Yes, true, a lot of republicans hate trump and or populism as well...
The neocons and chicken hawks etc...They haven't been shy about it either.
To IMPEACH ????
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The neocons and chicken hawks etc...They haven't been shy about it either.
The insane love him, though.Yes, true, a lot of republicans hate trump and or populism as well.
the neocons and chicken hawks etc...They haven't been shy about it either.
The “initial level of inquiry” in an impeachment probe can be conducted “in secret,” as sanctioned in rules passed by the GOP, Napolitano noted.
“I read the House rules, and as frustrating as it may be to have these hearings going on behind closed doors, the hearings for which Congressman [Adam] Schiff is presiding, they are consistent with the rules,” Napolitano said.
It was January 2015 and Republican John Boehner was the speaker of the House when the rules were written, he noted. “Who enacted them? A Republican majority.”
Napolitano compared the current questioning to what goes on during a grand jury investigation, which is never public, even though a subsequent trial is.
What’s going on now “are not the impeachment hearings,” Napolitano explained. “Eventually, there will be a public presentation of this, at which lawyers for the president can cross-examine ... and challenge” witnesses, he added.
As for the Republican lawmakers’ “protest,” Napolitano said: “I get it. The Republicans are frustrated and they wanted to make a point ... but this is just not the most effective way to show respect for what your colleagues are doing.”
Witness interviews during President Richard Nixon’s and President Bill Clinton’s impeachment investigations were also conducted behind closed doors initially, Napolitano noted.
Republicans held a closed-door investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Their final report on the probe argued that closed hearings were more productive when seeking the truth.
“I read the House rules, and as frustrating as it may be to have these hearings going on behind closed doors, the hearings for which Congressman [Adam] Schiff is presiding, they are consistent with the rules,” Napolitano said.
It was January 2015 and Republican John Boehner was the speaker of the House when the rules were written, he noted. “Who enacted them? A Republican majority.”
Napolitano compared the current questioning to what goes on during a grand jury investigation, which is never public, even though a subsequent trial is.
What’s going on now “are not the impeachment hearings,” Napolitano explained. “Eventually, there will be a public presentation of this, at which lawyers for the president can cross-examine ... and challenge” witnesses, he added.
As for the Republican lawmakers’ “protest,” Napolitano said: “I get it. The Republicans are frustrated and they wanted to make a point ... but this is just not the most effective way to show respect for what your colleagues are doing.”
Witness interviews during President Richard Nixon’s and President Bill Clinton’s impeachment investigations were also conducted behind closed doors initially, Napolitano noted.
Republicans held a closed-door investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Their final report on the probe argued that closed hearings were more productive when seeking the truth.
Maybe time to quit discussing impeachment- probably won't be happening for awhile. Subject is getting boring!
House impeachment probe proceeds with subpoenas for 2 Office of Management and Budget officials, one of whom says they won't comply
The panels want Russell Vought, the acting director of the OMB, and Michael Duffey, the agency's head of national security, to testify early next month. Vought said in a tweet this past week that neither he nor Duffey would testify.
At issue is whether the Trump administration withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine as leverage to get it to investigate domestic political rivals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...tml?wpisrc=al_politics__alert-politics&wpmk=1
Isn't it amazing how every day a snippet of news emerges which very seldom comes to fruition?
WELL GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I not say YOU WERE the one who fell off the Cliffy and hit his head???????????????????????????
Why YES I DID AND YOU Are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And YOUR WIT IS so limited....................................
you would NOT be able to respond...............................
even to the SIMPLEST POST...................................
unless you could find other peoples photos to use!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or steal their lines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yet you are SO ISOLATED from the real world.....................................
YOU PERSIST in your delusion that you have some sensible comment to offer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a SAD CASE INDEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!