PALM BEACH, Fla. - The fate of a Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump is at an impasse as Republican and Democratic leaders remained at odds over what form it would take and what witnesses would be called. The House voted Wednesday to impeach Trump, who became only the third president in U.S. history to be formally charged with “high crimes and misdemeanours.“ But the Senate trial may be held up until lawmakers can agree on how to proceed. Instead, McConnell appears to have secured Republican support for his plans to impose a framework drawn from the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. The Constitution requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict in an impeachment trial — and Republicans have expressed confidence that they have more than enough votes to keep Trump in office. The committee also said that testimony from McGahn could be useful in any Senate impeachment trial.

Source: thestar December 24, 2019 05:03 UTC