Anonymous ID: 6e99f9 Dec. 10, 2019, 12:53 p.m. No.7474657   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4670 >>4759 >>4974 >>5016 >>5102

'End this': Republicans poised to call no witnesses during Trump impeachment trial in Senate

 

Senate Republicans do not expect to call witnesses President Trump might want to hear from most in an impeachment trial, conceding there are not the votes to summon key figures such as Hunter Biden and the unidentified government whistleblower whose complaint sparked the process.

 

Senate impeachment rules require a majority vote to call witnesses, and with just two out of 53 votes to spare, there is no “appetite” among Republicans to pursue testimony from people that Democrats blocked Republicans from subpoenaing during the House investigation. Indeed, Republicans might forgo calling witnesses altogether, saying minds are made up on Trump’s guilt or innocence and that testimony at trial on the Senate floor would draw out the proceedings unnecessarily.

 

Top Republicans are leaning toward calling for a vote to acquit Trump immediately after House Democrats and the White House have delivered their arguments to head off partisan disagreements that might lengthen the trial.

 

That has led some of the president’s defenders to hope the Senate calls witnesses such as Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden; the whistleblower; Democratic operative Alexandra Chalupa; and Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, whose firm, Fusion GPS, was contracted during the 2016 campaign to dig up dirt on Trump. The president is not in danger of being removed from office by the Senate, a move that requires 67 votes.

 

But in a trial, he is seeking exoneration. Some Republicans question whether that’s possible without hearing from witnesses, whether it be these or other less politically charged figures. “Not sure how you have a fair trial without calling witnesses,” said one Trump ally in the House. But with some Senate Republicans facing uncertain 2020 reelection contests and others privately unhappy with Trump’s behavior, mustering 51 GOP votes for Trump’s dream witness list appears impossible.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/end-this-republicans-poised-to-call-no-witnesses-during-trump-impeachment-trial-in-senate

 

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Anonymous ID: 6e99f9 Dec. 10, 2019, 1:06 p.m. No.7474759   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4769 >>4939 >>4974 >>5102 >>5111

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'End this': Republicans poised to call no witnesses during Trump impeachment trial in Senate

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/end-this-republicans-poised-to-call-no-witnesses-during-trump-impeachment-trial-in-senate

 

The Defense Rests: GOP Leaders Reportedly Considering Not Calling a Single Witness in Trump Senate Impeachment Trial

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/the-defense-rests-gop-leaders-reportedly-considering-not-calling-a-single-witness-in-trump-senate-impeachment-trial/

 

Republicans may directly acquit Trump at Senate trial, not call witnesses

https://nypost.com/2019/12/10/republicans-may-directly-acquit-trump-at-senate-trial-not-call-witnesses/

 

Senate Republicans Push Back Against Trump’s Impeachment Show Trial

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/senate-gop-pushes-back-against-trump-impeachment-show-trial.html

 

Senate GOP Not Expected to Call Hunter Biden to Testify in Impeachment Trial

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/melanie-arter/senate-gop-not-expected-call-hunter-biden-testify-impeachment-trial

Anonymous ID: 6e99f9 Dec. 10, 2019, 1:16 p.m. No.7474825   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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…………………………….it was like that last year too…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….