Key votes in Senate impeachment trial unclear as Trump lawyers conclude their case

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Trump team wraps impeachment defense with an elephant in the Senate: John Bolton

The fate of key votes in President Trump’s impeachment trial remained uncertain Tuesday as his defense lawyers concluded their arguments and Republicans led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell struggled to muster the votes to bring the trial to a speedy close without calling witnesses.

“Nine months left to go [before the election], the people should judge. We are a republic, we are based on the will of the people — the people should judge,” she said.Still, she indicated that arguments in the trial about Trump’s character and fitness for office had shifted her thinking. “What changed my opinion as this went on,” she said, is a realization that “impeachment isn’t about one offense.

Several Democrats have not ruled out voting for acquittal. But only a few have been considered truly up for grabs because of the strong support for Trump in their states: Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Doug Jones of Alabama and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. “I’ll make a prediction,” Graham said: There will be “51 Republican votes to call Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, the whistleblower.”In his concluding argument, Sekulow insisted that Trump’s actions toward Ukraine had been fully within his power as president.

Bolton, a combative conservative and a hawk on national security, declined a House invitation to testify but subsequently said he would do so at the Senate trial if subpoenaed. However, the White House issued a blanket order blocking officials and documents, calling the impeachment process illegitimate.

Sen. Rand Paul questioned Bolton’s motivations for wanting to testify, and the timing of the leak. “Democrats have spent a lot of time imagining what the president’s motives are,” Paul said. “Someone ought to spend some time imaging what John Bolton’s motives are other than making millions of dollars to trash the president.”

 

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What!!!!!!😳😳😳😳 unbelievable! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Fuuuuuuuuuuck Feinstein

Finally cleaned up that headline I see.

This used to be a newspaper. Yech.

Listen to Dershowitz.

So the whole thing is a scam. Dnc aren't listening to the evidence.

OMG even FOX straightened this out! 'Now that both sides made their cases, it’s clear the president’s actions were wrong. He withheld vital foreign assistance for personal political gain. That can’t be allowed to stand.'

mollymotoole EliStokols wrong again shameful faux journalists

Why are you still posting this inaccurate story, refuted by the Senator in writing?

Doubling down on your big lie? I am glad I never wasted a dime on a subscription.

SenFeinstein this President is a foil to what the founders wrote. He is a typical case of why they wrote in a conviction and removal clause. This is your legacy here. Please do not get mad at the message. Trump is the messenger.🙏🏼🇺🇸

Remove her from office.

Are you still pushing this? It ceases to be a misunderstanding when you continue to push this after an explanation is given.

If she’s doesn’t vote with Dems, we will.

Where is my tax cut?

Oops. Still incorrect.

Botched reporting.

Quit trying to make “dems in disarray” happen

WTF?

Can’t believe you are still posting this headline. She even made a statement saying you were wrong.

From this article: 'In a later written statement, in which she said she had initially been “misunderstood,” Feinstein said “it’s clear the president’s actions were wrong.” Change your headline

Except that’s not what Feinstein said. Why are you still reporting this? SenFeinstein

Why would you retweet a headline you already corrected after-the-fact?

If she acquits, it will be her last year in the senate.

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5 hours later and the headline still says Feinstein is a maybe on acquittal.

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