Senator says GOP 'deathly afraid' of impeachment witnesses, would make it harder to hide behind 'myth' of 'perfect phone call'

"She is focusing a spotlight on the need to have a fair trial in the United States Senate," he said."And it's especially necessary when you have Mitch McConnell, who you quoted earlier, saying publicly that he's not going to be an impartial juror, even though that's what the oath will require."

The senator for Maryland went on to say he didn't know if President Trump was"trash talking" when he said he wanted witnesses called for the impeachment trial, but added:"If it was such a perfect phone call, then send on Mick Mulvaney down to talk about that perfect phone call. Send down John Bolton."

Later in the interview with CBS News, Van Hollen claimed that Republicans were"deathly afraid" of fact witnesses being called before the Senate for an impeachment trial.

McConnell also said that he would coordinate with President Trump's team on his trial defense, saying there was"zero chance" the commander-in-chief would be removed from office.

ParryPierce Your perfect call will get shredded by the perfect witnesses and perfect emAils and documents.

Innocent people typically want to testify and prove their innocence. Not seeing much of that here.

We have the transcript

91 minutes after his call with Z of U, he withheld defense $ from U, which had been approved by the House. Not a perfect call, whatever that is.

The Mike Duffey email, sent 90 minutes after, has already destroyed the idea of the 'perfect phone call'. DonTheCon ImpeachAndRemove

It’s a statement of fact but who do these people serve for Gods sake?

Pussys gone wild

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President behaves like a teenager at times. Acting on the moment, ignoring consequences.

They know that their myths don't hold up to public scrutiny. That's why the GOP was unable to offer any kind of lucid defense. All they could do was either attack or obstruct the process.

The 'perfect phone call' that we have no idea what it really consisted of? The White House released a summary that was four minuets tops....the official record shows the phone call was actually 30 minutes. What we have is a doctored memo that excludes 26 minuets of the call.

It wasn't a 'perfect phone call.' Not even the White House supplied summary supports that bogus idea. And then the instant reaction to the call by some of those who were direct witnesses to it was one of alarm. That doesn't support an inference of 'perfect.'

No duh!

How can you have the trial without witnesses? Stand firm Nancy

Senators all involved in cover up.

How can you have a fair 'Impeachment Trial' without known witnesses and allowing the President to claim 'Executive Privilege' over these witnesses and interfere in Congress's ability to call such witnesses?

A hoax and nothing to hide: get the Senate ready by releasing all documents and let all witnesses testify senatemajldr. Where are you waiting for? You are the leader of the Senate. Be strong, have courage.

The play goes on and the voters ignore the script

'A Democratic Senator' The first three words is all anyone needs to read. The rest is a waste of time.

weird, I thought the entire transcript and whistleblower complaint was released? What exactly could additional testimony give that hasn't already seen the light? More gaslighting from Newsweek and the Dems. A very sad state of politics in America.

F'ing cowards who love the graft they accumulate more than the Constitution. Get rid of these corrupt and fragile idiots. End GOPCorruptionOverCountry and vote BlueWave2020 Bring about CampaignFinanceReform and put an end to this type of politics.

WH Budget Office emails immediately following that 'perfect phone call' already make that defense ridiculous

Yeah, that's definitely it. 🤣🤣🤣

Plausible deniability on steroids

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