Moscow Mich McConnell Running America's Biggest Show Trial... Planned Results - Acquittal
The Senate impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump will be a sham. The Senate leader, Moscow Mitch McConnell decided long ago that the trial was going to be short, witnesses and new evidence would not be considered, and the predetermined outcome was to be acquittal of Trump. The president's desired and demanded outcome. Like something right out of Orwell's 1984 the sycophant filled republican Senate is only too happy to oblige their leader and master. … The rules that McConnell has laid out , on which the Senate will vote this afternoon, provide for a Potemkin trial, not a real one. McConnell has been open that his goal is to dispose of the trial before the State of the Union address, on February 4, and the rules show far more interest in speed than accuracy or deliberation. SKIP McConnell indicated that the rules would mirror those adopted for Bill Clinton’s impeachment, but they diverge in crucial respects. These include the two-day limit, which is clearly designed to min...