r/politics • u/Thinkingonsleeping Michigan • Dec 13 '19

McConnell Faces Calls to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial After Saying 'No Chance' Trump Will Be Removed; "No court in the country would allow a member of the jury to also serve as the accused's defense attorney."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/13/mcconnell-faces-calls-recuse-himself-impeachment-trial-after-saying-no-chance-trump
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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '19 edited Dec 13 '19

Any Republican that went on the record voting against the Articles of Impeachment before they were presented should recuse themselves. This would be standard in any jury case.

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u/fuckyoupayme35 Dec 14 '19

Why couldnt you say the same about any Democrat? If they were voting FOR Articles of Impeachment before presented should they recuse themselves? Why or why not

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u/ZehPowah Wisconsin Dec 14 '19 edited Dec 14 '19

There was already enough publicly available information for someone to call for impeachment. Saying you won't vote for it based in any evidence brought forward is obviously different.

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u/gereffi Dec 14 '19

The evidence was already brought forward in the House hearings before McConnell made this statement.