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BadGimp

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Tue Jan 28, 2020, 08:23 PM Jan 2020

Poll: 75% of voters want witnesses for Senate impeachment trial [View all]

Source: CNN.com

(CNN) Three-quarters of registered voters think witnesses should be allowed to testify in the Senate impeachment trial, which has reached a crucial inflection point, a new national poll from Quinnipiac University finds.

This includes 49% of Republicans who think witnesses should be allowed to testify, 75% of independents and 95% of Democrats.

President Donald Trump's legal team ended their opening arguments Tuesday afternoon and the trial now moves on to a 16-hour period for senators to ask questions. Following that could be a vote on whether to bring witnesses, which has long been seen as a critical vote but has taken on new importance in the wake of news reports on former Trump national security adviser John Bolton's book.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/politics/quinnipiac-impeachment-poll-witnesses/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Most+Recent%29



And apparently this:

McConnell tells GOP senators he does not have the votes to block witnesses in Trump's impeachment
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142425340
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