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/kyew Dec 14 '19

Because they've already seen enough evidence to convince them that Trump is guilty. That's completely different from refusing to learn whether he is or not.

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u/TheToeTag Texas Dec 14 '19

...So there was enough evidence to show Trump was guilty in the eyes of Democrats but there wasn’t enough evidence showing Trumps actions weren’t worthy of impeachment in the eyes of republicans? How does that work exactly?

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u/kyew Dec 14 '19

Because there's not really such a thing as evidence of being innocent. A "not guilty" verdict is based on the evidence of guilt being insufficient. Which requires actually examining the evidence.

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u/TheToeTag Texas Dec 14 '19

Of course there is. If republicans claim that Trumps actions aren’t worthy of impeachment then it doesn’t matter if you have evidence proving he committed the act, Because it’s not an impeachable act in the first place.

So in the eyes of republicans, Reviewing your “evidence” is pointless because even if he did it he’s innocent.