Republican senators, forced to sit mostly in silence during the first real day of President Trump's impeachment trial, can no longer ignore the incriminating evidence against the President | Analysis by stcollinson
None of the bitter exchanges in the well of the chamber on Tuesday are likely to change the reality that there's no two-thirds majority in the Republican-led chamber to convict the President and throw him out of office.And any dim hopes that the trial could stir a moment of national catharsis and a path out of the most bitter political crisis in decades are already dead after a rancorous day. The debate stretched long past midnight into Wednesday morning.
Still, Collins has disappointed Democrats before, and four Republicans would need to defect for Democrats to achieve their goal of admitting new evidence and witnesses.Democrats want to call former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, among other former officials. Trump's team says the Senate should not subpoena witnesses who Democrats chose not to pursue through court challenges before the President was formally impeached.
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