Trump impeachment trial: democrats present case as senators fidget
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While polling suggests widespread agreement that Trump should allow top aides and former aides to appear as witnesses at the trial, that possibility seems remote. In wrangling over rules for
the trial that stretched into the early morning hours, Republicans shot down, one by one, Democrats’ efforts to get Trump aides to testify, including former national security adviser John
Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. While some Republicans have expressed openness to new witnesses, it is unclear if four GOP senators will join
Democrats to allow new testimony.