Trump World stunned by move to call witnesses

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 02/13/21 12:14 PM EST

Former President Trump’s legal team was shocked by the Senate vote to call witnesses in his impeachment trial, an 11th-hour twist at a trial they believed would wrap up Saturday with a vote to acquit.

One source in touch with the legal team said that at least one aide assisting the defense had to scrap vacation plans scheduled to begin on Sunday, as Washington grappled with the new reality that the trial could drag on for days or weeks.

“No one expected this on our side, people are universally stunned,” said the source. “Everyone was expecting to be done this afternoon.”

House Democratic impeachment managers on Saturday morning said they wanted to subpoena Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), whose claims that Trump privately dismissed pleas to squash the Jan. 6 riots shook Washington on Friday night.


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/538744-trump-world-stunned-by-move-to-call-witnesses

[TwilightZone]

1. They were stunned but had a pre-printed list of witnesses with 300 names on it?

Sure they were stunned.

[Aviation Pro]

2. Team Stupid

They even had their flights booked.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. NO MORE "MULLIGANS". JFC. It was a bloody coup that could have been tragic. And HE caused it. n/t

[KPN]

8. I like it!

No more mulligans! Just do what's best for posterity. Save the future now -- later will be too late!

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Amen

[ancianita]

4. Both The Hill & the stunned got it wrong to think the trial's Witness Stage is "an 11-th hour twist

Ridiculous

[sdfernando]

5. They are still living in a fantasy world

too bad, so sad, you can't go on your vacation.

[EndlessWire]

6. The Defense is spooked.

House Managers have, IMO, only asked for the statement from the one Senator. But now, Repubs are blowing it up into something it doesn't have to be.

I think it is by now well known what the central Senator will say. We already know. But, it is a good idea to give it one last chance to percolate.

Donald Trump would not have cared if every last one of them had been ziptied and murdered. How they could let him get away with it is beyond belief.

[oldsoftie]

7. I thought they wanted witnesses.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. Hopefully McConnell didn't preclude in some deal. Watching from very far outside it's hard to know

[EarthFirst]

11. Maybe he had a vacation to Mexico planned far in advance...