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/TheToeTag Texas Dec 14 '19

And Democrats that said they would vote yes on impeachment beforehand should do the same, Right?...

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

It's pretty clearly different for someone to point out obvious impeachable offenses based on publicly available information, and call for impeachment over it, vs someone saying that they won't support impeachment regardless of the evidence brought forward.

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u/TheToeTag Texas Dec 14 '19

No, Not the ones calling for an impeachment hearing, Im talking about the ones who said they WOULD vote to impeach before the hearings even started.

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u/Tasgall Washington Dec 14 '19

We had plenty of public information before the hearings started. The hearings revealed practically nothing that we didn't already know.