Democrats set the rules for their impeachment of Donald Trump, but once House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicks the process over to the Senate for a trial the advantage and leverage will be with the president and Republicans
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“They take an oath to take -- have a fair trial, and we think that would be with witnesses and documentation,” Pelosi said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Now the ball is in their court to either do that, or pay a price for not doing it.”It will be only the third impeachment trial of a president in U.S. history, making it an event with thin precedent and -- coming roughly 10 months before the 2020 election -- unique political implications.
It’s not yet clear whether there would be 51 Republican votes to end the trial without witnesses or documents. And, as McConnell noted, if there are witnesses, they might not all be ones Democrats want to hear from; Trump can also call witnesses if he desires. and if the Senate agrees. “The Senate should end this trial as quickly as possible. That’s what I intend to do,” the South Carolina Republican said Saturday on Fox News.
White House counsel Pat Cipollone and attorney Jay Sekulow set are to head up the president’s defense team. There’s a question about whether some House Republicans who staunchly advocated for Trump during the impeachment inquiry, such as Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, will be added to the team.
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