Schumer cites Bolton as reason for key Republicans to join Democrats' demand for Senate trial witnesses.
"A simple majority is all it takes to ensure that the Senate issues a subpoena for these witness if only four Republicans decide that Mr. Bolton and the three other witnesses ought to be heard, they will be heard because every Democrat will vote to hear them," Schumer said, speaking on the Senate floor.
Schumer said Democrats would force a vote on each witness, making the Republicans go on the record on how a trial would be conducted."Make no mistake, there will be votes," he said. McConnell has argued that the question of witnesses should be treated the same as it was in the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, in which senators agreed beforehand they would vote on having any witnesses in the middle of a trial, only after senators had heard arguments on the evidence.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks on the Senate floor, Dec. 19, 2019, the day after the House vote to impeach President Donald Trump.McConnell so far has not budged after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wouldn't forward the articles of impeachment, passed almost three weeks ago, to the Senate until Democrats were assure there would be a fair trial, including witnesses.
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