McConnell Plots Path to Deliver Swift Trump Acquittal by Senate
- GOP leader rips Schumer plan to call Bolton, Mulvaney at trial
- Schumer also wants documents Trump withheld from the House
Mitch McConnell arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 16.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is setting a course to quash Democrats’ attempts to extend the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by calling new witnesses, as he pushes toward a goal of ending it swiftly in acquittal.
McConnell on Tuesday made clear he’s not interested in giving in to any demands from Democrats. He said that the partisan House impeachment would result in “an almost entirely partisan outcome in the Senate as well.”