The trial of Donald John Trump began 1/21/20; the Democratic House managers began Opening Arguments, laying-out foundational details of the case against the president; several votes were taken throughout the first day, with all Republican Senators voting down each request to subpoena government documents and for witnesses, Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton. The first day’s proceedings ended on Day 2, around 2 a.m. Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Hakeem Jeffries, Zoe Lofgren, Jason Crow, and Val Demings all spoke eloquently; they showed clips of witness testimonies from the impeachment hearing that occurred in the House. Trump’s legal team took turns speaking falsehoods and platitudes, urging a quick end to this “Constitutional Nonsense”. Senator Chuck Schumer said Wednesday, “it was a dark day from a dark night”. “This is a partisan forced-march toward a predetermined outcome”, stated Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senator and lawyer.
The GOP Senators stated they wanted to follow the William Jefferson Clinton impeachment trial, but “The so-called Clinton ‘precedent’ was a very advantageous one for Trump because it overlooked that the Senate HAD ALL THE EVIDENCE IN CLINTON” case, per the NYT. Even without any further evidence, the impeachment hearing in the House garnered more than enough to prove the extortion case of Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, which Trump proves daily. The OAG stated Trump did break the law in withholding Congressionally-authorized aid to Ukraine, and Trump and Mulvaney have both confessed to that. We, indeed, have a Constitutional Crises if a president is above the Rule of Law, and if we can expect nothing better from our democracy. “We struggle to protect this idea, and our security”, urged Adam Schiff, in Wednesday’s arguments, “A president does not have the right, under our laws and our Constitution, to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit prohibited foreign-aid in his reelection, to withhold official presidential acts to garner such help, to undermine our elections and place our security at risk. He does NOT! His obstruction strikes at the heart of our Constitution, it threatens our last line of defense, that our founders enshrined in our system to protect our Democracy from a rogue president who presents an ongoing threat. Every American should be concerned about that.” The media, the investigation, impeachment, and trial are guardrails. Will they hold? “Obstructing an impeachment inquiry to neutralize and nullify the impeachment clause, to shield himself from any accountability” is a flagrant criminal act!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Jan 29 2020
Letter to the Editor: Is This Constitutional Nonsense? Trump has committed a criminal act.
The trial of Donald John Trump began 1/21/20; the Democratic House managers began Opening Arguments, laying-out foundational details of the case against the president; several votes were taken throughout the first day, with all Republican Senators voting down each request to subpoena government documents and for witnesses, Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton. The first day’s proceedings ended on Day 2, around 2 a.m. Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Hakeem Jeffries, Zoe Lofgren, Jason Crow, and Val Demings all spoke eloquently; they showed clips of witness testimonies from the impeachment hearing that occurred in the House. Trump’s legal team took turns speaking falsehoods and platitudes, urging a quick end to this “Constitutional Nonsense”. Senator Chuck Schumer said Wednesday, “it was a dark day from a dark night”. “This is a partisan forced-march toward a predetermined outcome”, stated Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senator and lawyer.
The GOP Senators stated they wanted to follow the William Jefferson Clinton impeachment trial, but “The so-called Clinton ‘precedent’ was a very advantageous one for Trump because it overlooked that the Senate HAD ALL THE EVIDENCE IN CLINTON” case, per the NYT. Even without any further evidence, the impeachment hearing in the House garnered more than enough to prove the extortion case of Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, which Trump proves daily. The OAG stated Trump did break the law in withholding Congressionally-authorized aid to Ukraine, and Trump and Mulvaney have both confessed to that. We, indeed, have a Constitutional Crises if a president is above the Rule of Law, and if we can expect nothing better from our democracy. “We struggle to protect this idea, and our security”, urged Adam Schiff, in Wednesday’s arguments, “A president does not have the right, under our laws and our Constitution, to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit prohibited foreign-aid in his reelection, to withhold official presidential acts to garner such help, to undermine our elections and place our security at risk. He does NOT! His obstruction strikes at the heart of our Constitution, it threatens our last line of defense, that our founders enshrined in our system to protect our Democracy from a rogue president who presents an ongoing threat. Every American should be concerned about that.” The media, the investigation, impeachment, and trial are guardrails. Will they hold? “Obstructing an impeachment inquiry to neutralize and nullify the impeachment clause, to shield himself from any accountability” is a flagrant criminal act!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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