I’m getting really tired of this idiotic talking point:
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) stuck to GOP talking points in his defense of the White House’s handling of the impeachment inquiry, asserting that Trump’s options are limited because the Democrats aren’t conducting a fair process.
“I don’t know what they’re supposed to be doing,” Rubio said. “They’re not allowed in the room, they’re not allowed to have attorneys there, they’re not allowed to have anybody there listening to the evidence that’s being presented against them. So I’m not sure what more they can do.” [WaPo]
Look, this is the inquiry, not the impeachment itself. To make a rough analogy, this is where the police are gathering up the evidence, and the police are not required to share evidence or make it public; indeed, they shouldn’t, and recent reveals of bodycam footage sometimes bothers me, as it can be prejudicial against either side in a case.
If & when the actual impeachment comes up, by necessity the evidence relevant to the findings and the final vote will be revealed, and if the motion is carried, then the trial in the Senate may reveal even more.
But the notion of fairness is better considered as how this could potentially protect President Trump. Irrelevant information that comes out during the inquiry is not public, which means it never need be public if it’s not deemed relevant to the inquiry. In this way, President Trump may be saved needless embarrassment, such as, say, the discovery there were even more paramours.
And if the House decides not to proceed with impeachment at the end of the inquiry, then Trump may be saved a shitload of embarrassment by this “secret” process.
Win, lose, or draw, though, Trump’s talking point, so faithfully repeated by his idiot followers in the House & Senate, has no ethical, moral, or rational basis. It’s more like a cult chant, evoking the mumbo-jumbo God to come and save them from the big bad Democrats.
Pah.
