Thursday, December 19, 2019

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What if Kevin McCaffrey President of Teamsters Local 707 & Pension Trustee Had Taken the Stand?charles schumer would look like a fool as the books & records of the Local 707 Pension Plan would show more than breach of fiduciary duty? Kevin McCaffrey, just another pension fundEdward Mangano?

Had the Senate called witnesses to testify in 1999, it might have convicted Bill Clinton.



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Sen. Chuck Schumer talks to reporters before the Clinton impeachment trial, Jan. 14, 1999. PHOTO: SCOTT J. FERRELL/CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY/GETTY IMAGES
Imagine if Monica Lewinsky had taken the stand as a witness in President Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial. Imagine the drama of the young former White House intern sitting in the well of the Senate recalling how the president encouraged her to sign a false affidavit after learning that she would be a witness against him. It would have been an unforgettable moment. But it didn’t happen for the simple reason that few in the Senate wanted to hear such evidence.
During the Clinton trial, the House impeachment managers were surprised to learn that the upper chamber’s Republican majority agreed with Democratic demands not only to bar live testimony but to limit depositions to three witnesses and take them in private. It was a decision that might have determined the outcome of the trial. Soon the Senat

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