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... to show voters they are listening to demands for a fair trial.Most Republicans now appear willing to go along with McConnell's plan to start the trial first then consider witnesses later, rather than upfront, as Democrats want. Even if senators are able to vote to call new witnesses ...
... would take only 51 senators to vote to dismiss the charges against Trump.Most Republicans appear willing to go along with McConnell's plan to start the trial first then consider witnesses later, rather than upfront, as Democrats want. Collins is pushing to have at least the promise of witness ...
... to block Bolton or others from the administration from appearing before senators. Many of those officials have defied congressional subpoenas for their testimony. “When we start allowing national security advisers to just go up and say whatever they want to say, we can’t do that,” Trump said during an ...
... very center of the controversy. But Republicans were effective in raising doubts about whether or not Holmes overheard the conversation accurately, and why his boss, Taylor, waited to disclose the call until after the impeachment hearings began. Holmes defended his recollection, but his testimony left some gray area that Republicans ...
Weeks later, after testimony from Taylor and National Security Council official Tim Morrison placed him at the center of key discussions, Sondland revised his account in an extraordinary way. He said he now could recall a September conversation in which he told an aide to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy that ...
... got underway, the prevailing view among observers in Washington was that the final outcome -- impeachment in the House, and acquittal in the Senate -- was assured.Taylor and Kent’s testimony helped House Democrats generate some excitement at the start of the process. But the party will likely need to come ...
... starting at about 9 a.m. ET. Watch live in the video player above. The first witnesses before the House Intelligence Committee will be Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat for Ukraine and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. After opening statements ...
... 2019. Witness quality really matters Democratic aides tell PBS NewsHour they want to bookend the public impeachment inquiry hearings with blockbuster witnesses. They want to start strong because they believe people are going to make a decision about the success of the hearings within the first 90 minutes. As a ...
... s and that he is a closer and even more senior adviser to the president than Kupperman was. ___ WHAT'S NEXT Investigators are preparing to start public hearings in the coming week. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said three State Department witnesses will appear in two hearings Wednesday and ...
... the center of the impeachment probe. Though Trump has said there was no "quid pro quo," several of the witnesses, including top Ukraine diplomat William Taylor, have testified that it was their understanding that Ukraine would not receive military assistance or a coveted Oval Office visit until it met the ...
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