No Witnesses in Impeachment Trial: Senate Vote Signals Trump to be Acquitted Soon
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The Senate impeachment trial adjourned Friday evening with a vote not to call witnesses in the trial. After closing arguments on Monday, a final vote will take place, during which President Trump is expected to be acquitted. While left-leaning articles report that McConnell got Trump to sign off for his vote plan, right-leaning articles highlight that Democrats will not stop pursuing Trump’s removal from office, even after he gets acquitted.
A left-leaning article by Bloomberg emphasizes that Mitch McConnell got approval from President Trump before introducing the resolution that sets the final votes for Wednesday. The article also reports that Chief Justice John Roberts said it would be “inappropriate” for him to break tie votes in a Senate impeachment trial, and that Trump is “gratified” that the Senate will set a schedule for his acquittal.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that while Democrats pleaded for two weeks to hear testimony from witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton, only two Republicans (Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine) voted with the Democratic caucus. Friday’s vote was not a surprise, as it followed announcements from Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who stated that they do not need to hear additional testimony.
A right-leaning article by The Daily Caller reports that on Friday night’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show, Republican California Representative Devin Nunes explained to Fox News host Tucker Carlson that even the Senate’s final acquittal does not signal the end of Democrats’ efforts to remove Trump from office. He cited the fact that even after the Mueller case “collapsed completely,” Adam Schiff and his staff pursued the “Ukraine hoax” out of nowhere.
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Devin Nunes Has Some ‘Bad News’ For Tucker After Senate Votes No On Witnesses
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