'Trump won... he’s going to win this trial. He won on the issue of witnesses, he’s going to get acquitted, and that’s how history will remember what went on here.' - JeffreyToobin on the Senate defeating a motion to call impeachment trial witnesses.
The timing for the final acquittal vote was a subject of debate throughout the day on Friday, but Republican senators leaving a meeting Friday evening said that it was likely to occur on Wednesday -- after Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday.LIVE UPDATES: Impeachment trial of President TrumpThe GOP senators said the agreement had been struck for the end of the trial.
The House managers, led by House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, presented a detailed case arguing they had overwhelming evidence that Trump withheld $400 million in US security aid and a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while he pressured Kiev to open investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
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