Dear Friend,
Donald Trump has just been impeached -- and Mitch McConnell is determined
to keep him in office.
McConnell is supposed to be an impartial juror, but nobody will be
surprised to hear he and Trump's own White House counsel are collaborating
to help Trump avoid conviction in the Senate. A key part of their
cover-up: McConnell just announced that he won't allow a single witness to
be called.^1,2
How can we overcome this? We have leverage. McConnell can only act if his
fellow Senators agree. And he claims to want a bipartisan agreement on
trial rules.^3 That gives Democrats power, and they're already demanding
he call witnesses. Pelosi is also holding off on sending Articles of
Impeachment to the Senate. Can you help mobilize grassroots pressure on
Senators right now?
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Senators to stop Mitch McConnell's cover-up for
Donald Trump.
Progressive leaders in the Senate are already raising the alarm and
organizing to stop McConnell. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon just said
this last night:
"I am profoundly disturbed that the Majority Leader [McConnell] has
already said that rather than conduct a fair trial, he is working
alongside the White House to enact a party-wide cover-up."^4
McConnell is being hypocritical again. 20 years ago, he argued --
successfully -- for including witnesses in Bill Clinton's impeachment
trial:
"There have been 15 impeachments in the history of the country. Two of
them were cut short by resignations. In the other 13 impeachments there
were witnesses," he told CNN's Larry King Live on January 28, 1999, as
the Clinton trial played out in the Senate. The number included judges
who were charged with impeachment.
"It's not unusual to have a witness in a trial. It's certainly not
unusual to have witness in an impeachment trial," McConnell said at the
time.^5
Many Senators are ready to fight to ensure the Senate conducts a real
trial, not a cover-up. But they need to hear from you right now. Can you
send an urgent message in this historic moment?
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell Senators to stand up to Mitch McConnell and have a
real trial of Donald Trump.
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Common Dreams, "'He Is Planning to Rig the Impeachment Trial':
McConnell Vows 'Total Coordination' With Trump on Senate Process,”
[ [link removed] ]December 13, 2019.
2. The Epoch Times, "Republicans Consider Calling Zero Witnesses in
Possible Trump Impeachment Trial," [ [link removed] ]December 11, 2019.
3. ABC News, "McConnell says he wants bipartisan agreement ahead of Senate
trial," [ [link removed] ]December 18, 2019.
4. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Twitter, [ [link removed] ]December 18, 2019.
5. CNN, "McConnell opposes impeachment witnesses now -- but supported them
during Clinton trial," [ [link removed] ]December 16, 2019.
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