Sen. Lee on Trying to Force a Trial on the Impeachment of Sec. Mayorkas: Dems ‘Can’t Just Make It Up’

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LEE: “Yeah, look, we convene at 1:00, whereupon we’ll be sworn in to decide the case, as deciders of fact and judges of the law in this case. After that, motions will be entertained and, in theory, you can have unlimited motions while you’re discussing those. Historically, what’s happened is, once we receive the impeachment articles, again, if the case hasn’t been rendered moot by vacancy or death, then the Senate negotiates a standing order, an order to govern the intricacies of the trial. This is a little bit akin to what happens when you go to a pretrial conference with the judge. You set out the timing for pretrial briefing and then the timing for the presentation of opening statements, cross-examination of witnesses and so forth. So that’s what we would do. I don’t know, the Democrats, if they choose to take this unfortunate step tomorrow, moving either to table or alternatively to dismiss, they’re going to have to make the case for that. But they can’t just make it up. They can’t just ignore the fact that we have the power to try all impeachments.”