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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (90947)	1/23/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

<--OT-->Senate impeachment trial. Prediction:-Case will be dismissed. Frank: All indications are that the Senate will dismiss the impeachment charges against the prez,should be worth couple of points for Dell and a whole lot for the DOW.I think this could happen as early as next week now that Sen.Byrd, one of the most respected Senators,said he would file a motion to dismiss the charges,this thing is over,done with & finished as Byrd is no light weight and holds some rather substantial clout with the Senators both Republicans and Democrats. ==================================== Sat, 23 Jan 1999, 10:27am EST 1/22 Byrd Says He'll Move to Dismiss Charges, End Clinton's Impeachment Trial (Adds Hatch comments on Byrd proposal) Washington, Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat who has criticized President Bill Clinton for his affair with a former White House intern, said he will formally move to dismiss the impeachment charges and end Clinton's trial because the Senate will never vote to throw him out of office. ''I plan to make this motion not because I believe the president did no wrong,'' said Byrd, who informed the Senate leadership of his plans. ''I am convinced that the necessary two- thirds for conviction are not there and that they are not likely to develop.'' The statement from Byrd, who has been in the Senate for 40 years, moved into the open a debate on how the trial would be brought to a close -- and it hardened convictions that the two- thirds majority isn't there to remove the president from office. ''It means that the process is about over,'' said James Thurber, an American University political science professor who specializes in Congress. ''Byrd holds a great deal of clout with both parties, and his power of persuasion is immense.'' ''Byrd may not get enough Republicans to end this immediately, but the handwriting clearly is on the wall,'' added Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political Report. Byrd said he saw no value in calling witnesses to testify. ''Lengthening this trial will only prolong and deepen the divisive, bitter and polarizing effect that this sorry affair has visited upon our nation,'' the West Virginia Democrat said......