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“I think it is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the House managers and the president’s counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world’s greatest deliberative body,” he said.
“One reason it has earned that title is because its members avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse … I do think those addressing the Senate should remember where they are.”
“I do think those addressing the Senate should remember where they are” https://t.co/TVuArFZFGD pic.twitter.com/smOHfyqufd
The dressing down came after Nadler asked the Senate to subpoena Trump’s ex-national security adviser John Bolton, who had a famous falling out with Trump which led to his White House exit.— ABC News (@ABC) January 22, 2020
Cipollone said Nadler “should be ashamed . . . for the way you addressed this body,” the Post reported. “It’s about time we bring this power trip in for a landing.”
Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, then chimed in, saying:
“Mr. Nadler, you owe an apology to the president of the United States and his family, you owe an apology to the Senate, but most of all, you owe an apology to the American people.”
Nadler, though, was undeterred, saying of Trump’s lawyers:
“They insist that the president has done nothing wrong, but they refuse to allow the evidence and hearing from the witnesses … and they lie, and lie and lie and lie.”
The interaction ended when Nadler threw down his papers in a huff.
Roberts, who had heard enough, stepped in.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) walks with House managers as they arrive for the reconvening of the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Arguments
The Republican-controlled Senate will hear opening arguments in the trial on Wednesday, beginning up to six days of presentations on the question of whether Trump should be removed from office.
After Wednesday’s marathon session, senators voted 53-47 to approve a hastily revised set of procedures put forth by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that allows up to 48 hours of opening arguments – 24 hours for each side – over six days.
Trump was impeached last month by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, a political rival, and impeding the inquiry into the matter.
The president denies any wrongdoing.
The Senate trial, the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history, will resume today at 1 p.m., the day after Democrats argued more witnesses and records were needed since the Trump administration had not complied with requests for documents and urged officials not to participate.
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, who helped spearhead the House impeachment inquiry, said the evidence against Trump was “already overwhelming” but further witness testimony was necessary to show the full scope of the misconduct by the president and those around him.
The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol as the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump continues in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Testimony
Republican senators have not ruled out the possibility of further testimony and evidence at some point after opening arguments and senators’ questions, but they held firm with Trump to block Democratic requests for witnesses and evidence.
During a debate that finally wrapped up near 2 a.m. on Wednesday, senators rejected on party lines, 53-47, four motions from Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to subpoena records and documents from the White House, the State Department, the Defence Department, and the Office of Management and Budget related to Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
By the same tally, senators also rejected requests for subpoenas seeking the testimony of acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, White House aide Robert Blair and White House budget official Michael Duffey.
Under the rules, lawyers for Trump could move early in the proceedings to ask senators to dismiss all charges, according to a senior Republican leadership aide, a motion that would likely fall short of the support needed to succeed.
Even if such a motion fails, Trump is almost certain to be acquitted by the Republican-majority 100-member chamber, where a two-thirds majority is needed to remove him from office.
But the impact of the trial on his re-election bid in November is far from clear.
In this file photo taken on December 18, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at W. K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
The Senate trial is expected to continue six days a week, Monday through Saturday, until at least the end of January.
Trump and his legal team say there was no pressure and that the Democrats’ case is based on hearsay.
Cipollone described the Ukraine investigation as an illegal attempt to remove a democratically elected president and avert his re-election.
No president has ever been removed through impeachment, a mechanism the nation’s founders – worried about a monarch on American soil – devised to oust a president for “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” One, Richard Nixon, resigned in the face of a looming impeachment.
'Remember where you are': Judge at Trump impeachment trial forced to separate warring sides
The Senate trial, the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history, will resume at 1 p.m.
nationalpost.com