Cory Gardner 202-224-5941
Martha McSally 202-224-2235
Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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46s
QUESTION 17, from Portman to Trump team:

Given that impeachment proceedings are privileged and prevent other work from taking place, please address the implications of arranging for witness testimony.

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Brandon  @Brash_1
@RepAdamSchiff  just lied - again. He was asked if John Bolton refused to testify before the House. He said yes. Bolton offered to let a federal judge decide whether he should testify. Before the judge could decide, Schiff withdrew his subpoena. Schiff is a lying sack of shit.
1:39 PM · Jan 29, 2020

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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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1m
QUESTION 18, from Carper to House managers:

Isn't it true that depositions of 3 witnesses in Clinton trial were completed in only 1 day each?  And isn't it true the Chief Justice has authority to resolve claims of privilege without any delay?

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Mark Schnabel
@rmarkschnabel
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5m
Replying to
@ABC
 and
@FiveThirtyEight
I’m a never Trumper and I’m sick of it all. Don’t call witnesses just vote now and let’s move on. They’re gonna acquit. They were always gonna acquit. Extending it only helps Trump because everyone knows it’s predetermined and it is just a waste of time at this point.

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lol


Rory Cooper
@rorycooper
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3m
Question to the House Managers: If we call witnesses, am I going to miss any of the new season of Homeland?