On Friday, Republicans in the Senate rejected Democratic efforts to extend the impeachment trial by calling new witnesses forward.
After hours of debate during the day, the Senate voted 51 to 49 to block a Democratic motion to call new witnesses.
Two Republicans, however, Sen. Mitt Romney (UT) and Sen. Susan Collins (ME) voted with Democrats for new witnesses.
“Senators will now confer among ourselves, with the House managers, and with the president’s counsel to determine the next steps as we prepare to conclude the trial in the coming days,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said in a statement after the vote on witnesses,” reported Fox News.
As for the vote rejecting new witnesses, McConnell said: “A majority of the U.S. Senate has determined that the numerous witnesses and 28,000-plus pages of documents already in evidence are sufficient to judge the House Managers’ accusations and end this impeachment trial,” as per Fox News.
President Trump took to Twitter slamming Democrats: “The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats keep chanting ‘fairness’, when they put on the most unfair Witch Hunt in the history of the U.S. Congress. They had 17 Witnesses, we were allowed ZERO, and no lawyers. They didn’t do their job, had no case. The Dems are scamming America!” (Continued Below)
After the vote on witnesses, the president drew attention to the number of witnesses during the House’s impeachment proceedings writing on Twitter: “Democrats = 17 Witnesses. Republicans = 0 Witnesses.”
(Related: Pelosi Claims Trump “Won’t Be Acquitted” If The Senate Votes Not To Convict Him On The Two Articles)
“No matter what you give to the Democrats, in the end, they will NEVER be satisfied. In the House, they gave us NOTHING!” President Trump declared. (Video Below)
51 to 49 Senate vote:
YEA 49 — NAY 51: Senators have voted against allowing witnesses in the impeachment trial of Pres. Trump https://t.co/vwxdcibO1r pic.twitter.com/vKtfy0OsNb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 31, 2020
President Trump’s official tweets:
Democrats = 17 Witnesses. Republicans = 0 Witnesses.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2020
The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats keep chanting “fairness”, when they put on the most unfair Witch Hunt in the history of the U.S. Congress. They had 17 Witnesses, we were allowed ZERO, and no lawyers. They didn’t do their job, had no case. The Dems are scamming America!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2020
No matter what you give to the Democrats, in the end, they will NEVER be satisfied. In the House, they gave us NOTHING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2020
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