Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed on Tuesday that a potential impeachment trial in the Senate will take place right after the New Year, once senators return from a holiday recess.
"I think the prospect of calling witnesses, in my view, seems unlikely, as much as some people might like to complete the incomplete record," Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. told reporters Tuesday."The premise of the whole impeachment process is so warped that completing a bad record just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me."
Trump himself has also repeatedly called for House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff to testify as part of the Senate trial. "There’s people who want to call witnesses, there’s people who don’t want to call witnesses," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. said. "I think the trial needs to end as quickly as possible."
GOP Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana warned that calling witnesses could be a"double edged sword" for both Republicans and Democrats. The Senate’s No. 2 Republican, John Thune of South Dakota, said the desire to finish the impeachment trial as quickly as possible would likely trump the need to call in witnesses.
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