A real trial would also allow witnesses, evidence, and cross examination of the accused. It would also force the jury to sit on the trial under penalty of contempt/prison, and not allow introducing irrelevant arguments/conjectures of crimes by a third party. Heaven forbid if a real trial allowed the jury to coordinate with the accused in writing the trial's rules or let the accused threaten them by putting their head on a pike. In a real trial, the accused would not work so hard to hide a "perfect alibi" or witnesses to said alibi.
It would also not block the accused from Due Process as the Dems did for the first 2 months. Liars gotta lie.
...and in 2 hours of defense presentation, POOF! Schiff's magnificent oratory for the ages disappeared. Too bad, so sad my lad.
A real trial is what you seek? This would have been over in a heartbeat in a real trial. Politics is the only reason why the Dems got this far.
What due process? Trump isn't indicted or in chains, if you want to equivocate Pelosi holding the articles, then the analogy is holding off an indictment as you would an investigation and collect evidence. You know, an investigation in which most criminals don't get to wave executive privilege over the cops or block subpoenas using the courts? Just because Schiff reported on a brand spanking new unconfirmed rumor, with a disclaimer mind you, it doesn't make it fake news. How many unconfirmed rumors turn out to be true in this admin? Oh, we're impeaching over one of hundreds that just happened to be true.
Ahhh. Sorry Cowboy but that analogy does not work. That dog don't hunt. Pelosi sat on charges that had already been voted out. It would be like the prosecutor getting indictments on several charges but deciding not to tell the judge and asking the bailiff to not communicate the indictments to the judge. Not how it works.
So, I'm no actress nor do I play one on teevee, I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night, and I have never seen or heard of this woman who apparently is/did/and did. Regardless, she's not doing herself any favors here.
Absolutely. A real trial requires actual charges. Impeachment charges must be "high crimes and misdemeanors". You cannot conduct a trial on vague notions, there must be an actual crime. In all of this I have yet to see one instance where Democrats have asserted that an actual crime was committed. Defending yourself is not a crime. Exercising your constitutional right to executive privilege is not a crime. Yeah, the Senate would like to drag this out so they can grandstand but I think this is going to be over relatively quick and then the Democrats will assert that the Senate has conducted a coverup. Pfffft.
It is hard to believe that things have gone this far. Very few people could actually state why the Democrats are trying to impeach one of Americans Greatest Presidents - President Donald J Trump. The correct answer is that President Donald J Trump talked to the President of the Ukraine on a cell phone that was not an Apple phone.