Trump is openly calling for his trial to be as corrupt as possible

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The Plum Line • Opinion
Trump is openly calling for his trial to be as corrupt as possible

By Greg Sargent
Opinion writer
Dec. 31, 2019 at 10:01 a.m. EST

One of the thorniest challenges of this moment is the difficulty of finding language adequate to capturing President Trump’s actual, openly stated positions. They are often so profoundly ridiculous or nakedly corrupt, or so audaciously saturated with bad faith, that we struggle to find ways to clearly convey what he’s genuinely telling us.

Case in point: Trump is now openly calling for his impeachment trial to be converted into something that is purely devoted to serving his own political needs -- one that only includes witnesses that will help him keep smearing potential 2020 opponent Joe Biden, but have no meaningful relevance whatsoever to the corrupt conduct for which he has been impeached.

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Incredibly, this comes as Senate Republicans push for a trial that features none of the witnesses who actually do have direct knowledge of that very same corrupt conduct.

Trump just made all this very explicit:

The Democrats will do anything to avoid a trial in the Senate in order to protect Sleepy Joe Biden, and expose the millions and millions of dollars that “Where’s” Hunter, & possibly Joe, were paid by companies and countries for doing NOTHING. Joe wants no part of this mess!

Link to tweet

Trump is again suggesting he wants Biden to testify -- he’s repeatedly called for testimony from Biden and his son Hunter -- and claiming Democrats don’t want a trial because they fear this outcome.

This is utter nonsense: House Democrats have not sent the impeachment articles to the Senate because they first want to see what sort of procedure Trump and his GOP enablers will accept.

The ones who actually fear witnesses are Senate GOP leaders, who are refusing Democratic demands for testimony from those with the most direct knowledge of Trump’s freezing of military aid to extort Ukraine. They are doing this to protect Trump -- and themselves -- because he’s guilty as charged, and they know it.

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[stonecutter357]

1. Donald Trump is a racist pig !

[gopiscrap]

3. exactly

[at140]

2. Trump is delusional, Biden will not have any problem in Senate trial

there is not going to be a corrupt trial, because speaker Pelosi is never going to send the articles to senate,
unless the Turtle agrees to calling Mulvaney and others.

[Me.]

4. What Applies To BIden Should Also Apply To The Traitor In The WH

Let him come and sit in the witness chair, in person, no questions with written answers by lawyers. And the agreement much be he answer all questions from both sides. I'm sure Joe could handle it, can the Betrayer?

[Scarsdale]

5. I just watched a clip from

the party at Mar-A-Lago. tRump was asked about his new year resolution. He could not answer since "It will not come true if you tell people" Mistaking a resolution for a birthday wish. Maleria was asked and said "Ve vant warld peace" Just like the teen Miss USA contestants say, only in English. Hey Maleria try to get your obese orange clown to shut up for a few weeks, and maybe we can reach some variety of "peace". The woman has not smiled in years, how sad is that?

[SCVDem]

6. We need to reclarify

What Libel and Slander really is!

False accusations from the pResident should be illegal on their face!

Illegal!