Gunslinger said it. He's absolutely right and people like Et Al just show their dishonestly with their posts. In a Grand Jury the rules are different, the accused does not get to present a defense, that is done in the trial. It shows how dishonest you are that you pretend otherwise when, we both know, you know better. Why do you want to be a liar on an insignificant site like this, get a job on Fox News and get paid for lying. Oh, but then you'd have to be an actual lawyer, not a pretender. And I say that with this perspective, two successful lawyers are among my brothers and sisters, neither one of them would waste five minutes of billable time posting here, they're way too busy making lots of money. If you're posting here you're either not really a lawyer or if you are you aren't very successful at it.

"Excuse me? The rule of law always applies. "

Doesn't understand the Grand Jury process or procedures. Dumb ass pretender.

"We need to change the Rule of Law so that you don't have the the right to face your accuser?"

We did that before we were even a country. It's called a Grand Jury. The accused has no right of cross examination in a Grand Jury because no one can be found guilty by a Grand Jury, they only face indictment. Republicans today don't seem capable of understanding the difference between a Grand Jury and a trial with a jury. I suspect they actually do understand but they are counting on the ignorance of the majority of Trump supporters to not know the difference who will be loud and obnoxious screaming for "fairness" in a venue where "fairness" is not part of the process.

"--She is so insane that she's actually trying to pretend she knows more about the law than a lawyer."

How much time would you waste here if your time was worth $250.00+ per hour? If mine were you would never see me here. I know for a fact that I've never seen my sister nor my brother here. They're too busy earning big bucks or traveling around with world with the money they earn. This place is for people with time on their hands, face it, that's just the truth.

"If the process they put together sucks (I'm not prepared to make that claim at this time) then they won't win over the public or the Senate and this will be a great big waste of time that may cause blow-back. They are taking a big political risk with this. If they fail and the public perceives their impeachment gambit as political retribution in lieu of a serious process, they will likely pay an electoral price, possibly a hefty one."

Worked out that way for Bill Clinton but Trump isn't as likable as Bill Clinton and his crime is more relevant to governing than was Clinton's. And, what Trump did was actually a serious crime, depriving a nation of the tools to defend themselves unless they will start an investigation of your political rival is pretty despicable and it's pretty obvious to both Democrats and Republicans that he did do that.

""in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him.""

A Grand Jury hearing determining if the state has enough evidence to bring an indictnment is not a prosecution, that is the trial. Trump will have his trial in the Senate as the Constitution says. Whether his "jury" will be willing to convict based on the efidence is very doubtful because they are not an impartial "jury."

"Well she has a couple of lawyers in the family, so therefore has an honorary JD."

Unlike others here, I don't pretend to be a lawyer, I can't provide legal advice but I can attest to my seeing how they use their time and they don't waste it here. My time, not being so valuable, is sometimes wasted here, but that isn't costing me hundreds or even thousands of dollars. That is what real lawyers would say about us posting for hours.

"I haven't been believing, hoping praying to falsehoods that would by you and the Democrats. You are the cultist with your fantasies."

The crime he is accused by Democrats is completely admitted in the non-transcript that he keeps referring to as the "transcript" which it is not.
This whole thing has been admitted by Trump and members of his administration, there isn't any real doubt about what he did, it is only a matter of how well the Republican defenders can confuse the public. Folks like Andrea encourage and assist in the attempts to confuse because they can't refute the things they have already admitted did occur.

"Here the Dems are abusing their power performing an Impeachment 'in search of a crime'. Shame on them!!"

Just more partisan nonsense. WE all know exactly what the President did. He held up aid which was approved by Congress which was desperately need to repel Russian invaders in Ukraine who are killing Ukrainians on a daily basis. He, very likely, could be accused of causing the deaths of Ukrainians during the time he held up that aid which included weapons to repel tanks. My daughter-in-law owns a condo in Ukrain where her son lives, it is about 35 miles from where the Russians are killing people. Y'all defending the actions of Trump on this matter don't know what the f**k are talking about. Real people's live were put at increased risk because he wanted a politically motivated investigation of Biden who he, at the time, believed would probably be his opponent in 2020. It was shameful and deserving of impeachment.

"Mine's worth more...and yet here I am."

If mine were I wouldn't be here. But if you say that is so, I'll be honest, I believe you.

"Setting that aside, you have no idea if your relatives post on random anonymous blogs or not. "

You have absolutely no idea what I know or don't know. I know that both of the are driven harder than I ever have been. That's a big part of the reason I've never resented their success. Trust me on this, they don't waste time like I do posting on a blog like this. I have often wished I had their drive but, in reality, I just wouldn't want to work so many hours.

"So, is he a liar or just ignorant?"

Most of the people trying to push the talking point about confronting his accuser are lawyers. They are only using that talking point to fool their stupid base who don't know anything about anything.