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.@DougJones concedes he could pay politically for his vote to convict POTUS:

"Moral courage ... is harder ... when political careers are on the line."

Never wanted to serve in an impeachment trial but will "not shrink from my duty" to honor the Constitution.

#ImpeachmentTrials
@DougJones He did say he wished the House had continued to pursue more documents but that doesn't mean the evidence is insufficient.

"I will vote to convict," he says. This is the moment in history our founders envisioned -- when a failure to impeach was a greater risk to democracy.
@DougJones "It is simply a matter of right and wrong," he says, not of heros and non heros in this "chapter of history."

"Our country deserves better than this."
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.@RepAdamSchiff anger now palpable:

"Can we be confident that he will not continue to try to cheat?" again in the election, he asks.

"The short, plain, sad incontestable answer is no, you can't. ... not for one minute.

"He will not change and YOU know it," he said to senators.
@RepAdamSchiff "What shall you say if Ukraine capitulates and announces investigations" into Trump's rivals.

"They'll (Russia) hack your opponents emails" and do other things to support YOU.

"This is the future that you will invite."
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1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4025-T: Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial, and Novice Nonverbal Behavior (PHOTO) • #BodyLanguageExpert #BodyLanguage #AlanDershowitz #Nonverbal #ImpeachmentTrials
2/ During a good portion of his attempt at a legal defense of Donald Trump, Alan Dershowitz held his hands in a Steeple configuration.
3/ To be even more specific, this Steeple variation was also both a:

A. Conventional Steeple (in distinction to other steepling gestures, i.e., a Basketball Steeple, a one-handed steeple, a pistol steeple, etc.),
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.@senatemajldr statement:

"A majority of the U.S. Senate has determined that the numerous witnesses and 28,000-plus pages of documents already in evidence are sufficient to judge the House Managers’ accusations and end this impeachment trial.

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@senatemajldr There is no need for the Senate to re-open the investigation which the House Democratic majority chose to conclude and which the Managers themselves continue to describe as “overwhelming” and “beyond any doubt.”

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@senatemajldr Never in Senate history has this body paused an impeachment trial to pursue additional witnesses with unresolved questions of executive privilege that would require protracted litigation.

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NEW: Sen. Portman, involved in disputed Ukraine narrative, unlike any juror in Trump impeachment trial

1. rejected “corruption” as legit reason to withhold aid
2. voted against admitting documents likely to dispute (Europe burden sharing) narrative

nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
3. credited by POTUS with convincing him to release Ukraine aid on Sept. 11

4. chair of Senate Ukraine Caucus, former WH budget chief

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5. Among last known to speak w Trump the night the aid was unfrozen.

Referring to that night: “The president was very clear with me. He only raised one issue and that issue only and that was about Europeans not doing enough. I don’t disagree with him on that,” Sept. 26 Fox News.
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The #ImpeachmentTrials continue, but so does testimony from Dr. James Mitchell at the 9/11 pretrial #MilitaryCommissions hearing
Catch up on his six days of testimony with these threads:

At Guantánamo Bay, Torture Apologists Take Refuge in Empty Code Words and Euphemisms @MargotWilliams of @theintercept

theintercept.com/2020/01/29/gua…
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final question! Q12 from Debra in New Jersey: Who pays for the president’s defense counsel during an impeachment trial? #AskACS #ImpeachmentTrials
(1/2) The President personally pays for his private lawyers. The government lawyers (from the White House Counsel’s Office) receive their government salaries, paid out of the Treasury. -NK #AskACS
(2/2) A President could set up a defense fund, but the contributions made to such a fund are problematic and can be a source of real or apparent corruption. So, managing such a fund can be very tricky. -NK #AskACS
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NEW VIDEO: If there is one thing to take away from today's testimony in the #ImpeachmentTrials it is this: #Trump is the only president ever to be impeached for undermining U.S. national security.
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Obama Joe Biden and Hunter were using the money(Bail outs) to put in their own pockets
This is when the fish grease is hot and pop..... Biden and Ukraine hidden evidence
The plot of Lev Parnas and Anthony Scaramucci 👀👀👀 he knew beforehand that Lev was about to create a story #Ukraine #LevParnas #RudyGiuliani #Trump2020
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