Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brushed aside a Democratic request to call new witnesses in a Senate impeachment trial expected next month, sending another clear signal that he expects senators not to remove President Trump from office
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday brushed aside a Democratic request to call four current and former White House officials as witnesses in a Senate impeachment trial expected next month, sending another clear signal that he expects senators not to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office.
Members of the House Rules Committee met on Tuesday over the rules for the debate before a historic vote set for Wednesday in the chamber in which Trump is likely to become the third U.S. president to be impeached. Trump has refused to cooperate with the House impeachment process and ordered current and former officials like those mentioned by Schumer not to testify or provide documents.
The White House also indicated opposition to Schumer’s requests for the Senate trial. McConnell has previously said there is “no chance” the Senate will convict and remove Trump and that he would work in “total coordination” with the White House and Trump’s defense team. House Democrats accuse Trump of abusing his power by asking Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic contender to oppose him in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Trump is also accused of obstructing the congressional investigation into the matter.Trump remained in attack mode, referring to the process in a Twitter post as “this whole Democrat Scam” and calling himself “your all time favorite President.
Raskin said the Judiciary Committee amassed overwhelming evidence that Trump committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” set as the standard for impeachment in the Constitution.
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