Tearing up the Constitution Mitch McConnel declares if a Senate trial is to be held he and the R-Senators are not there to swear they will be impartial (ODT)

Already, we know what Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell has promised. “I’m not an impartial juror. This is a political process. There’s not anything judicial about it.” For Senator McConnell, the entire episode regarding Trump has been a matter of highest and most venomous partisanship. “The House made a partisan political decision to impeach. I would anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in the Senate.”

The Politics of Trump’s Impeachment – » The Australian Independent Media Network

67 Votes away from yet another record Mr President. (ODT)

But if the Republican president is hoping for a public backlash like the one against the 1998 impeachment of Democratic President Bill Clinton, it has so far not worked out that way, Reuters/Ipsos polling data over the past few months shows.

via Trump campaign says impeachment backfiring. Not really, polls suggest

Bill Taylor, George P Kent and Marie Yovanovitch will tell complementary parts of the story and how it affects national security

via Trio of impeachment testimonies to tell full story of Trump’s alleged wrongdoing | US news | The Guardian

But doesn’t name them. 18% of Republican Voters don’t oppose impeachment or his removal and could vote either way in 2020. (ODT)

via Trump Dismisses Support For Impeachment: ‘I Have The Real Polls’ | HuffPost Australia

The second whistleblower poses a threat to the president’s attempts to downplay the scandal because the second person supposedly has first-hand knowledge of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.

via A Second Whistleblower Is Coming Forward in Ukraine Scandal, Attorneys Say – Mother Jones

As the impeachment saga gathers pace, even some Republicans fear that we’re looking at the ’doomsday president’

 

via If Donald Trump goes down, he’ll try to take everyone with him | Opinion | The Guardian