Republicans agree on rules for the Senate trial of Donald Trump

DURING LAST year’s impeachment proceedings in the House, Republicans frequently pointed out that, however damning the witnesses’ testimony seemed, none of it really mattered because it was all second-hand. None of them, except for Gordon Sondland, America’s ambassador to the European Union, had spoken directly with Donald Trump, and Mr Sondland—according to Steve Castor, the Republicans’ lawyer during the inquiry—was unreliable because he took no notes.

He and Mr Trump were always an awkward fit. Unlike Mr Trump, Mr Bolton is a creature of Washington. Mr Trump is leery of foreign wars and eager to strike deals with foreign adversaries, whereas Mr Bolton is an avowed interventionist suspicious of Mr Trump’s deal-making zeal and at odds with much of his team. The two parted ways on frosty terms, with Mr Trump tweeting that he sacked Mr Bolton and Mr Bolton claiming to have resigned of his own volition.

And one day after Mr Bolton released his statement, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, announced that he had the necessary votes to set impeachment-trial rules without Democratic support. This matters because it lets Republicans control the process and, should they wish, turn what should be an actual trial into something that looks more like a concerted defence of the president.

Except, in Clinton’s case the Dems didn’t block witnesses and documents in the House. The GOP has blocked all first-hand evidence in the House and promised to do so in the Senate. This is NOT like the Clinton impeachment.

Then we need a special prosecutor to investigate first as with the Clinton trial.

The difference being witnesses called in Congress weren't blocked from testifying by Clinton. They were by Trump. That's why it isn't at all the same

There are huge differences, the senate had the Starr report which took about two years to complete. Here the Senate has a brief House investigation with many witnesses who were not permitted to testify. It's not remotely similar.

What are tthe Democrats reasons for protesting it?

No matter how much AmbJohnBolton may want revenge, he’s still loyal. Don’t pretend he’ll defect for spite’s sake. He still knows the American political left is a stinky cancer metastasizing through the House of Reps. He’ll likely launch a pie in the faces ... The_Pie_Cometh

Doubt it set any hearts aflutter amongst the Dem pros. They just viewed it as one more thing to use to challenge Mr. Trump.

Bolton saying he would testify is a veiled threat to Trump to hurry up and invade Iran for the GOP's war-machine corporate clients.

Not expecting...anything useful.

Democrats know Bolton better than to trust he will do anything good for the nation.

You think?

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