Brief note: An impeachment without a Senate trial

Nancy Pelosi's decision to delay sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate suggests an interesting possibility.  Continue that delay indefinitely.

I have maintained the following position, consistently.  An impeachment followed by a Senate acquittal will backfire on the Democrats.

So, what if there's no acquittal because there's no trial?  Trump would complain-- semi-legitimately-- that he has been denied due process, by the same argument Mueller used in his refusal to make a determination of criminality when a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime, and hence cannot be cleared of the accusation.  However, when McConnell announces that he is coordinating the trial plans with the White House and that he has no plans to be impartial, such a complaint would ring hollow at best.

Politically, an impeachment without the trial-and-acquittal may be the Democrats' best move, and avoid what I see as the means by which impeachment backfires.

Hmmm.  A thought.

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