The proposed impeachment trial rules from Senate Majority Leader McConnell give House impeachment managers and the President's legal team 24 hours each to make their opening arguments over two days
The timeline laid out in the Kentucky Republican's four-page organizing resolution, which was obtained by CNN, is a break from the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, when the 24 hours were split over a four-day period.Democrats are opposed to McConnell's schedule, which House Democratic aides say is an effort to"conceal the President's misconduct in the dark of night.""It's clear Sen.
The resolution's language providing for a vote on whether to call witnesses followed exhaustive negotiations between McConnell's office and the Senate's Republican moderates, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is up for reelection, Mitt Romney of Utah, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
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