OPINION_ Former Acting AG Whitaker: Trump impeachment charges should be dismissed by Senate – Dems failed to prove case

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Former Acting AG Whitaker: Trump impeachment charges should be dismissed by Senate – Dems failed to prove case

OPINION - By Matthew Whitaker | Fox News



Matthew Whitaker on why Senate trial shouldn't have witnesses
Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and the 'Outnumbered' panel debate if the Senate impeachment trial should have additional witnesses.



As the former acting attorney general of the United States and as an attorney who has tried cases – both civil and criminal, prosecution and defense – it strikes me that the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump looks different and is fundamentally different from anything I have ever seen.

There is no crime alleged in the articles of impeachment. In a typical criminal trial, the prosecutors (in this case the House managers) explain what they expect the evidence to show and how it proves the elements of the crime alleged.

Here, there is no crime alleged, so it is difficult to determine the implications or purpose of the alleged facts. This requires the jury (in this case, senators) to essentially determine whether the facts alleged are so egregious that they rise to the need to remove the duly elected president of our country from office.


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The senators’ task is made even more difficult because the House investigation is so incomplete that House impeachment managers believe new witnesses should be called to testify in the Senate. Anyone of fair mind and reason knows this is purely for political theatre.

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