Trump’s Defense Team Discounts Bolton as Republicans Work to Hold Off Witnesses

Posted on AllSides January 29th, 2020
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impeachment, Impeachment Trial, US Senate, Witnesses

The president’s legal team completed its impeachment defense and Republicans huddled to discuss whether to call new witnesses.

President Trump’s defense team appealed to the Senate on Tuesday to disregard a new account by the former national security adviser John R. Bolton that bolsters the impeachment case against the president. But by day’s end, Republican leaders working feverishly to block testimony from Mr. Bolton or other witnesses indicated they had not yet corralled the votes to do so.

On the final day of arguments on Mr. Trump’s behalf, Jay Sekulow,...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/us/politics/trumps-defense-team-discounts-bolton-as-republicans-work-to-hold-off-witnesses.html

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