WH officials will block any inclusion of Parnas testimony in Senate trial

[Dennis Donovan]

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Rebecca Ballhaus ✔ @rebeccaballhaus

White House officials would block any attempt to include testimony from Lev Parnas in the Senate trial, sources tell ⁦@MichaelCBender⁩.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-calls-impeachment-charges-frivolous-and-dangerous-in-legal-brief-11579541826 …
White House Calls Impeachment Charges ‘Frivolous’ and ‘Dangerous’ in Legal Brief
President Trump’s legal team argued Monday that the articles of impeachment were frivolous and dangerous and should be swiftly rejected by the Senate.

1:07 PM - Jan 20, 2020

Of course...

[triron]

1. Watch. We may be in the death throes of our republic.

[pwb]

2. What makes them think they can stop everything?

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[shanti]

10. Bill Barr n/t

[Iliyah]

3. Ya'll want Biden's testimony . . .

Parnas is part of that request . . .

[DeminPennswoods]

4. How are they going to do that, exactly?

What if Schiff et all decide to include it in their opening arguments? Is someone going to run over and put his or her hand over Schiff's mouth?

The Senators must be seated and silent during the trial. They won't be able to jump up and object. Further, Roberts is the presiding officer during the trial, not Pence or McConnell.

Anyway, Trump said he didn't/doesn't know Parnas, so why the concern?

[NewJeffCT]

5. LOL

They can't block Parnas - if Lev wanted to testify and Moscow Mitch says OK, he can testify.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. This is their way of telling Moscow Mitch that there shall be no witnesses

...and Mitch is plotting a kill switch?

Mitch McConnell considering 'kill switch' that allows him to pull plug on Trump impeachment.

They're planning to ratfuck the entire country.

[C_U_L8R]

7. I thought they didn't know him???

[EleanorR]

8. On what basis?

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[SWBTATTReg]

9. Ah, so nice to let the defendant plan his own trial, and the rules that the trial should run on...

Seems like tampering to me...

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Twitter reply:

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[Dennis Donovan]

12. Good point - besides, it's really not up to them to dictate terms.