I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
A. IMPEACHMENT PREP BY THE HOUSE.
The “delay” in passing the articles of impeachment from the House to the Senate is “timely enough.”
Whatever advantage may have been obtained by Speaker Pelosi, by withholding the articles of impeachment until mid-January, I expect that the time was used:
a. To identify and prepare the managers,
b. To assign critical roles to try the case,
c. To draft the written and oral arguments to launch the prosecution at the Senate trial,
d. To prepare to present the evidence the House already found proving the articles of abuse and obstruction beyond any reasonable doubt. and, I hope,
e. The leadership and managers prepared a ground game to attack the unfair trial that the Senate Majority Leader has planned for the impeachment trial.
B. THE DELAY OBTAINED SOME ADVANTAGES.
No question, Speaker Pelosi’s delay over the congressional recess, scared Senate Majority Leader McConnell to jump the gun, and say outright he was going to protect Trump at the trial. You don’t usually get a tribunal to confess it’s bias against your cause.
Next up, there’s Trump, who is so strong when bullying, but characteristically cowardly in defense. Continue reading
