Who Might Argue the Case Against Trump in the Senate Impeachment Trial?
Here are some of the leading candidates.
Here are some of the leading candidates.
A Wednesday vote would allow the Senate to begin the trial as soon as this week.
"My colleagues can’t have it both ways. Calling for some, while blocking others."
"By the end of the week, maybe before the end of the week."
"There is almost no interest."
"John Bolton is a key witness."
"I always said I would send them over."
"We wanted the public to see the need for witnesses..."
"House didn't subpoena Bolton and other key impeachment witnesses. And House didn't seek to enforce subpoenas it did issue."
"It will be when the speaker decides."
What will be covered by the Republican-backed "phase one" plan?
"There have been several crucial disclosures of evidence that appear to further incriminate the president."
"I misspoke this morning."
"I'm not holding them indefinitely."
"There's real business for the American people that the United States Senate needs to complete."
"Pelosi doesn’t want to hand over The Articles of Impeachment, which were fraudulently produced by corrupt politicians like Shifty Schiff in the first place."
"I don't see what good delay does."
"We’ve got the votes necessary to start the trial using the Clinton model."
"We're not going to let Nancy Pelosi use the rules of the Senate to her advantage."
"Democrats have let 'Trump derangement syndrome' develop into the kind of dangerous partisan fever that our founding fathers were afraid of."