Approaching 1:00 am est, a reminder as Jerry Nadler speaks....
21 years ago, Nadler said: “There must never be a narrowly voted impeachment or an impeachment supported by one of our major political parties and opposed by the other."
NOTE: Morrison and Volker were the ONLY two firsthand witnesses the House heard from. They said the Democrats’ allegations were bunk and POTUS did nothing wrong.
That didn’t matter to Democrats.
They’re only interested if you say something that fits their pre-baked narrative.
BOOM. White House Counsel Cipollone destroys @JerryNadler: "The only one who should be embarrassed, Mr. Nadler, is you, for the way you addressed this body. This is the United States Senate. You're not in charge here." #ImpeachmentTrial
The end of day 1 of the impeachment trial isn’t looking good for Democrats. Trumps team just mopped them up off the floor.
When Jay Sekulow got finished with Nadler the managers looked like they were in shock.
After 3 years of your behavior you are reaping what you’ve sowed.
The same media telling you Schiff is a great lawyer also told you #Avenatti was a great lawyer. #Avenatti would comment, but his prison cell doesn't have wi-fi.
Everybody in America, including POTUS, enjoys presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
The burden is on the Democrats to prove guilt.
But... they can’t. They have NO proof.
They want to impeach Trump based on an UNPROVEN ALLEGATION.
There. That’s your summary of today.
Trump defense Pat Cipollone just masterfully took Jerry Nadler down at impeachment trial.
“You just falsely accused my team and you falsely accused senate... “
(Looking directly at Nadler) You are not in charge here.
Speaker Pelosi's impeachment managers:
◦ Chairman Schiff—who has repeatedly lied & tried to hide the facts
◦ Chairman Nadler—who said a partisan impeachment is like overturning an election
◦ Rep. Jeffries—who voted to impeach a year before the Ukraine call even took place
The way the Senate decides to handle mid-trial questions such as witnesses could have institutional consequences that go far beyond this trial and this presidency. We are not going to rush into these questions without even hearing opening arguments.
Watching the embarrassing Adam Schiff is a reminder of how being an ex-prosecutor makes you a weaker trial lawyer. Prosecutors fit that old axiom of people who were born on third base, and think they hit a triple. Schiff really thinks he's great when he's actually quite terrible.
If you have the facts, you bang the facts.
If you have the law, you bang the law.
If you don't have either, you bang the table.
Today, we've seen a whole lot of table banging.
There were good reasons why all 100 senators agreed two decades ago that the Senate should not cross these bridges before we came to them. We will not let the architects of the unfair House process convince the Senate to rewrite our rules just for President Trump.
Naadler, who is talking now, was busted hatching impeachment plans the day after 2018 election... by me. As I don’t get tired of reminding ... https://t.co/NZyMUEnH3U
.@RepAdamSchiff produced erroneous information as evidence to support his impeachment sham.
Just another example of Schiff misleading the American people.