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McConnell Rejects Schumer’s Bid for More Testimony at Trump Impeachment Trial


U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s bid to have key aides to President Donald Trump testify at a Trump impeachment trial in January.McConnell called the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives’ effort to impeach Trump, likely culminating in a Wednesday vote against the U.S. leader, “slapdash” and “sloppy.” McConnell said it was not the responsibility of the Senate to engage in further fact-finding to “search desperately for ways to get to guilty.”Schumer says the Senate should hear testimony from four Trump officials, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security …read more

Source:: Voice of America

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