Soon the questions surrounding Trump’s actions toward Ukraine will move from the Senate floor to the campaign trail, where voters instead of lawmakers will weigh the evidence in the heat of the 2020 presidential election.
The impeachment managers’ effort to persuade Republicans to support calling witnesses was confirmed as a failure earlier in the day when pivotal swing vote Lisa Murkowski said she would oppose the motion.In a sharply worded statement, Murkowski decried the impeachment process that started last fall in the House, while declining to weigh in on Trump’s actions.
“The facts will come out,” he said. “They will continue to come out. And the question before you today is whether they will come out in time for you to make a complete and informed judgment as to the guilt or innocence of the president.” The letter, written by Parnas’s lawyers, stated that the efforts involved a large group of top Republican officials and operatives, including Vice President Pence, then-Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William P. Barr, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham and Rep. Devin Nunes .
“In my view, they kind of leave themselves open to a lot of criticism,” Kelly said in an interview with N.J. Advance Media. “It’s a job only half done. You open yourself up forever as a Senate that shirks its responsibilities.”
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