The process moves to the Senate. Will the mockery continue after the procedurals and pomp are put to rest and the hearing begins? Or will there be a genuine attempt to find some truth no matter how shallow? Since the House of Representatives closed up its hearings in December 2019, the most interesting event to happen in this story of Trump’s impeachment was the interview with the fellow Parnas in which he stated that Trump knew him and knew what he and Giuliani were up to. What they were up to was getting dirt on Joe Biden for Trump. Even the government’s Budget Office says that is illegal.
Before the opening gavel, the documents were carried to the Senate side of the Capitol in a ritualistic promenade. Nancy Pelosi handed out pens and Mitch McConnell repeated the now familiar “the Democrats don’t like Trump and they never have” refrain. As of Friday January 17th, there is little joy in GOPville because Megalomaniacal Mitch might not have been able to cajole and coerce enough of his party members to vote against witnesses and new documents and for immediate acquittal. The big chief John Roberts has even suggested he may subpoena both, which means a battle against the top judge every time he calls another witness or issues another subpoena. Bad optics for a man who isn’t guilty of anything.