::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

(The Slice): In the ongoing stand off between the White House and Senate Democrats, on Friday afternoon Sen. Chuck Schumer staunchly argued for documentary evidence that is necessary for a sufficient impeachment trial that and says he does not want to prolong the process. He stood in rebuttal to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who has just Schumer, the Minority Leader said in an address from the Senate Chamber on Friday afternoon, "The rules of this trial will be determined by the majority in this chamber. . . We are no closer to a fair Senate trial than when we last met." "Nothing in McConnell's argument has bolstered his position that there should not be witnesses as Democrats requested," argued Schumer. Schumer's opinion considers new emails that were revealed since the Congress went on holiday break. In an email, Micheal Duffie wrote that the president had given "clear direction" to delay military assis...

Schumer responds in rebuttal to MConnell blocking witnesses from appearing before the Senate in impeachment trial (The Slice): Democrats are looking ahead to a senate trial in anticipation of a partisan vote on the impeachment of Pres. Donald J. Trump. According to a New York Times article released Tuesday morning, 64% of Republicans want to hear from 4 White House witnesses who have direct knowledge of the Ukraine phone call. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer specified in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the weekend that White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton, senior adviser to the acting White House chief of staff Robert Blair and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey should appear in the presidential impeachment trial should it occur.   McConnell had rejected the request for the Democrat’s most-wanted witnesses on the Senate floor and argued that House Democrats rushed ...

By Mona Austin Call it a break down in communication or a an orchestrated stunt to distract the public from additional oversight of the redacted Mueller Report, either way Pres. Donald Trump and the top congressional leaders in the country  are not talking. On Wednesday, the collapse in communication occurred when a planned infrastructure meeting between Mr. Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was replaced with  unscheduled televised remarks in the White House Rose Garden. U pset after learning that Pelosi said he is "engaged in a cover up,"  he complained that Democrats were still continuing a "phony" investigation to determine if he colluded with the Russian government and repeated there was no collusion found after his cooperation with the initial investigation.  "I don't do cover ups," he said and proceeded to roll off the accomplishments of his administration.  Under the threat of impea...