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Impeachment Trial: “No” witnesses, “No” documents, “No” impartiality

22 Wednesday Jan 2020

Posted by in Josh Hawley, Roy Blunt, US Senate

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What kind of impeachment trial has no witnesses and no documents?

A republican one.

Roy Blunt (r) [2016 file photo].

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Missouri’s senators’ (r) votes against witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump (r):

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1284 )
Vote Number: 15
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 04:33 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1284 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena certain White House documents and records.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The vote “Yea” is to table the amendment.

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to see relevant White House documents and records.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1285 )
Vote Number: 16
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 06:25 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1285 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena certain Department of State documents and records.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to see relevant State Department documents and records.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1286 )
Vote Number: 17
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 07:24 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1286 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena certain Office of Management and Budget documents and records.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to see relevant OMB documents and records.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No.1287 )
Vote Number: 18
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 09:21 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1287 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena John Michael “Mick” Mulvaney.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to hear from Mick Mulvaney (r).

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1288 )
Vote Number: 19
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 10:22 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1288 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena certain Department of Defense documents and records.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to see relevant Department of Defense documents and records.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1289 )
Vote Number: 20
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 11:12 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1289 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena Robert B. Blair and Michael P. Duffey.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to hear from Blair and Duffey.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1290 )
Vote Number: 21
Vote Date: January 21, 2020, 11:55 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1290 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To prevent the selective admission of evidence and to provide for appropriate handling of classified and confidential materials.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want to prevent selective admission of evidence.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1291 )
Vote Number: 22
Vote Date: January 22, 2020, 12:56 AM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1291 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To subpoena John Robert Bolton.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to hear from John Bolton (r).

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1292 )
Vote Number: 23
Vote Date: January 22, 2020, 01:13 AM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1292 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To provide that motions to subpoena witnesses or documents shall be in order after the question period.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t want anyone to hear from witnesses or to see documents.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 1293 )
Vote Number: 24
Vote Date: January 22, 2020, 01:21 AM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1293 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To allow additional time to file responses to motions.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 52
NAYs 48

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority wants to rush through a superficial trial.

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Schumer for Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1294 )
Vote Number: 25
Vote Date: January 22, 2020, 01:35 AM

Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1294 to S.Res. 483 (No short title on file)
Statement of Purpose: To help ensure impartial justice by requiring the Chief Justice of the United States to rule on motions to subpoena witnesses and documents.
Vote Counts:
YEAs 53
NAYs 47

Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Yea

The republican majority doesn’t care about impartiality.

Sen. Josh Hawley (r): see no evil, hear no evil, speak gibberish

02 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

This afternoon:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Dems said impeachment was URGENT. Now they don’t want to have a trial, because they have no evidence. In real world, if prosecution doesn’t proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution
2:07 PM · Jan 2, 2020

Some of the responses:

Does this mean you support have a real trial with witnesses? If so, tell McConnell. If not, you’re a hypocrite with this tweet.

lol bruh I went to law school with you – you know this is trash please stop

You are such a bootlicking hack. Happy New Year.

Hawley is such an elitist with no respect for his voters. Per @KagroX “The articles of impeachment were adopted on December 18th.vOn December 19th, the Senate went into recess, and @HawleyMO and his colleagues left Washington, and haven’t been back in session since.”

Congratulations! You’re a big fat liar because you know this isn’t true.

Lack of evidence?! That’s laughable. Why is the president refusing to allow witnesses and refusing to release any documents? Because as today’s document dump proves, Trump is guilty and everyone knew it.

The fact that you claim to be a Constitutional lawyer in your bio & you would put out this bullshit is absolutely pathetic. You have absolutely no clue what serving your Country & upholding your oath to the US Constitution really is.

Sad little man.

pretty brazen tweets given today’s revelations, sir. if you are so excited about it, come have a town hall. i live in the kansas city area. would love to hear your thoughts in person. i would call and ask for one, but no one answers the phone in DC.

Hawley is not really the Senator from Missouri. He represents the (unknown) political interests that own him and he will do what he is told even when it’s downright embarrassing like today.

The articles of impeachment were adopted on December 18th.

On December 19th, the Senate went into recess, and @HawleyMO and his colleagues left Washington, and haven’t been back in session since.

Or, and I’m just spitballing here – you could support a real trial with witnesses.

If you want a trial, go ahead and call witnesses. Call the Pentagon officials who were told to block Ukraine funding even after they questioned the legality of it.

Sir, this is Trump University Law School

Hey man, did you see the emails that were released today?

Probably NOT. It’s hard for them to keep up.

They’re pretty slow readers. And they skip the parts that make them feel icky.

It wouldn’t have been taken up in Senate until next week regardless. Stop the gaslighting!

Have you ever told the truth in your life?

Finally a republican willing to be Trump’s lackey and help him obstruct justice.

It looks like the KoolAid is strong in the Show Me state. So strong you don’t want to hear witnesses testify. It must be the “please DON’T show me because I put party over country” KoolAid.

Dude, the news drops are just killing you.
Plan on more and more coming out, because the Orange Chaos Mobster has a history of this kind of thing.

Disgusting. Everything stated in the whistleblower complaint has been confirmed by witness after witness. Hawley part of conspiracy to prevent further documents and testimony Trump is hiding.

Cracker Jack called. They want that law degree back.

Ah, elitist.

Lol there’s “no evidence” because your boy is obstructing us from getting it.

Hawley is an embarrassment to Missouri. Don’t expect honor, integrity, sense of duty, decency, honesty or putting country first. He is all about his own ambition.

If permitting witnesses would exonerate Trump, you’d vote to do so. Instead, you’re violating your oath and helping Trump rig his trial.

Spin it however you want, sycophant, but no one is going to trust you unless you allow a fair trial to happen.

Good Lord. You are a Senator?

And on and on.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…