Senator Ted Cruz has suggested an idea that would force Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden to testify before the Senate during President Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial.
Sen. Cruz is calling for “witness reciprocity” during the GOP-led trial.
The move would allow Senate Republicans to call a witness of their own for each witness Senate Democrats call to testify.
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Dailywire.com reports:Cruz brought up the idea during a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP leaders, according to Fox News, which added that other people who might be called by the GOP include House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and the whistleblower who publicized a July phone call between Trump and the leader of Ukraine.
McConnell, who consulted with Cruz,senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah regarding tactics for the impeachment trial, stated,“We’ll be dealing with the witness issue at the appropriate time into the trial. And I think it’s certainly appropriate to point out that both sides would want to call witnesses if they wanted to hear from them. So if you get to that issue, I can’t imagine that only the witnesses our Democratic colleagues want to call will be called.”
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, “I love @tedcruz’s plan of witness reciprocity. The American people want to hear from #wheresHunter Biden, #sleepyJoe Biden, #fullofschiff, the phony “whistleblower” etc. much more than they do anyone on our side especially since the house had free reign of witnesses for months.”
A likely witness whom the Democrats would like to call would be former national security advisor John Bolton; three GOP senators, Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have suggested they might be open to agreeing he should be called as a witness. With 53 senators in the Senate, the GOP needs every vote, as it requires a simple majority to win a motion in the Senate. President Trump told Fox News last week that he might invoke executive privilege so Bolton could not testify.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.VA) noted McConnell is famous for keeping his plans secret, asserting, “He’s been around a long time. And he’s close to the vest. The thing he has on his radar screen is … 51 [votes]. Where can he get to 51? And no matter what his personal beliefs might be or how he feels about it. And I think that’s really the difficulty he has, trying to weave that,” as Politico reported.
White House Director of Legislative Affairs Eric Ueland pointed out the close ties between Trump and McConnell, saying, “They have a lot of conversations, and I don’t think there’s any problem between the two of them in terms of how their being crisp and clear with each other on the various priorities each has pulling together this trial process.”
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) approved of McConnell waiting to announce his plans, stating, “If I was him, I certainly wouldn’t disclose it because then Nancy Pelosi could say, ‘Oh, now that I’ve seen the rules, I’m not gonna send these [articles] over.’ Why throw your hand in when you’ve won the game?”
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
Are the Republicans going to be able to have witnesses?? Seems like this is a Dim Wit controlled fiasco all over again with the Republicans doing nothing, as usual,? What gives here!
That is a double-edged sword. The Rats will call witnesses until the cows come home. Their ploy to drag this out as long as possible. We can prosicute the Bidens in plenty of other venues. Let’s get this COUP over with. Pronto.
Longer the better, House is a logjam anyway until the next election. President Trump gets stronger the longer this plays out (see MKE rally)
From the Pieces of Puzzle I put together The picture “appears” to be:
In 2014 Obama admin helps overthrow the Ukraine govt.
VP Biden is appointed the US-Ukraine contact; sons of BiDEN, Pelosi, Romney & Kerry are placed on Ukraine Boards.
Obama sends billion$ of US taxpayer dollars to Ukraine that gets funneled as kickback percentage $$$$$$ commissions to the SON’S on the Boards. With John Kerry’s Son this includes the Billions of Dollars shipped to Iran on Pallets from Obama Administration.
Today those involved in the Obama-Ukraine caper, like whistleleaker Eric , create the impeachment smoke screen to conceal the kickback scheme and protect the profiting Democrats.
I am DUMBFOUNDED that no one remembers when Victoria Newland, (US State Dept under President OBAMA) spilled the beans on open mic that the US State Dept, in concert with NAZl $0R0S, spent $5 billion to overthrow the legitimate government of Ukraine, and tried to install a REAL NAZl government on Russia’s border. (Remember, 20 million Russians died in WW2 at the hands of REAL NAZl’s) They all got the honeypot gas deals for their role in $0R0S’s madness. Then the SAME people blame Russia for “Russian aggression” in protecting their people in Crimea… Now Russia is certainly no angel, but the OBAMA state department was 100% in the wrong there, and set US / Russian relations back 50 years with that stunt; thereby, GREATLY diminishing the national security of the United States of America. The OBAMA administration is administration in its entirety should be Tried for treason and Conspiracy to commit Treason for its actions in Ukriane. Now do you WONDER why they are fighting against PRESIDENT TRUMP so much? Perhaps because PRESIDENT TRUMP is exposing this treason racket in the wide open so everyone can see. Oh, and haters, don’t bother trying to argue my points, they are FACTS… FACTS available to anyone who dares do the research, and I will not entertain any conspiracy theories to the contrary.
This impeachment Scheme and Hoax is the same as the Russian Collusion Hoax.. It’s just the Democrats Obstructing Justice and Covering Crimes from the Corrupt Obama Administration… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/12635fb3ae4d560ed0575d5ef0a4ab80698302524bd1856b7a06ebd1ffb81bd1.jpg
And the Senate should make both Bidens testify. Would love to watch them squirm because they can’t answer truthfully without incriminating themselves. The Bidens can’t take the 5th because it is not a court of law, it is a political trial not a criminal one.