Collins says she's working with other GOP senators to allow impeachment witnesses

[mystery-ak]

Collins says she's working with other GOP senators to allow impeachment witnesses
By Jordain Carney - 01/10/20 01:06 PM EST

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Friday said that she is working with a group of Republican senators to allow for both President Trump's legal team and the House managers to be able to call witnesses during the impeachment trial.

Collins told the Bangor Daily News that she is working with a "fairly small" group of senators to ensure that an initial resolution on the trial rules allows for witnesses.

“I am hopeful that we can reach an agreement on how to proceed with the trial that will allow the opportunity for both the House and the president’s counsel if they choose to do so,” she said.


Collins declined to say how many Republicans she is working with, but argued that her colleagues should be "completely open to calling witnesses.”

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Susan Collins working with 'small group' of GOP senators to call impeachment trial witnesses
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/susan-collins-working-with-small-group-of-gop-senators-to-call-impeachment-trial-witnesses

[austingirl]

It's stupid to dignify these insubstantial charges with a trial. Dismiss with prejudice and do the same with each salvo the democommies will continue to lob.

[The_Reader_David]

It's stupid to dignify these insubstantial charges with a trial. Dismiss with prejudice and do the same with each salvo the democommies will continue to lob.

No.  Call Ukrainian witnesses.  There are at least two former Ukrainian MPs who will aver that the Ukrainian government funneled money "bags of cash" in the words of one to the Clinton campaign through Burisima Holdings.  If they'll testify to that under oath, it makes Trump's call with Zelinsky absolutely legitimate and shows that almost all of the accusations the Democrats have leveled against Trump are a cover-up for their own dirty deeds.