Chief Justice Roberts Forced to Play Referee During Impeachment Trials

Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020 @ 9:18 pm
By: LifeZette ( More Entries )

Publisher's note: This post appears here courtesy of the LifeZette, and written by David Kamioner.

    Tuesday's first day of the Senate trial of President Donald Trump was a relatively boring affair, up until almost the end.

    The GOP shield wall held up on vote after vote, losing only one member, Collins of Maine, one time on a small procedural matter. At the end of the night, the score was Trump 11, the Dems 0.

    Fans of the president cheered and chortled on social media as 11 out of 11, save the one noted above, pathetic Schumer amendments were shot down in flames on 53-47 party line votes.

    After a night of that kind of battering the Dems started to lose their equilibrium. You could see it in Schiff. He began to oddly glare at the GOP lawyers as if he could conjure up a death stare that would make them cease and desist legally beating him like a rug.

    They didn't seem to even notice him.

    At almost the end, not long before 1am, the Dems could stand it no longer.

    The frustration that they were convincing no Republican in the Senate to break party ranks enough to give them even one victory overwhelmed the already delicate sensibilities of Dem House Manager Jerry Nadler. He let loose.

    He called GOP legal actions "treacherous." Nadler claimed the Senate was engaged in a "cover-up" and that "only guilty people try to hide evidence." He went on to say that "the Senate is on trial" and asked if they would "betray your pledge to be an impartial juror."

    The president's personal lawyer struck back hard.

    "We've made our arguments to you. And you don't deserve, and we don't deserve, what just happened. Mr. Nadler came up here and made false allegations against our team. He made false allegations against all of you; he accused you of a cover-up. He's been making false allegations against the president. The only one who should be embarrassed, Mr. Nadler is you, for the way you've addressed the United States Senate. This is the United States Senate. You're not in charge here. ... It's about time we bring this power trip in for a landing," said Cipollone.

    It got so heated that Chief Justice John Roberts, presiding over the trial, had to warn both sides on their language. He scolded, "Those addressing the Senate should remember where they are."

    The night ended soon after with complete GOP victory and Dem loss. Day two starts in mere hours.

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