President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial will enter a new phase Wednesday, when senators will begin up to 16 hours of questioning the House impeachment managers and the president's legal team about the charges against Trump at 1 p.m. After sitting at their desks in silence for the opening
President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial will enter a new phase Wednesday, when senators will begin up to 16 hours of questioning the House impeachment managers and the president's legal team about the charges against Trump at 1 p.m.
The questioning, set to take place over Wednesday and Thursday, gives both sides one last opportunity to address the chamber before senators begin considering motions, including on the question of witnesses -- an issue at the center of events on Capitol Hill following reports about the testimony former national security adviser John Bolton could offer the Senate if subpoenaed to appear.
Democrats, for their part, are expected to press the Trump legal team on perceived weaknesses in their defense of the president and continue to make the case for witnesses in the trial before they force votes on motions for additional testimony and records. The allegations that Trump tied the aid to investigations, which the president has denied, would undermine the White House's defense of the president in the impeachment trial.The White House has told Republican senators that the lawyers arguing on Trump's behalf in the Senate, including White House counsel Pat Cipollone, had no knowledge of Bolton's account.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking to Republican senators in a closed-door meeting Tuesday evening, said he did not yet have the votes to block a vote to consider witnesses.
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