GOP senators plan to move through Trump's trial quickly, giving both the White House counsel and House impeachment managers 24 hours over two days each to make opening arguments
Senate Republicans released their partisan impeachment trial resolution on Monday evening, a blueprint that could result in President Donald Trump’s swift acquittal.
"Senator McConnell is saying he doesn’t want to hear any of the existing evidence, and he doesn’t want to hear any new evidence. A trial where no evidence - no existing record, no witnesses, no documents – isn’t a trial at all — It’s a cover up,” Schumer said.But it was clear the president and his team were happy with the result.
Schumer will offer his motion to subpoena four key administration witnesses and documents about the Trump administration’s efforts to delay aid to Ukraine and the president’s hopes that the Ukraine government announce a probe into former Vice President Joe Biden. That vote is likely to fail due to a pact among Senate Republicans to punt the witness question until later in the trial.
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