Chuck Schumer compares Senate trial of Trump without witnesses to 'Alice in Wonderland'

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The Senate minority leader said he wants the Senate and the American people to 'hear all the evidence.'

Schumer strongly criticized the suggestion that a trial could move forward fairly without calling additional witnesses, such as Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney who did not testify in the House impeachment inquiry due to orders from the White House.do we hear all the arguments, and then maybe have the evidence, the witnesses and the trial?" Schumer.

"I am hopeful that our Republican colleagues will come forward," he said, pointing out that such a move didn't amount to voting to convict the president. He argued that it simply meant the Senate would"hear all the evidence," and that it could even potentially uncover"exculpatory" evidence to clear Trump of any alleged wrongdoing.

Trump became the third president in U.S. history to be impeached by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in December. However, the vote largely passed along party lines, with no Republican voting in favor of the articles of impeachment. The next step in the process, according to the Constitution, is for the House to transfer the case to the Senate for trial.

McConnell has stated that he plans to take his"cues" from White House counsel, and has criticized Pelosi for holding the articles of impeachment. He has argued that this is because the caseto convict the president.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speak during a press conference in Washington, D.C. on November 12"McConnell made clear that he will feebly comply with President Trump's cover-up of his abuses of power and be an accomplice to that cover-up," Pelosi tweeted on Friday."The American people deserve the truth."

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More compelling testimony to come.

He didn't have any problem with the same scenario during Clinton's impeachment.

Kind of like the House Impeachment inquiry, except no witnesses to a non-event is actually a lot more genuine.

wherez jessica kwong?

Nancy is the Queen of Hearts? 'OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!'

'Alice in Wonderland in the Democrat House'

Where was he when the house did exactly that?

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