“They made a really compelling case for why the Senate should call witnesses and documents,” said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), the minority leader. Although there has been nothing yet to indicate that they can pick off the four Republican votes they would need to demand witnesses, Democrats continued Saturday to make their case. The president’s attorneys and Republicans have argued that Trump has the right to claim executive privilege in defying Congress’s requests. Prior to Saturday morning’s opening gavel, House Democrats submitted a 25,578-page impeachment record, wheeling carts loaded down with containers of thick binders to the Senate. “The most dangerous place in America is near the exit doors of the White House,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2020 15:38 UTC