Democratic Party impeachment managers just made a BIG mistake, they pissed off Alaska Senator and possible swing vote Lisa Murkowski by refusing to answer her questions about potential witnesses.
Murkowski asked why it was so critical to have witnesses that Democrats refused to subpoena when the House was in charge of the impeachment process.
When the House passed the resolution authorizing the impeachment inquiry and granting subpoena power to the intelligence and judiciary committees, the body could have addressed the deficiency the White House pointed out and proclaimed those subpoenas as valid exercises of the impeachment inquiry.
Texas Democratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia delivered the answer for the impeachment managers and spent several minutes attacking the senator and the White House rather than answer the critical question of the moment as the Senate deliberates whether to call new witnesses to drag out the trial for months.
"The House's impeachment inquire and its subpoena were fully authorized by the Constitution, the House rules, and precedent. It is for the House, not the president, to decide how to conduct an impeachment inquiry."
Garcia said nothing addressing Murkowski's question, which was why the House did not reissue the subpoenas that the administration declared invalid, or challenge the White House on its ruling.
Democrats now claim that the impeachment process cannot be fair without hearing from new witnesses such as former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who should have testified in the lower chamber before the House rushed to pass the articles of impeachment before Christmas.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/dem-impeachment-managers-give-murkowski-finger-asks-witnesses
Murkowski asked why it was so critical to have witnesses that Democrats refused to subpoena when the House was in charge of the impeachment process.
When the House passed the resolution authorizing the impeachment inquiry and granting subpoena power to the intelligence and judiciary committees, the body could have addressed the deficiency the White House pointed out and proclaimed those subpoenas as valid exercises of the impeachment inquiry.
Texas Democratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia delivered the answer for the impeachment managers and spent several minutes attacking the senator and the White House rather than answer the critical question of the moment as the Senate deliberates whether to call new witnesses to drag out the trial for months.
"The House's impeachment inquire and its subpoena were fully authorized by the Constitution, the House rules, and precedent. It is for the House, not the president, to decide how to conduct an impeachment inquiry."
Garcia said nothing addressing Murkowski's question, which was why the House did not reissue the subpoenas that the administration declared invalid, or challenge the White House on its ruling.
Democrats now claim that the impeachment process cannot be fair without hearing from new witnesses such as former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who should have testified in the lower chamber before the House rushed to pass the articles of impeachment before Christmas.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/dem-impeachment-managers-give-murkowski-finger-asks-witnesses
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