I don't like gaming stuff out by thinking like this Lawfare crew, but..
There is a possibility
They use this impeachment to get the judicial authority to penetrate the constitutional firewall.
A pending senate trial gives them an argument in court for their pre-existing cases.
The real goal of impeachment 1.0 is the evidence they seek. (1) Mueller 6e material. (2) McGahn as a witness. and (3) the financials/taxes.
These cases already exist in courts [#3 is less important].
Eventually McConnell votes down the impeachment, but that doesn’t matter. What the House really wanted was an interim phase to help get the 6e material, Don McGahn etc.
From there the House assembles new articles based on the new evidence. And impeachment 2.0 goes to the Senate.
Two benefits:
(A) treasure trove of oppo research for 2020.
(B) It’s like an insurance policy if Trump wins again
Nadler knows what the 6(e) material is already.
Nadler wouldn’t be going after it if Weissmann and crew didn’t leave something in there for him.That 6e material is the motherlode of opposition research. FBI 302's, hundreds of anti-trump witnesses, massive speculations and accusations, wiretap results, surveillance results, nat sec letter results…
All of it immediately in the hands of Jerry Nadler, Nancy Pelosi, Lawfare, Fusion-GPS, DNC, political operatives and the democrat 2020 presidential candidate.
Full Title-1 surveillance was done on the entire Trump family and administration for two years. Think about what was available for Weissmann/Mueller to leave for Nadler and the DNC.
All of it perfect for slow leaking to the media during an election year.
Impeachment 1.0 could simply have been the method, the legal pathway, to get to all of that information.
Thus holding the articles for a little while til the courts grant benefit from their existence within the three pending cases in early January.I don't like thinking like these Lawfare schemers, but that's the kinda stuff they come up with.
We've been living through it for 3 years.
Don't forget Mary McCord is with the Lawfare contracted crew working for Nadler on this endeavor.
McCord is currently working for Jerry Nadler !!
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