Charges brought by the house. I believe these documents are also of great importance to making sure senators have the information necessary to make a fully informed decision, this terribly weighty decision. The house has built a very strong case against the president. Maybe thats why leader mcconnell doesnt seem to want witnesses, at least not agree to them now. Maybe thats why the president is afraid, because the house case is so strong, that they dont want witnesses that might corroborate it. The evidence the house put together includes public testimony given under oath by numerous senior officials appointed by President Trump. These are trump 57. Teas were calling, not some partisan democratic. Some republican senators have said that, while the charges are serious, they havent seen enough evidence to make a decision. Thats one of the reasons i propose subpoenas for these witnesses for these documents, all directly relevant, from officials who have yesterday to testify during any sta
it s not a trial. if you were in charge of asking for rules for this vote, what would be your priority? i come out of a system which rules are set, remain set, federal rules of evidence, federal rules of criminal procedure, they don t change based on who the trial judge is or which party controls congress or the white house. what i d like to see are a set of rules that permit a full and fair hearing, we hear from the witnesses, see documents. i would like, craig, and this may be pretty unrealistic, a set of rules that would remain regardless of who is in power in congress and regardless of who controls the white house. if it s fair to hear from the witnesses under these set of circumstances with a democratic house and democratic president, why wouldn t it be fair to do the same thing with a republican house and a democratic president. what do you make of this argument that we heard from senator mcconnell last hour, that the primary reason democrats want to call witnesses now is bec