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Re: "Impeach but Withhold"
I must be missing something. @tribelaw @SykesCharlie & lots of other smart people suggest the House can impeach but withhold the articles from the Senate until it establishes a fair trial.
Where does the House have a power to "withhold" from the Senate?
@tribelaw @SykesCharlie Here's an example below of what an official who has been impeached by the House can do to expedite resolution/dismissal by the Senate.
On June 23, 1989, after being impeached by the House, Judge Walter Nixon submitted a “Motion to Dismiss Impeachment Article III."
@tribelaw @SykesCharlie 3/ Here's Susan Navarro Smelcer's report for the Congressional research service on impeachment process:
An impeached officer may "file pretrial motions...which may include...motions for the dismissal of an article of impeachment."
h/t @McDeereUSA
fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R…
@tribelaw @SykesCharlie @McDeereUSA 4/ As soon as the House votes to impeach, Trump's lawyers could walk over to the Senate, file a motion to dismiss, and I see no reason why 51 Senators couldn't take up the motion how they wanted to.
Just like the House has its own power over its process, doesn't the Senate?
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