Republican senators are "rigging" the ongoing impeachment trial in favor of President Donald Trump and "encouraging" him to rig the upcoming election, according to former White House ethics chief Walter Shaub.
"By blocking witnesses and records, Republican Senators are not just rigging this trial," Shaub tweeted on Wednesday, the morning after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., set out rules for the impeachment trial. “They are also encouraging Trump to continue trying to rig our next election. The illegitimacy of this process threatens the legitimacy of the election."
Shaub, who spent more than a decade working in the White House before he resigned in 2017, added later, “It is bad for democracy to seek foreign interference, suppress voters, manipulate judicial appointments, block campaign finance reform, gerrymander, weaken anti-corruption laws, retaliate against investigators and whistleblowers, block oversight and run sham impeachment trials.”
He also took issue with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts over his use of the word “pettifogging” while calling for civility during the trial.
“Having an archaic term like ‘pettifogging’ trend vividly illustrates how out of touch the current political process is with the majority of Americans who are outraged about government corruption and demonstrably untrue statements made on the Senate floor. Justice, not doilies.”
Theodore Bunker ✉
Theodore Bunker, a Newsmax writer, has more than a decade covering news, media, and politics.
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