The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a statement rejecting Democrat calls to reconvene the Senate in an emergency session to impeach President Trump before January 20.
McConnell’s office sent a memo to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) asserting that Republicans won’t agree to a Friday emergency session to enable House Democrats to present an article of impeachment to the Senate while Trump is still in office.
“Even if we started a trial yesterday, there’s not enough time to remove him from office,” an official with McConnell’s office said in the statement.
“It would require the consent of all 100 senators to conduct any business of any kind during the scheduled pro forma sessions prior to January 19,” the memo said.
“The Senate trial would therefore begin after President Trump’s term has expired — either one hour after its expiration on Jan. 20 or twenty-five hours after its expiration on Jan. 21,” it stated.
Alan Dersh mentioned it is against the Constitution and the Fed Law to Impeach a US Citizen.
But what if Trump IS still in office as most here are absolutely confident that he will be? Is this some kind of fail-safe for the Dems? He's in, but there is an impeachment trail pending in the Senate?
The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a statement rejecting Democrat calls to reconvene the Senate in an emergency session to impeach President Trump before January 20.
McConnell’s office sent a memo to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) asserting that Republicans won’t agree to a Friday emergency session to enable House Democrats to present an article of impeachment to the Senate while Trump is still in office.
“Even if we started a trial yesterday, there’s not enough time to remove him from office,” an official with McConnell’s office said in the statement.
“It would require the consent of all 100 senators to conduct any business of any kind during the scheduled pro forma sessions prior to January 19,” the memo said.
“The Senate trial would therefore begin after President Trump’s term has expired — either one hour after its expiration on Jan. 20 or twenty-five hours after its expiration on Jan. 21,” it stated.
Alan Dersh mentioned it is against the Constitution and the Fed Law to Impeach a US Citizen.
That's interesting coming from the Turtle.
First Pence, now him?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Interesting reversal from the Treacherous Turtle, did he realize that something's up and doesn't want to dig his hole even deeper?
"what makes a great movie?"
But what if Trump IS still in office as most here are absolutely confident that he will be? Is this some kind of fail-safe for the Dems? He's in, but there is an impeachment trail pending in the Senate?