According to an exclusive report from Bloomberg, Senate Republicans are saying there’s a growing “early consensus” that a short impeachment trial that could see the GOP-led chamber “vote on a likely acquittal of President Donald Trump without hearing from any witnesses” is the way to go.

“Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, said a growing number of the Senate’s 53 GOP members want to simply let House Democrats make their case to impeach the president and then hear a rebuttal from Trump’s team before moving immediately to a vote on the articles of impeachment,” Bloomberg’s Laura Litvan and Steven T. Dennis report.

Read the full report here.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/republicans-are-leaning-towards-a-short-impeachment-trial-in-the-senate-with-no-witnesses-report/

Donald J. Trump
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They spied on my campaign!

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Clear Cider
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Why, yes, they sure did & do.



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Manu Raju
@mkraju

Joe Manchin told me that he's "very much torn" about whether to vote to convict Trump on both counts.

"We have a divided country. On the other hand. we have equal branch of governments, responsibilities in the Constitution. There are a lot of things at stake here.“

11:36 AM · Dec 11, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1204802176717119488

Manu Raju
@mkraju

Manchin: "I'm very much torn on it. I think it weighs on everybody."

He said that he thinks the Senate should hear from witnesses like Mick Mulvaney and Rudy Giuliani -- and also said: "I don't have a problem with Hunter Biden" testifying. "That's all a part of this.”

11:37 AM · Dec 11, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1204802346406023168

A small group of vulnerable House Democrats is floating the longshot idea of censuring President Donald Trump instead of impeaching him, according to multiple lawmakers familiar with the conversations.

The group of about 10 lawmakers included Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.), and Ben McAdams (D-Utah.).

“I think it’s certainly appropriate and might be a little more bipartisan, who knows,” Schrader said Tuesday when asked about the possibility of a censure resolution. But he acknowledged: “Time’s slipping by.”

The idea of censure, according to the lawmakers, is to offer a competing alternative to impeachment that could attract at least some Republican support on the floor. It would also help Democrats avoid a lengthy impeachment trial in the Senate, which some in this group fear could tilt public opinion toward the GOP in the final months before the 2020 election.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/democrats-censure-impeachment-080311

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Just received a briefing on the horrific shootout that took place in Jersey City, NJ. Our thoughts & prayers are w/ the victims & their families during this very difficult & tragic time. We will continue to monitor the situation as we assist local & state officials on the ground.

4:41 PM · Dec 10, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

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