Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy “is expected to preside” over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, a Senate source told Fox News on Monday.
Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy will preside over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
Leahy, D-Vt., confirmed that he will preside over the trial in a statement Monday.
The president pro tempore has allegedly presided over Senate impeachment trials of non-presidents. “When presiding over an impeachment trial, the president pro tempore takes an additional special oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws,” Leahy said. “It is an oath that I take extraordinarily seriously.”
Except when Presidents Johnson and Clinton went to trial, the Chief Justice presided.
Dems are burning down the Constitution. Shame on any Republican who is a party to this.
oh, and Leahy is a socialist.
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A sham impeachment requires a sham judge.
The Chief Justice is required to be present for an authentic impeachment trial according to the constitution. This automatically makes it null & void.
This is UnConstitutional. No two ways about it .
Article 1, Section 3, clause 6 says that the Chief Justice must preside when impeaching the President.
And if he isnt President, they cant impeach him.
Next time burn it to the ground.
Zieg – “And if he isnt President, they cant impeach him.”
And if he isn’t President, he is a private citizen again, and the Senate cannot Try Him. Only the Judicial branch can conduct a trial.
Roberts can try and dodge this all he wants, but this will end up in the Supreme Court. The Court can only rule one way. In the end, the Democrats will be seen as a Lawless group of Communist trying to take over the US Government by fraud. This is already a blazing political fire and Democrats are dumping the… Read more »
Roberts knows this is not a constitutional process but rather a political one. A Soviet style show trial.
oh, and Leahy is a socialist.
Leahy is more than a socialist. Patrick Leaky Leahy should be in federal prison for leaking classified documents during the Iran-Contra hearings.
What an incredibly corrrupt and unethical country this is.
The Constitution states the chief justice presides, not a member of the opposing party.
No, we’re not a corrupt and unethical country. The Democrats and establishment Republicans have made our US Congress and White House corrupt and unethical.
But we’ve allowed them to do it and get away with it. As a representative constitutional Republic, that makes us culpable.
That is why it is past time for us as the self govern to revoke our consent and remove them forcibly. It is our right.
Right on!!!
We the people gave them their powers temporarily and, when these powers are turned against us (which seems to be the case now), we the people can and should take their powers from them. This applies to all three branches of government.
I am afraid only a civil war will fix these communists.
You don’t cure Cancer with an aspirin.