Trump's impeachment

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The Chief Justice is named John Roberts.

god almighty could testify, and the GOP senators would still say "nya nya nyanya nya! not listening! hail to my sweet satan!"

I think a huge problem here is that no one, no one could convincingly argue that the democrats have been and are simply impartial objective bastions of justice with this. They wanted to oust Trump before he was even inaugurated and the reason after new reason after new reason after new reason they've wished for his ouster from pre-inauguration through the present have not been related to Ukraine. The huge problem is that to a large portion of the population the democrats have been the quintessential definition of partisan. They've wanted him gone before "day one" and have tried constant and varied means to do so. People have to understand the optics on this to anyone other than devotees.

It is morally and legally wrong/abusive of the office of POTUS, for a sitting president to use the powers of his office to persecute his political enemies, especially to enlist foreign powers to do so. In his conduct while President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution “to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” has sought to pressure the government of Ukraine to investigate alleged actions of Democratic party rivals including presidential candidate Joseph Biden.
According to the White House summary of a July 25, 2019, phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky, President Trump urged President Zelensky to investigate Joseph Biden as well as other matters related to "Russiagate." As pressure on Zelensky, Trump was withholding funding for weapons that had been appropriated by Congress. Asked about this quid pro quo, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney openly admitted to it. Asked on camera about urging a foreign government to investigate a political rival, President Trump openly urged Ukraine again to investigate Biden and asked China to do so as well. Despite this open embrace of his actions, President Trump publicly suggested that whoever had made the content of his call with President Zelensky known should be killed.
On July 27, 1974, the House Committee on the Judiciary adopted an article of impeachment against then-President Richard M. Nixon accusing him of failing to comply with Congressional subpoenas. President Donald J. Trump has similarly refused to comply with subpoenas. Counsel to the President Pat A. Cipollone has written a letter stating that President Trump will not comply with subpoenas related to impeachment investigations. The Defense Department, under President Trump, has stated a similar intent to refuse to comply. Congressional attorneys have acknowledged that President Trump is obstructing the impeachment inquiry. Such obstruction is itself an impeachable offense.
In these ways, President Donald J. Trump has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President, and subversive of constitutional government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, President Donald J. Trump, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office. In these and similar actions and decisions, President Donald J. Trump has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President, and subversive of constitutional government, to the prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, President Donald J. Trump, by such conduct, is guilty of an impeachable offense warranting removal from office.

Alan Dershowitz says quid pro quo is irelevent and is not crime or an impeachable offense.He says it's a legitimate political tactic.

I believe I heard that there have been numerous times that a president has engaged in quid pro quo. Although as I understand it the defense is maintaining that a quid pro quo did not even take place according to the transcripts and Zelensky's testimony/statements.

Hopefully there’s enough public pressure to get John Bolton called as a witness now vs this no witnesses no documents attempted coverup.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I heard more than once while listing to the (non-rightwing) news that Zelensky made a direct statement that he was not pressured.