Trump impeachment: Democrats fume as Republicans rally behind president Read more“Trials have witnesses. “To engage a trial without the facts coming out is to engage in a cover-up.”The request sets up a bruising clash over the shape and scope of only the third impeachment trial in US history. The House of Representatives, controlled by the Democrats, is set to vote in favor of two articles of impeachment on Wednesday. Still, the impeachment vote will be difficult for moderate freshman Democrats, especially those who flipped Republican seats that Trump won in 2016. In his letter to McConnell, Schumer writes: “Senate Democrats believe strongly, and I trust Senate Republicans agree, that this trial must be one that is fair, that considers all of the relevant facts … The trial must pass the fairness test with the American people.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2019 13:12 UTC