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xp1337 posted...

Quoting from closed topics is hard (or i'm dumb) so wrt "what did the Senate do with Clinton" discussion that broke out at the end of last topic

From the first paragraph of the bipartisan resolution for Senate Impeachment Trial Procedures for the Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton that was passed unanimously.

Now with McConnell's proposed rules that he's looking to ram through with just Republican support (and it seems he has at least Romney and Alexander with him on the rules so it'll pass) the Senate will vote on it later - seemingly after opening arguments which means they'll have the House Impeachment Managers likely making their opening arguments without first establishing what the fucking record even is. This would normally also be true that they'd be making the defense fly blind too but given that McConnell has literally stated he's coordinating with the White House in the trial...

Any non-sham court decides these rules before the trial and doesn't just make this shit up as they go.

Because the Senate found that the House in the Clinton case conducted a legitimate investigation that led to admissible evidence. The defense has alleged and many senators have agreed that the House investigation this time lacked due process, is replete with hearsay, and generally produced no admissible evidence. Given these claims, the Senate needs to vote to decide this.

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