Lindsey Graham Plans to Introduce Resolution Condemning 'Illegitimate' House Impeachment: 'Should Be

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Mediate

Lindsey Graham Plans to Introduce Resolution Condemning ‘Illegitimate’ House Impeachment: ‘Should Be Dismissed in Senate Without a Trial’
By Reed Richardson Oct 22nd, 2019, 10:31 pm

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham railed against the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, calling it “illegitimate” and “unconstitutional” and said he plans to introduce a Senate resolution that would argue any articles of impeachment should be “dismissed in the Senate without a trial.”

Unveiling his plans to Sean Hannity, Graham attacked what he said was an impeachment process that was trampling on President Donald Trump’s rights.

“We cannot allow future presidents and this president to be impeached based on an inquiry in the House that’s never been voted upon that does not allow the president to confront the witnesses against him, to call witnesses on his behalf, and cross-examine people who are accusing him of misdeeds,” Graham said, previewing the language of his forthcoming Senate resolution. “All I’m asking is give Donald Trump the same rights as [Presidents] Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton had when it comes to impeachment. I’m insisting that Donald Trump be given the same rights that any American has if you’re giving a parking ticket to confront the witnesses against you: can’t be based on hearsay. And here’s the point of the resolution: Any impeachment vote based on this process, to me, is illegitimate, is unconstitutional, and should be dismissed in the Senate without a trial.”

This new procedural tactic by Graham follows on the heels of his unabashed defense of Trump’s incendiary “lynching” analogy earlier on Tuesday and, notably, comes amid a new Daily Beast report that the Trump White House is frustrated with the lack of assertive pushback from Senator Republicans, in particular the South Carolina senator.



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[C_U_L8R]

1. What a joke

History books won't be kind to Graham.

[Perseus]

16. He is trying to save himself

It is no coincidence that Graham was saying the truth about the creature for months (unfit for office, corrupt, etc.) and after one game of Golf he made a full turn to become his pet.

I think Graham learned a lot of what the creature and his master Putin have on him and he is now trying to save his skin. Someone needs to begin investigations to find out what the creature and Putin have on Graham.

[NurseJackie]

20. Neither will the prison guards.

[FiveGoodMen]

35. I don't want to wait for history

I want something done now.

[cstanleytech]

2. I assume like Trump that he never read the Constitution as the Senate has no say in what the House

decides to investigate and only if an official is impeached in the House does the Senate then get a say.
Unless Lindsey knows something we do not like say that there is even more evidence that has not been revealed yet that would insure a conviction in the Senate?
Which raises a further question of how he would personally know unless someone informed him that the Democrats have it or someone in the Trump administration let him know that its all true.

[iluvtennis]

3. Unlike trump, Graham probably has read it. Problem is his head is stuck up trump's backside. nt

[cstanleytech]

4. Now that's patently false!!!

After all for him to do that Trump would have to figure out how to remove his own head to clear the way.

[mr_lebowski]

5. I seen evidence that the laws of physics ...

Do, in fact, allow for DP ... under certain conditions ... of course ...

[cstanleytech]

7. Given the size of Trumps own head I do not see DP being possible.

Hell the gravity alone that it generates creates a micro black hole right between his ears.

[dchill]

11. It IS a big ass, though.

[Perseus]

18. I think Graham's head and mouth are at the other end

That leaves the creature's behind for Gym Jordan.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Someone needs to censure that idiots ass. nt.

[True Blue American]

8. Doing what Trump

Asked for. Gym and Meadows trying to censure Schiff failed miserably.

This idiot will, too! No Senator worth his salt will sign that! Mitch is already crumbling.

[Lock him up.]

9. Isn't Leningrad Lindsey the guy who said on VIDEO ...

... something sounding like the House does the inquiry and the Senate holds the trial??

It seems like every day he flipflops from rational to crazy again...

[ritapria]

10. I can't keep up with this ... alleged human being

Graham was quoted just a few hours ago saying he would be troubled if evidence was produced that Dear Leader had engaged in a quid pro quo with the government of Ukraine for the benefit of Dear Leader's Campaign...………...….He would become "very concerned" if the saga went beyond merely beyond one telephone call …..We now know it went way beyond just one telephone call ……. There are reams of testimony , texts and contemporaneous notes made by key players proving Dear Leader's leadership in an extortion racket : No dirt on the Biden' s means no military aid for Ukraine ……...Now Graham is seeking Senate dismissal without Trial ...…What happened to his concern ? ...….The age old tactic of sleazy lawyers is being employed by Graham : His client is guilty as Hell .…...… Everyone knows it …. Graham doesn't give a shit … Just Cry about the unfair process ……...Graham is either compromised or crazy ……….

