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Witnesses Could Be Compelled In Senate Trial
November 24, 2019 at 1:06 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 159 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/24/witnesses-could-be-compelled-in-senate-trial/
"SNIP.....
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff left the door open to the possibility of more hearings or depositions in the impeachment inquiry but said that Democrats will not wait months and months while the administration plays a game of rope-a-dope in an effort to try to stall, CNN reports.
In fact, he said its possible reluctant witnesses could be compelled to testify at a Senate trial.
Said Schiff: Well, I think theres certainly merit to the idea that we may get a quicker ruling from a chief justice in a Senate trial, if it ever came to that, than we would get by going months and months on end litigating the matter.
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(118,759 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)He's not going to sacrifice his legacy on the altar of Trump.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)in his book The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump. Roberts takes his role very seriously.
BigmanPigman
(51,625 posts)about him over the last several years.
TexasProgresive
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(18,486 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)I am not confident that will happen.