Schumer and McConnelll quarrel over rejected request for White House witnesses
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 ...