First of all, I am not a lawyer. I am honestly asking for help from the law contingent of our community. I watched most of the impeachment trial, and IMHO, Sen Leahy acted disgracefully. Many people would agree with me on that, but I'm also wondering if he acted illegally. First, he had no right to assume the role of Judge in that particular trial. If Pres. Trump is still a president, then the role of Judge should have been filled by the Chief Justice. The mere fact that Roberts refused to participate should have told the Dems something. If the trial could be overseen by a non-SCCJ, then they must have been trying a NON-President, and the Senate does not have the authority to try a private citizen. So did Leahy commit a crime by facilitating an illegal, unconstitutional trial? Also, during the non-trial, it was clearly demonstrated that the prosecution team had modified evidence. My understanding is that in a normal trial, the judge would have shut them down, right there. By allowing this sham to continue, he didn't do his job as a judge. And then, at the end, he stood up during the role call and voted guilty. As a non-legal person, I am asking: Is any of this behavior illegal or just sickening?
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I’m not sure about the “legality” of it all but he did a horribly lousy job in that role. Half the time he looked and sounded lost as to what to do next. The whole clown trial would have never flown in a normal court.
I agree that he made a fool of himself, and I'm also wondering whether Pres Trump might not be able to sue him and the House Managers for putting him through all this when they had no legal grounds for doing it. It would be great if he could make them pay his court costs.