Lamar Alexander opposes witnesses, likely sealing quick end to impeachment trial

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Thursday night he would not vote to hear witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, likely dooming a bid by Democrats and moderate Republicans and heralding the quick end of the trial.In a statement, Alexander said “there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the United States Constitution’s high bar for an impeachable offense.

“The question then is not whether the president did it, but whether the United States Senate or the American people should decide what to do about what he did. I believe that the Constitution provides that the people should make that decision in the presidential election that begins in Iowa on Monday. …Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with ‘the consent of the governed,’ not at the pleasure of the United States Congress. Let the people decide.

The New York Times reported earlier this week that Bolton says in a forthcoming book that Trump personally told him that nearly $400 million in security aid to Ukraine should be withheld until Ukrainian officials agreed to investigate Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. That would undercut a key line of defense for Trump, whose lawyers have said the aid holdup was unrelated to any investigation.

Trump’s defense asserted Wednesday that even if Trump did seek “quid pro quo” from Ukraine, it was not an impeachable offense.

Show em how we do it in Tennessee Lamar!

YES !!!!

OpenOutcrier Meanwhile; GOP’s Collins to Vote for Calling Witnesses

Coward. Dude just paid for his retirement. Republicans will pay this fool for the rest of his life.

Logical legal choice. Sadly SenatorRomney either isn’t intelligent enough to see what Lamar and many of my Democrat friends do, or his personal vindictiveness. Wish he’d pay me back for money I spent on his campaign and book. We supported Romney - it’s not reciprocal. 😞GOP

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