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The Senate convenes now to try the President of the United States for impeachable offenses, namely, bribery to subvert the elections, and obstruction. #ImpeachAndRemoveTrump
The Republicans, under Mitch McConnell, will now try to set rules that will ram through a quick moot court without witnesses, in an historic first and a powerful gesture towards dictatorship #ImpeachedForLife
The rules would force the Democrats to present their case for twelve hours at a time and late into the midnight hours. Careful attention has been paid to make the procedure as visually boring as possible #ImpeachmentTrialRules #ImpeachedForLife
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Time for a story. Pull up a chair, if you'd like.

In July 1979, I shipped to Marine Corps Boot Camp in San Diego. I graduated October 27, 1979.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian 'students' stormed the US Embassy in Iran and took 52 American citizens hostage.
They held them for 444 days, releasing them on the day Ronald Reagan took office, making Jimmy Carter's humiliation (including a failed rescue attempt) complete.

They released them, we believed, because Reagan had promised to make Tehran glow in the dark.
Most of us believed Reagan would nuke Iran in a hot minute. I guess Iran believed it too. True? I don't know. My viewpoint was and is probably too simplistic.

This was my introduction to global politics and it featured Iran. Keep this mind if you will. I was very young.
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@realDonaldTrump 1/TO: @realDonaldTrump

#BigLies teller who will do anything to "win":

Reminder / 2017: “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections ICA 2017-01D 6 January 2017”

dni.gov/files/document…

FROM: #CitizenGKMTNi

cc: @PressSec
@realDonaldTrump @PressSec 2/Reminder 2018: (Senate Intel Committee) Russian Active Measures Campaigns/Interference
In the 2016 U.S. Election: Volumes I and II

I. “ … Russian Efforts Against Election
Infrastructure … “

II. " ... Russia's Use of Social Media ... "

intelligence.senate.gov/publications/r…
@realDonaldTrump @PressSec 3/Reminder 2018: (Senate) “Intel Committee Releases Unclassified Summary of Initial Findings on 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment”

intelligence.senate.gov/press/intel-co…
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The news site Billy Graham founded is calling for Trump to be removed from office for his “grossly immoral character”. /1 #Impeachment christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/decemb…
This is remarkable. /2 #Impeached45
Difficult to say how this will hurt his base support but his base is largely made up of evangelicals. This is a moral and spiritual pass GOP Senators needed to break rank. /End
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McConnell has been thrown for a loop.

He’s lashing out now, and is weak — hitting on process, just as the House GOP did.

He’s angry — thought he had all this sewn up. Pelosi and Schumer threw him off.

#Impeached45
And McConnell is lying, saying that Clinton’s impeachment was longer while this was 12 weeks.

This was longer than Clinton impeachment process, from day inquiry announced to the vote.
Now McConnell is basically arguing Trump’s innocence — essentially decided the case even though he’s got to be jury foreman — and only further showing that he can’t be trusted.

Walked right into Pelosi/Schumer trap.
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On Wednesday, Donald John Trump became the third US president in history to be impeached.

What does that mean and what is next?

This chart via @HuffPostUK is useful. We are in between Stages 3 and 4. google.com/amp/s/m.huffin… #Impeached45
The House of Representatives impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction Congress.

The charges are now supposed to move to the Republican-controlled Senate where an indictment will be written up and he will face trial.

BUT...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would not say at a news conference soon after impeachment when or whether she would send two articles to the Senate for a trial.
#Impeachment #ImpeachedTrump

apnews.com/98642cf3a1e3f0…
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