{"id":49748,"date":"2021-01-25T21:57:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=49748"},"modified":"2021-01-25T21:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:57:11","slug":"congress-alienates-80-million-voters-with-unprecedented-impeachment-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=49748","title":{"rendered":"Congress Alienates 80 Million Voters with Unprecedented Impeachment Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>House Delivers Impeachment Article To Senate But Biden Doesn&#8217;t Think Trump Will Be Convicted<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleFull_body__3kFg9 NodeBody_container__2N7hs\">\n<p>The House delivered its single impeachment article against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, setting the stage for a February 8 trial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1353855830114914304&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fhouse-delivers-impeachment-article-senate-biden-doesnt-think-trump-will-be-impeached&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1353855830114914304\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Just three Senate Republicans were present during the formal delivery of the article; Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney and Roger Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>Senators will get sworn in as jurors on Tuesday, according to a previous statement by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), while both the impeachment managers who will argue the House Democrats&#8217; case, and Trump&#8217;s defense team, will have time to draft and file legal briefs, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/25\/trump-impeachment-house-sends-article-to-senate-setting-up-trial.html\"><em>CNBC<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>The managers, headed by lead manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., carried the article across the Capitol to the Senate on Monday in masked pairs as part of a formal procession. As Raskin read the charge against Trump, a smattering of senators wearing face coverings looked on from within the chamber. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/25\/trump-impeachment-house-sends-article-to-senate-setting-up-trial.html\">CNBC<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ironically, Trump &#8211; the only president to be impeached twice by the House &#8211;\u00a0<strong>is unlikely to be convicted according to none other than President Biden<\/strong>, who told\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0he believed the outcome would be different if Trump had six months left in office &#8211; but that\u00a0<strong>he doubts the required 17 GOP senators will vote to convict<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1353864546457415680&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fhouse-delivers-impeachment-article-senate-biden-doesnt-think-trump-will-be-impeached&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1353864546457415680\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Which begs the question if the entire exercise is moot, then why do it as it will only further polarize the already deeply divided US society and certainly not help the &#8220;unity&#8221; that Biden is allegedly striving to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was charged by the House with incitement of insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 by, as House Democrats claim, &#8216;falsely claiming that widespread election fraud cost him the 2020 election,&#8217; and then encouraging his supporters to show up and challenge the electoral college count. According to the article, Trump &#8220;threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government,&#8221; and &#8220;thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1353861629767798785&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fhouse-delivers-impeachment-article-senate-biden-doesnt-think-trump-will-be-impeached&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1353861629767798785\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>South Carolina attorney Butch Bowers will defend Trump during the trial, while the nine House impeachment managers are Democratic Reps.Raskin, Diana DeGette of Colorado, David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Eric Swalwell and Ted Lieu of California, Stacey Plaskett, the delegate for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Joe Neguse of Colorado. 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