Pelosi is announcing the House impeachment managers .... I've not seen her look so gleeful in a long time.

The witch.

The Pelosi Stillborn Impeachment
American Spectator, Jan 15, 2020, Dov Fischer

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So Pelosi lost. Really bad. The foundation cracked all around her. It was as though Sen. Dorothy Gale of Kansas had tossed a bucket of water on her. One by one, Democrat senators went on TV talk shows to tell Pelosi to send over the danged articles already. Even her own mirror image — 86-year-old San Franciscan Dianne Feinstein — said it was time to give up the ghost. As Pelosi doddered forward, finally reflecting utter defeat while denying her public humiliation, she struck one more childish blow, an angry tantrum, giving voice to that sinful hatefulness that she had told us she does not bear “as a Catholic.” She petulantly said that, no matter what, no matter her defeat and trampling, she had won one small cardiac victory for her hateful heart: at least President Trump is “impeached for life.”

In paraphrase: “There, Donald, take that and stuff it: History will record that, no matter how badly I have been defeated and humiliated in the twilight of my own miserable journey, at least I have tarnished you forever. You will be remembered alongside Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon (who escaped impeachment by jumping first), and Bill Clinton as one of only four presidents impeached among our first 45. In your orange face!”

Fascinating. Pelosi really is that small. That petulant. That hateful. At least he is “impeached for life.”

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But the real legacy that Pelosi’s Stillborn Impeachment has laid out for Donald Trump is something else. Never in all of American history has the American electorate voted back into office a president who had been impeached. With many indicators suggesting that Trump stands a very decent prospect of being reelected this November, he would become the only American president in history whose popularity was so great that the American people rose up in defiance of their own elected House representatives to send him back to the White House after impeachment. Now thatis a historic achievement. No one will remember why he was impeached, only that the American people rose up in revolt and presented themselves as The Resistance to a Swamp of Democrats and reelected their chosen leader barely half a year after his impeachment.


More: https://spectator.org/the-pelosi-stillborn-impeachment/

Alright, I'm already confused. Pelosi just announced impeachment prosecution managers. Doesn't the defense also get impeachment managers?

Adam Schiff will head team of seven House impeachment managers
Washington Post, Jan 15, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a group of seven Democratic lawmakers who will serve as impeachment managers in the Senate trial against President Trump.

The group will be headed by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who conducted weeks of hearings and depositions in the impeachment investigation.

The list also includes House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, who is head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Zoe Lofgren of California, who also serves on the Judiciary Committee.

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York, was also selected to serve as a manager along with Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat and former Orlando, Florida, police chief. Both are members of the Judiciary Committee.

"The emphasis is on litigators and on making the strongest possible case to the American people," Pelosi said.

The lawmakers will serve as prosecutors in the case against Trump in a Senate trial expected to begin next Tuesday.


More: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/...h_notifications

Jonathan Turley‏ @JonathanTurley

Speaker Pelosi's statement that "time has been our friend" is bizarre. The new evidence and witnesses could have been part of the record with actual testimony and discovery by the House. Instead, she did nothing for 4 weeks and hoped for the tide to bring flotsam wreckage.

7:12 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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Jonathan Turley‏ @JonathanTurley

Pelosi seems to take credit for Bolton's statement. As I stated in my testimony, Bolton had already indicated his willingness to testify. He and his aide Kupperman wanted a subpoena. The House subpoenaed Kupperman but then withdrew it before a court could rule.

7:14 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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Jonathan Turley‏ @JonathanTurley

I previously wrote that Rep. Swalwell's chilling statement that challenging discovery is proof of guilt would likely prevent him from becoming a House manager. It appears to have done so.

7:17 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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Jonathan Turley‏ @JonathanTurley

Schiff said the delay forced the issue of witnesses. However, the same debate occurred during the Clinton trial without the House withholding the articles. Schiff repeated the false account on McGahn and the claim that it could have taken years.

7:22 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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Jonathan Turley‏ @JonathanTurley

The presser seems entirely structured to defend Pelosi as a master strategist on impeachment despite every indication to the contrary. The rushed impeachment was a blunder of the first order but this seems more about the House members than the House case.


7:29 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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Jonathan Turley‏ @JonathanTurley

Nadler is simply wrong that Hunter Biden is irrelevant because he lacks evidence on the call or aid. Under the federal rules, he is relevant to the defense not the prosecution. Otherwise, alibi or defense witnesses would be largely barred.


7:35 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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Leader Mcconnell
Verified account @senatemajldr

It’s clear Democrats see impeachment as one big political game. Sen. Schumer told reporters that as long as the process hurts Republicans, “it’s a win-win.” The country deserves better. We’re overdue for some seriousness and sober judgment. That is what the Senate will bring.

Video at link: https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1217224422395994112

Donald J. Trump
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Here we go again, another Con Job by the Do Nothing Democrats. All of this work was supposed to be done by the House, not the Senate!

7:33 AM - 15 Jan 2020

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