Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., indicated to CNN on Saturday that he is open to the arguments from President Trump's defense team in the impeachment trial. After an abbreviated session Saturday in which Trump's defense lawyers essentially presented a preview of their case, which they are expected to resume Monday, Manchin told CNN's Manu Raju he thought the lawyers did a "good job." "One thing that stuck in my mind is they said there isn't a witness they have had so far that had direct contact with the president," Manchin told Raju. STEPHANIE GRISHAM: TIMING OF JOHN BOLTON BOOK MANUSCRIPT LEAK IS 'VERY SUSPICIOUS'Manchin continued: "I'd love to hear from Mulvaney and Bolton ... "But I want to hear the other side because there's always another side to that and that's the whole rule of law, who we are."

Source: Fox News January 27, 2020 15:33 UTC