How the trial got to no on witnesses
Updated: February 14
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WASHINGTON - The debate among the House impeachment managers raged through the night, as the hours and then minutes ticked down early Saturday before what was widely expected to be the final day of former president Donald Trump’s Senate trial.
After weeks of bending to political pressure to ensure a speedy proceeding, some on the House team wanted to make one final, furious push to demand a more intensive investigation - to call witnesses to talk about Trump’s behavior before, during and after the mob attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.