BREAKING: Mitch McConnell likely has the votes to block witnesses after Sen. Lamar Alexander said that he will vote against allowing witnesses and evidence into the impeachment trial of President Trump.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced on Thursday that he will not support to allow witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump.Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced on Thursday that he will not support to allow witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump.Sen.
Democrats needed four Republicans to join them in order to have enough votes to call witnesses to testify. Alexander, R-Tenn., had been largely silent on the issue and was considered a crucial swing voter. Only two Republicans — Maine Sen, Susan Collins and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — have publicly called for witness testimony.For days, the Democratic prosecutors have been making the case that Trump's trial would not be fair in the absence of evidence and witnesses.
Prosecutors say his first-hand account demonstrates the abuse of power allegations at the heart of the impeachment charges. Pressure on Republicans to allow Bolton to speak during the trial began to mount following media reports about Bolton's yet-to-be-published book, which supposedly contains dozens of pages dedicated to Trump's affairs with Ukraine.
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McConnell Reportedly Says He Doesn’t Have Enough GOP Support To Block Impeachment WitnessesI’m a San Francisco-based reporter covering breaking news at Forbes. Previously, I’ve reported for USA Today, Business Insider, The San Francisco Business Times and San Jose Inside. I studied journalism at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and was an editor at The Daily Orange, the university’s independent student newspaper. Follow me on Twitter rachsandl or shoot me an email rsandlerforbes.com.
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