"A hostage of hope."  -- Cory Booker

"In America truth matters."

Do U.S. Senators want to hear the truth now, or are they content to let it dribble out?

Senators will be asked why they didn't pursue the truth.

What does the Constitution require of Senators who took an oath to do impartial justice?  
Senators will be held accountable.

the pressure is on John Bolton...

the moment is now for him to tell his story...

the chain of command is broken when the CIC commands lawlessness...

NPR is reporting that Marie Yovanovitch has retired from the Foreign Service.

The Senate voted to block the motion to call witnesses.  
The Senate turned away from truth.

51 Republicans willfully voted, "No" to more facts.  

Mitt Romney and Susan Collins voted "Yes" for evidence with
45 Democrats and 2 Independents.

Republicans echo Lamar Alexander: "He did it, so what!"

Today's vote against witnesses and documents is a failure for democracy. 

What happens next?  
The Senate is on break, will be back in session this evening.

The night is young.

Tonight's the night for John Bolton to speak to the American people.  
He has important information to share and he's stringing us along.

"It's worse than a crime, it's a blunder."

There is disappointment and anger among the American people.

Trump, as a matter of fact, has been found guilty.  
He has acknowledged his lawlessness,
yet Senators shrink from their oath to do impartial justice.
Republicans are complicit in the coverup.

Censure remains a possibility.  
 

There are new DNC Debate Rules.

Brexit has been accomplished.

We are in a dangerous situation.
Republican Senators have covered up the depth of Trump's abuse of power because they say they already know Trump is guilty.  
There will be profound repercussions.  
Lamar Alexander minimized Trump's lawlessness... eating at the roots of our democracy...
Lamar ignored his oath to do impartial justice.

Censure is critical for Trump, he shows no remorse.

We observed gross misconduct in the U.S. Senate.  
The Senate lost its accolade as the world's greatest deliberative body and our government lost its balance of power.

Already historians are challenging Lamar Alexander for weakness: he tweeted a 15 tweet thread demonstrating his willingness to look the other way and block witnesses and documents to hide the whole truth from Americans.

*Last night more documents became available: White House Budget Office emails revealing Trump's activity asking about and deciding on Ukraine aid.

Carol, please take a look at your January 28, 2020  01:37 PM post on this thread:

"Nothing in the Bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense," said Dershowitz.

There are lots of Dershowitz quotes out there - you're relying on Dershowitz and posting his quotes.

Janis...I've got to believe there's a point you're trying to make here, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what it is.  Yes, I posted a direct quote by Alan Dershowitz...I did so in response to your claims that none of the President's counsel mentioned Bolton.  Yes, there are a lot of Dershowitz quotes out there, and then there are a lot of words being attributed to him that he simply didn't say (such as yours).  If you're going to put quotation marks around a statement you're attributing to someone, you'd damn well better make sure they said it.  Lastly, as seems to be a common practice of the left, don't surmise you know what I'm thinking and relying upon.  I posted that one quote by him and do not rely upon him for the truth.  Believe it or not, I check my facts.

So what do you think if Attorney Cipolloni was in the Oval Office with Trump and Bolton, and then as Trump's defense counsel, lied about what he witnessed and participated in?

Pat Cipolloni is a fact witness.

Constitutional scholars slammed Dershowitz (who was a Criminal Law professor).  
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC at Berkeley, law school, said he thought Dershowitz's argument was "absurd and outrageous." "It means that a president could break any law or abuse any power and say that it was for the public interest because the public interest would be served by his or her election."
Sanford Levinson, U of Texas law professor, said Dershowitz's argument was "on its face, preposterous." While candidates for office office "make a variety of deals that they would prefer not to in behalf of the good cause" of their election, "we rely on a certain moral compass."

Dershowitz also said: "The president is the executive branch. He is irreplaceable."
Dershowitz posted a slew of tweets in defense of his argument in the face of intense backlash, but his attempt at offering clarity by claiming his words were being misconstrued was pushed back on too. "Dershowitz's performance changed the whole dynamic of the impeachment hearing."

When you've questioned/challenged me, I stand by what I say and render the basis which brought me to state it (I listen, Google, and pace before posting).  These responses are often ignored and/or met with a contrived challenge/deflection about something which has nothing to do with the question you asked me or my answer. The first point (ignore) can be best demonstrated when you asked me what President Trump has accomplished.  Why, I posted probably the longest post ever in the NW64 forums (there were a lot of accomplishments!) without acknowledgement. As to the second point we need only go back to your most recent challenge regarding Dershowitz quotes and, after I answered, you come up with "So what do you think if Pat Cipolloni..." committed a grave sin (italics my own).  Well, DUH, then let's hang the b-----d!   Now, when I question/challenge you, yep, it's the same thing; i.e., when I asked you to validate the quotes you attributed to Alan Dershowitz, you present my quote and say there's a lot of quotes out there.  I have witnessed the same ruses being used by the House managers.  Heck, they trip over each other trying to get up there and make fools of themselves. :-)

God Bless America

What moral fabric is Trump wearing?
The emperor has no clothes.

There should be a vote on the facts for Republicans like Lamar Alexander...

The facts condemn Trump.

Documents and evidence will continue to pile on an unremorseful president.

The power of the president is the power to persuade.

Will justice be done?