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In reply to the discussion: BTRTN: Pelosi Reveals Her Trump Card. Now Will She Play It? [View all]Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)If we amend, House would have to vote again anyway.
FBaggins
88. Each impeachment is it's own thing
It's a remarkable commentary on Trump that we're even talking about multiple impeachments.
But the answer doesn't change. This isn't an "ongoing" impeachment. There are now two articles and the book is closed on them. Additional articles coming in a few months would be an entirely different trial. If the House started a process that looked like more articles would appear next week? The Senate could choose to wait and try both at the same time OR deal with them independently.
I can envision a perpetual impeachment process tying up both houses for months.to come, into and past the 2020 election.
Sure. But let's not forget that the goal is to influence public opinion for the 2020 election. Pelosi probably scores some points with the public by insisting that the Senate trial be fair... but perpetual impeachments for months would very likely backfire (absent explosive new evidence). Our presidential candidates want coverage of their own... they don't want impeachment to run all of 2020.