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In reply to the discussion: Whose idea was it not to call witnesses [View all]bottomofthehill
(8,406 posts)The lead prosecutor in the impeachment case against former President Trump is defending the decision to agree to a deal that resulted in no witnesses being called for the trial just after a Senate vote that allowed them.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead impeachment manager and a constitutional expert, said he alone made the decision not to press for new witness testimony in the case, even after the impeachment managers had forced the Senate to vote to allow that very thing.
But Raskin said he had no contact with President Biden, Vice President Harris or anyone else in the White House before the impeachment managers agreed to a deal with Trump's defense allowing a new statement to be entered into the record, but no new witness depositions.
"I made the call," he said. "So you want to blame somebody [it's me]."
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