Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter and former senator Rick Santorum had a heated moment after Patinter compared Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to 'a judge impaneling an all-white jury for a Klansman trial.'
During a panel discussion on CNN, Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer who worked under George W. Bush, got into a bit of a verbal dust-up with former senator Rick Santorum while the two were discussing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
"For Mitch McConnell to say he's working with the White House, coordinating with the defendant in this trial before the trial has even begun is atrocious. He may think he's a judge impaneling an all-white jury for a Klansman trial in Mississippi in 1965. That's not the kind of trial we have," he concluded.
Santorum was referring to President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, during which Daschle voted"not guilty.""This is typical, and I think completely appropriate," he said. "There's no requirement in the Senate to listen to witnesses. The Senate makes the rules, based on the allegations that are made and what is necessary to get a judgement in this case," Santorum said."And look, I was one pushing back in 1999 pushing for witnesses, but remember, this is a double-edged sword for Democrats," he added, saying that if their witnesses are approved, Republicans could call witnesses that they"don't want.
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