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Senator Josh Hawley Introducing Measure To Dismiss Democrats’ Articles Of Impeachment

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OCTOBER 29: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., makes his way to the Senate Republicans lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019.
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Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley announced on Thursday that he is introducing legislation that will dismiss House Democrats’ articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump because of Democrats’ abuse of the Constitution.

Hawley’s announcement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has continued to refuse to send the articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate because she is concerned that the political trial will be biased.

“Dems said impeachment was URGENT. Now they don’t want to have a trial, because they have no evidence. In real world, if prosecution doesn’t proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution,” Hawley wrote on Twitter.

“This will expose Dems’ circus for what it is: a fake impeachment, abuse of the Constitution, based on no evidence. If Dems won’t proceed with trial, bogus articles should be dismissed and @realDonaldTrump fully cleared,” Hawley continued. “My proposal will take form of motion to update Senate impeachment rules to account for this unprecedented attempt to obstruct Senate trial. Stay tuned.”

Leftist Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe responded to Hawley, writing, “This loony idea has no substance. The Senate cannot ‘dismiss’ articles of impeachment that have been voted by the House but have yet to be filed in the Senate. Neither the Senate rules nor the Constitution permit any such move.”

Hawley responded, “Hey Dems, this is the guy who got you into this jam by recommending you withhold the Articles from Senate. Now he’s literally making up constitutional provisions. Constitution says nothing about ‘filing’ (Tribe’s word) Articles in Senate or otherwise giving House power over trial.”

“Constitution says House has power to impeach, Senate has sole power to try impeachment cases. For 1st time in history, Dems trying to obstruct an impeachment trial. Senate should update its rules to dismiss these (bogus) Articles if House Dems refuse to try their case,” Hawley added. “I once knew a federal judge who said, ‘I only cite @tribelaw ironically.’ Good advice”

The Democrats’ impeachment of Trump represents the first time in U.S. history that impeachment has been a partisan exercise as only one party voted in favor of it while there was bipartisan support against it.

“I think we have to be careful about trivializing the process and they put in a hurdle of high crimes – of treason, bribery, and other high crimes,” Attorney General William Barr said. “The articles of impeachment here do not allege a violation of law and it looks as if it’s going to be along partisan lines – I think – I’m concerned about it being trivialized and used as a political tool.”

Impeachment expert Ken Starr, whose criminal investigation into former Democrat President Bill Clinton ultimately led to Clinton’s impeachment, called Pelosi’s impeachment a “phony impeachment” and that will be remembered in the history books with a “footnote” or an “asterisk.”

Democrats’ articles of impeachment have been viewed as so toxic that former Illinois Democrat Governor Rod Blagojevich, a convicted felon who was impeached and removed from office, wrote an op-ed from his prison cell this week saying that Democrats’ impeachment of Trump was so thin and political that it was an abuse of the Constitution.

This report has been updated to include additional information.

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