Thread by @Trumpnado2016

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty Except it does NOT say that in the US Constitution.
It ONLY says that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will preside over the trial.
Justices in the past have been passive because historically the Senate has conducted legitimate impeachment trials, with witnesses & documents

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty "Senate rules" can not overrule what is in the US Constitution, they can not take away power vested in Chief Justice Roberts by the Constitution.
Of course the presiding judge can choose to defer to Senate rules and allow them to manage the trial, BUT ...

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty If Chief Justice John Roberts chooses to allow a #ShamTrial as he presides over it,
if Chief Justice John Roberts chooses not to allow witnesses and documents to be subpoenaed,
then it is Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court choosing a #ShamTrial

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty This is an embarrassment and a disgrace for the United States Supreme Court, allowing a #ShamTrial without witnesses and documents.

This defiles our US Constitution.

This smashes the foundations of the balance of powers fundamental to our Constitution.

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty Shame on Chief Justice John Roberts for relinquishing the power of the third branch of our government to Trump & McConnell.

Shame in John Roberts for allowing flagrant lies in a trial he presides over.

Shame on this #ShamTrial Roberts is running.

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty Never before in the history of the United States of America has a Supreme Court Chief Justice presided over a #ShamTrial.

This is historic and shameful.

John Roberts is choosing to allow lies in a trial he presides over, allowing specific requests for subpoenas to be ignored.

@Mikey7314 @justbeinpetty CJ John Roberts is CHOOSING to allow a #ShamTrial
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