McConnell says GOP doesn’t have votes yet to block impeachment witnesses, as Bolton book disrupts trial script

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The White House’s plans for a speedy impeachment trial were thrown into doubt Tuesday with Senate Republicans floating competing proposals on how to deal with new explosive revelations from ex-national security adviser John Bolton -- and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell telling Republicans he doesn’t yet have enough votes to block the calling of impeachment witnesses.

Trump lawyer calls Bolton book ‘inadmissible,’ as defense team wraps impeachment arguments

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President Trump’s legal team argued John Bolton’s book manuscript should be “inadmissible” in the impeachment trial and urged an immediate acquittal as they wrapped up arguments before senators on Tuesday.

Bolton for Biden? Witness swap talk revived in wake of bombshell book manuscript

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The jolting revelations from John Bolton’s manuscript revived on Capitol Hill talk of a witness swap as a way to hear from the former national security adviser in President Trump’s impeachment trial.

Trump rates his legal team’s performance in Senate impeachment trial

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A pleased President Trump views his lawyers’ forceful two-hour defense presentation Saturday as a “mandate to end” the impeachment trial swiftly, sources familiar with Trump’s thinking told Fox News.

Schiff stands by ‘head on a pike’ remark in Senate impeachment speech amid GOP furor

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Lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff dismissed the GOP hubbub over his “head on a pike” remarks as a mere distraction from President Trump’s impeachable conduct.

GOP senators: Dems threw Bidens ‘under the bus’ in Trump impeachment trial

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President Trump’s allies say Democrats made a critical mistake by spending so much time on Joe and Hunter Biden in their Senate impeachment trial arguments, and they’ve given Trump’s legal team no choice but give the father and son's dealings in Ukraine a starring role when they launch their defense starting Saturday. 

Nadler calls Trump a ‘dictator’ as Dems wrap opening arguments in Senate impeachment trial

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The Democrats prosecuting the case against President Trump in the Senate impeachment trial wrapped up three exhausting days of opening statements Friday evening, insisting the president tried to “cheat” in the 2020 election through his dealings with Ukraine and, therefore, should be removed from office.

GOP senator says Schumer using impeachment as tool to become majority leader

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Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso on Friday accused Sen. Chuck Schumer of using the impeachment trial of President Trump as a cudgel against swing-state Republican senators to further his aspiration to serve as Senate majority leader.

Senators play with fidget spinners, stress balls to pass time during impeachment

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Stuck in the chamber for hours on end without cell phones or laptops, senators have turned to fidget spinners, books, yoga techniques and an array of snacks to stay alert during the impeachment trial of President Trump.