WASHINGTON - Another pivotal Republican announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's US Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal.
Democrats, who called a trial without witnesses a sham, need four Republicans to join them to win a vote on the issue. Two of the 53 Republicans in the 100-seat Senate, moderates Mitt Romney and Susan Collins, have come out in favour. Patty Murray, a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, told reporters that"all signs point to a rushed acquittal of an impeached president."
A two-thirds Senate majority is required to remove Trump. No Republicans have yet indicated they will vote to convict. Trump, only the third president in US history to be impeached, denies wrongdoing and has accused Democrats of an"attempted coup." On Friday, the Times reported that Bolton also wrote that Trump directed him in May to assist in a pressure campaign to get damaging information on Democrats from Ukrainian officials.
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