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1) There will be “a Trial” — not a dismissal of the Articles of Impeachment.
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"I think our members generally are not interested in a motion to dismiss. ... Certainly there aren't 51 votes for a motion to dismiss," Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the No. 4 Senate Republican, told reporters after a closed-door leadership meeting.
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But Trump revived talk of trying to dismiss the articles over the weekend, saying the Senate was "giving credence" to the allegations against him by having a trial.
2) The second thing the delay in sending the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate accomplished: by all appearances, it now looks like there will be witnesses. That enough R’s will vote for this prerequisite for a Trial — actual witnesses — to make it happen.
The White House is preparing for some Republican senators to join Democrats in voting to call witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial, which could get underway in the coming days.
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One senior official said the White House's impeachment team and counsel's office do not expect a quick dismissal of the impeachment articles in the Senate, despite the president's weekend tweet in which he said Republicans should vote to throw the articles out. Some Republican senators have introduced a proposal to change Senate rules and simply dismiss the articles.
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White House officials said the optics of a vote to dismiss would be tough for Republicans, but White House lawyers do expect the question of acquittal to come up immediately following opening arguments and periods for written questions submitted by senators.
www.cbsnews.com — Jan 13, 2020
The delay in rushing the process, allowed public sentiment to build enough, to inform Senators what would really be in their best interests. And that is at least in putting on some semblance of a Trial, as foregone as the result maybe. At least the majority of Americans will/should get to hear the case against Trump.
Let’s not forget this significant undercurrent:
A poll released Tuesday by ABC News and The Washington Post found that about 7 in 10 Americans think the administration officials should be able to testify. In an example of bipartisan agreement, 79% of Democrats, 64% of Republicans and 72% of independents agree that Trump should allow them to appear in a Senate trial in the likely event that the House votes to impeach him.
www.usatoday.com — Dec 17, 2019
Trump and his handlers haven’t .
At least the majority of Americans will/should get to hear witnesses that we want to hear. That fact alone will taint whatever claims of “total exoneration” that the Trump-Barr defense team will/would have immediately claimed.
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And those things are a far cry, from accomplishing “nothing” (… as the GOP is currently saying, in a meager threadbare attempt to ‘save face’ once again. In the shadow of Pelosi’s exercised authority.)
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Wrong! It’s something.