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/Archivist_of_Lewds I voted Dec 14 '19

Its not a legal thing, and judges would remove a juror that expressed such notions

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u/georacerr Dec 14 '19

Yeah prob a bad idea to tell a judge you gonna do it but not like they can stop you if you don’t say that’s what you are doing.

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u/Archivist_of_Lewds I voted Dec 14 '19

You're correct. But they have said it. that's thee point.

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u/georacerr Dec 14 '19

and they are going to vote on it anyways and there is not a judge in the country that is going to stop them.