[rusty quoin]

12. No one says it. They have got pictures of him.

[Perseus]

19. Yeap, that is what I have been saying

He made a full turn after one game of golf with the creature...Something/someone was very convincing that day, all it took was one round of golf for him to go from a critic to a puppet.

[NurseJackie]

21. Yes... sexual in nature... and probably illegal, too.

That's what I've heard anyway.

[jberryhill]

27. It's likely more complicated than that

He served in the Air Force in Germany in the 80's. He could have been having otherwise legal sex off-base with adult men, but for the fact that he was in the military. The Russians have always been keen to pick up on that sort of thing for the purpose of compromising US personnel.

Maybe he did what they asked at the time, thought it was over, and now the leverage is not about the sex, but whatever it was he did for them.

[NurseJackie]

29. Very interesting! Thanks for the background and insight.

[dweller]

13. oh, oh bring it Linsay...

when the constituents of sc begin to hear, read, pass around the info today of
your defense of fat Nivon's "lynching" analogy ?
Are there any African Americans that vote in your state? Any Liberals, millineuls, sane Americans that are sick of your schtick? there will not be a hole you can crawl into big enough ...

so yeh, go there

✌🏼

[LovingA2andMI]

14. It's Time to Vote....

And Make this Process Formal. It is time to put witnesses on the record in open hearings. It is time to hold Trump and his symphonic followers feet to the fire. It is time to tear it down if we must to preserve our Democracy. It is time to do whatever means necessary to rid America of Trump! Period.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. It's that intolerant bigot with an andrgynous name again.

Hey Lindsey: Nobody cares.

[NurseJackie]

22. Androgynous name... yes! PERFECT!!

[Tiggeroshii]

37. Thank you, thank you

:bows:

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Okay. Obliviously the Lindsey Graham of the 1990's passed away and his

body is now possessed by an alien.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Why won't the media bring up the fact that Andrew Johnson, the first President to be impeached

had no such "vote" for an inquiry?

This is why we accuse them of being complicit with the false narratives.

[dalton99a]

24. +1. They are 100% complicit.

Lazy, ignorant, incompetent, complicit

[Dustlawyer]

25. What the Hell do they have on Lindsey???

He has lost it completely.

[Thomas Hurt]

26. He knows better, lying sack.

[2naSalit]

28. Damn, those have to be some strong drugs he's been taking

I never had such delusions on any of the psychotropics I ever took! That koolaide is some kind of serious shit.

[TheRealNorth]

30. So they are complaining about the lack of due process

By denying Trump "Due Process" in the Senate. The MSM needs to more.forcefully point out the difference between the imprachment inquiry and a impeachment trial and that the Senate does the trial, not the inquiry.

[pecosbob]

31. Knock yourself out, boyo...that and two-fitty might get you a cup of coffee

Nothing but so much fart gas.

[turbinetree]

32. SO Graham when you went to lawyer class did you ever hear about what a "grand jury" does..........

or did you skip that section and went straight to the part to say, to hell with the CONSTITUTION, you only have your set of rules to work with.............................and since you don't "want" to face "due process" here let me show you what it means, it wasn't really hard to do, took just a little initiative ..............all you have to do to refresh your memory, is type in "proper procedure for due process" and presto..........................it really is a good reminder......................... ..........................

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/procedural_due_process


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough........................

[chowder66]

33. More.....

Such historical comparisons are inexact and don’t line up with the current circumstances, however. For example, the impeachment of Clinton came after a years-long Independent Counsel investigation and the only witness to testify during the 1998 House impeachment was Ken Starr, the Independent Counsel. And Nixon was never formally impeached, as three articles of impeachment were passed by the House Judiciary Committee after a long investigation into the Watergate scandal, but he resigned before the full House could ever vote on them.


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[kimbutgar]

34. He should be disbarred for that comment

Isn’t that MFer read the constitution?

MF45 must have some really nasty dirt on Lindshe.

[apnu]

36. To quote Susan Rice: "He's a piece of sh*t" (nt)