One of the events we will see in January is the Senate taking up the impeachment of President Trump. It will be a trial and that means Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will decide on witnesses, if any, when it begins, and how long it will last.
Let’s look at a couple of items here:
(1) Senator McConnell is talking with the White House about the format. This is a trial and the guy in charge is deciding who-what-when with the defendant with an expected result being acquittal of the two indictments-obstruction of Congress and abuse of power.
(2) President Trump will deliver his State of the Union Address to Congress in January or February. Take a wild guess if he does this while the Senate trial is underway?
(3) From the Department of Independence, Senator McConnell is on record saying it should be a short trial and has forecast the result. This is a “fair juror” in charge of the trial?
It makes me want to sit in a political science class and listen to the discussion with hopefully, a comment about “there’s something wrong here.”
Key word is “hopefully.”