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brooklynite

(94,803 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:08 PM Jan 2020

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Trump's legal team just wrapped up their opening statements

Source: CNN

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone just finished giving opening arguments for Trump's legal team.

He urged senators to "come together on both sides of the aisle and end the era of impeachment for good."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-trial-01-28-20/index.html

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Trump's legal team just wrapped up their opening statements (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

shorter version...only Democrats can be impeached. Thomas Hurt Jan 2020 #1

yeppers, exactly what it means beachbumbob Jan 2020 #2

If Trump isn't a case for impeachment (done) and removal (?) then no one will ever be. Botany Jan 2020 #3

Funny how on his list of attempts to impeach only the GOP were criminal bigbrother05 Jan 2020 #4

Would you impeach Jesus and remove him from office? Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #5

That's not a legal team duforsure Jan 2020 #6

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. shorter version...only Democrats can be impeached.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:10 PM

Jan 2020

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

2. yeppers, exactly what it means

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:18 PM

Jan 2020

Botany

(70,617 posts)

3. If Trump isn't a case for impeachment (done) and removal (?) then no one will ever be.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:19 PM

Jan 2020

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, "come together on both sides of the aisle and end the era of impeachment for good."

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)

4. Funny how on his list of attempts to impeach only the GOP were criminal

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 04:19 PM

Jan 2020

Watergate, Iran/Contra, etc. were illegal acts hidden from Congress.

The Dems were all for policy fights, personal failings, or being Obama.

Liberalhammer

(576 posts)

5. Would you impeach Jesus and remove him from office?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:14 PM

Jan 2020

Trump is the chosen one defense.

I would have ended it with that.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

6. That's not a legal team

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2020, 05:59 PM

Jan 2020

If they were they wouldn't be trafficing propaganda for such a corrupt person, unless they're compromised and corrupt too.

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