{"id":3695,"date":"2020-01-23T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/sen-merkley-describes-possible-cover-up-if-evidence-is-withheld-from-impeachment-process\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:07","slug":"sen-merkley-describes-possible-cover-up-if-evidence-is-withheld-from-impeachment-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/sen-merkley-describes-possible-cover-up-if-evidence-is-withheld-from-impeachment-process\/","title":{"rendered":"El senador Merkley describe un posible &#039;encubrimiento&#039; si se ocultan pruebas del proceso de juicio pol\u00edtico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR, described the impeachment trial of President Trump as a possible &ldquo;travesty&rdquo; during a call with reporters on Thursday, if Senate Republicans vote to exclude new evidence from the process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Senate really is on trial. If it fails to access documents and witnesses this does not look anything like a full and fair trial,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley acknowledged the likelihood of President Trump being acquitted if at least four Republicans don&rsquo;t join Democrats in voting to include new witnesses and documents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that there are many Republican colleagues who are wrestling with their core understanding that in America, a full and fair trial means witnesses and documents,&rdquo; Merkley said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate will continue hearing testimony from House members this week. The president&rsquo;s defense team will then have three days to make their case against the two articles of impeachment against him, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>According to Merkley, Republican lawmakers are pushing to have opening remarks finished before President Trump&rsquo;s State of the Union address on February 4th.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty Senate Republicans would have to vote with Democrats to remove the president from office. But regardless of such a vote, Merkley said the impeachment proceedings bring up major constitutional issues for the country about the immunity of the president from investigations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR, described the impeachment trial of President Trump as a possible &ldquo;travesty&rdquo; during a call with reporters on Thursday, if Senate Republicans vote to exclude new evidence from the process. &ldquo;The Senate really is on trial. 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