Democrats Drop 28,578-Pages Of Trial Record On The Senate As Trump Introduces 0

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/01/25/democrats-trump-0-documents.html

Posted on Sat, Jan 25th, 2020 by Jason Easley
Democrats Drop 28,578-Pages Of Trial Record On The Senate As Trump Introduces 0


Democrats have the evidence in the impeachment case, as they turned over 28,578 pages of trial record while Trump introduced zero documents in his defense.

According to a statement provided to PoliticusUSA by the Democratic House impeachment managers:

Managers for the U.S. House of Representatives filed a 28,578-page trial record with the Secretary of the Senate for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The trial record serves as the evidentiary foundation informing the Senate impeachment trial and provides a permanent accounting to the Senate and the public of the evidence gathered against the President of the United States. This record does not include thousands of documents and witness testimony that President Trump is blocking from Congress and the American people.

The record delivered today presents a mountain of evidence showing the President has committed the impeachable offenses that the House has charged – Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress – and he should be removed from office. The factual and legal record laid out by the House Managers has yet to be substantively rebutted by President Trump or his lawyers, who have instead sought to hide behind novel and frivolous legal theories.

In addition to the public trial record filed today, the House Managers also previously filed with the Secretary of the Senate a non-public classified document which was admitted into evidence and has been made available to Senators for consideration during trial.

Trump bragged earlier this week that he has all the evidence, but none of it was offered during the first day of his impeachment defense. In fact, Trump’s lawyers offered no new documents in his own defense on Saturday.

Trump’s defense is Russian conspiracy theories, Russian propaganda, and lies straight from the president’s Twitter.

What’s happening in the Senate isn’t a trial. Trump’s lawyers are ignoring the evidence and spending their time spinning lies and conspiracies.

[empedocles]

1. That should fertilize and nourish Dems v trump for awhile

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Perhaps all of this evidence will now be entered into the Congressional Record for all time...

now. History will have available to it for future generations the obvious and blatant disregard of the rule of law, the rule of evidence being ignored totally. It will be hard for future generations of republicans to ignore this massive amount of evidence. Good!

[pangaia]

5. Somebody better keep a copy hidden under their mattress...!!

[patphil]

3. This evidence will be part of the impeachment trial's records forever.

But, I wouldn't count on any Republican Senators reading any of it.
Senator Kennedy (R - Louisiana) has already indicated that his Republican colleagues aren't interested in reading anything related to the impeachment trial.

Incredible, huh! This is the most important event in their career's and they can't be bothered to look at the evidence.
Smells like collusion to defraud the trial process to me.

Patrick Phillips

[RVN VET71]

4. Smells fecal, indeed!

GOP Senators will never read evidence that runs counter to their Trump-instilled alternate truths. They didn't listen, most of them, to the Democratic managers. They know they're under orders to acquit, so why waste time listening and reading?