NEW: Senate Minority Leader Schumer has made an offer to Senate Majority Leader McConnell on the parameters of an impeachment trial that include calling fmr. national security adviser Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mulvaney to testify.
that wraps before witnesses are called, indicating that he hopes he has the support of 51 senators for a speedy resolution. In comments to Sean Hannity of Fox News last week, he said he and the president’s counsel are working closely, and that he hoped that in the Senate, there would not be “a single Republican who votes for either of these articles of impeachment.”appeared to have pre-judged the proceedings.
Schumer also proposed that the Senate issue subpoenas on a ”narrowly drawn” request that is “neither burdensome or time-consuming” of electronic communications and memoranda of relevant officials in the White House, OMB and State Department. Schumer and McConnell are expected to meet early this week to discuss the details of how a Senate trial would work. If no agreement is reached between the leaders, then the Senate would vote at each step of the process. Each vote would require the support of 51 senators.
Schumer proposed that the Senate proceedings begin on Jan. 6, 2020, with the swearing-in of Chief Justice John Roberts, who will preside over the proceedings — as well as the senators who will serve as jurors — occurring on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.
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