Democrats have acknowledged what may have been their last chance to force subpoenas for witnesses and documents the White House denied to House impeachment investigators has come and gone.
One after another, for hours on end, Senate Republicans rejected nearly a dozen Democratic amendments Tuesday to modify the impeachment trial rules, successful rebuffs that could very well have been the final nails in the coffin of Democrats' hopes for obtaining new evidence and testimony.
Under the rules resolution by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell —which, for the most part, mirrors the trial rules of former President Bill Clinton's impeachment—there is no guarantee for a final vote on witnesses or documents. There is only the assurance there will be a procedural vote that would allow them to debate the topic, something Democrats have labeled as an"unnecessary obstacle.
"As a consequence, the impeachment trial of President Trump begins with a cloud hanging over it, a cloud of unfairness," Schumer told reporters at a press conference the same day. He said Democrats"will certainly try to find ways... to get direct votes on each witness and document once again after the arguments," but was unsure how or when that motion would occur.
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