Dem Senator Opposed Clinton Impeachment Witnesses, Now Calls for Witnesses Against Trump
Elizabeth Matamoros - January 16, 2020 5:30 PM
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) opposed the House's efforts to push the Senate to listen to witnesses during President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, but now he supports having such witnesses during its trial of President Donald Trump.
The Vermont senator said during a Thursday interview on VPR's All Things Considered that the Senate opting not to hear from witnesses would leave a "dark mark" on the chamber.
"I think it would be a mark against the Constitution, a mark against the Congress, and actually would not in any way help the president. So if we want to start the proceedings and then vote on witnesses, that's a possibility," Leahy said. "But why do something that is just going to be a dark mark, not on the president, but on the United States Senate."
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