'They will probably get what they want,' Sen. Kamala Harris says of GOP senators. But 'they cannot walk out of this building and allege and assert that there has been a true acquittal. There will be no true acquittal if there is not a fair trial.'
How she'll vote is just one element in general uncertainty over how the trial will unfold when the Senate reconvenes.Both sides will engage in at least four hours of debate over the witness question before the Senate votes on that. Republicans have indicated they'd prefer to wrap things up -- move to a final vote on whether to acquit the president shortly after -- but motions from Democrats and arguments could extend the session late into the night.
Deputy Counsel to the President Patrick Philbin answers a question during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate in Washington, Jan. 30, 2020. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, at a morning news conference, says,"the result of today's vote is still an open question" but he and other Democrats seemed resigned to losing the battle.
"Republican senators who decide to go against the will of the people will have to reckon with them," he says."If my Republican colleagues refuse to even consider witnesses and documents in this trial, this country is headed towards the greatest cover-up since Watergate."
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