Opinion: The Senate impeachment trial was rigged!
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Manager Val Demings reminded them that this would be the “only time in history” that an impeachment trial was held without witnesses or relevant documents.Twelve Republican senators were missing. Josh Hawley , Dan Sullivan and Tom Cotton joined in the chewing.“The American people deserve to hear the truth,” insisted manager Sylvia Garcia . By now, 15 Republican senators were missing.
, declared before Friday’s session began, “I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything.”It was all over but the shouting. And now several of those who had rushed Trump toward acquittal wouldn’t even grant the courtesy of listening to the House managers. It’s like a sprinter, caught doping before a competition, being told his fate would be determined by having him run the race.Shortly before Alexander declared Trump guilty but unimpeachable, Trump lawyer Patrick Philbin made the same argument. “Even if John Bolton would say it is true, that is not an impeachable offense,” he told the senators.
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