This position was absurd, Crow insisted, telling the Senate "we cannot and should not leave our common sense at the door." As for the president's team on Monday, attorney Kenneth Starr argued the House's impeachment power is not free of limitations. "Did the House Judiciary Committee rush to judgment in fashioning the articles of impeachment? "What was being said in the sounds of silence was this: we don’t have time to follow the rules," he said, pointing specifically to House Democrats' refusal to allow Republicans to call witnesses. A final vote on Trump’s removal will be held on Wednesday, when the president is expected to be acquitted by the Senate's Republican majority.

Source: Fox News February 03, 2020 16:25 UTC