McConnell prepares to move forward on impeachment trial rules without Democrats
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving forward on a set of impeachment trial rules without Democratic support.
The GOP leader added that the Senate will"get around to the discussion of witnesses," but not before the Senate trial begins. Yet Republicans say Democrats offered them little alternative: Most scoffed at the idea that Schumer could determine what evidence is heard in the Senate. And McConnell's strategy has key backing from the handful of Republican swing votes heading into the trial, though many senators, like Lisa Murkowski , had hoped Schumer and McConnell could come to an agreement.
"What we’re aspiring to do is to get this process moving forward and indicate to the Democrats that as soon as they send those articles over here, we’re ready to go. Quit stalling," said Senate Majority Whip Thune . McConnell and Schumer have been unable to reach a deal on how to run the impeachment trial. And their efforts at negotiations were anemic, boiling down to a 20-minute conversation on December that got them no closer to a bipartisan result.
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