The Senate has voted to reject efforts to call more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, setting up a vote next week to acquit him on abuse of power charges.
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Republican leaders were confident Thursday they had the votes to block a motion to call additional witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial shifted to questioning Wednesday as Republicans strained to contain the fallout over John Bolton’s forthcoming book and stave off a vote to call witnesses.
President Donald Trump’s legal team argued Tuesday that he’d done nothing to warrant removal from office, even as a new book by a former aide charged the president withheld military aid to spark an investigation into a rival.
President Donald Trump’s legal team dismissed damaging allegations contained in a new book by former national security adviser John Bolton, which claim Trump withheld aid to Ukraine while demanding an investigation of a political rival.
House Democrats scoffed Thursday at President Donald Trump’s claims that he had good reasons for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political foes.
Democrats used detail and narrative Wednesday to make their case that President Donald Trump solicited foreign interference to boost his re-election bid, obstructed a congressional investigation and should be removed from office by the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly changed his proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, adding a third day to the schedule. But Democratic attempts to amend the rules repeatedly failed.
The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump Thursday, senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of “impartial justice.”