{"id":52355,"date":"2021-02-13T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=52355"},"modified":"2021-02-13T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T19:36:17","slug":"trumps-second-impeachment-trial-end-in-total-pandemonium-democrats-beat-a-hasty-retreat-w-o-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=52355","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial End in Total Pandemonium, Democrats Beat a Hasty Retreat—W O W ! ! !<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"

House Managers Fold: Will Not Call Impeachment Witnesses After Pelosi Subpoena Threat<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Update (1300ET)<\/strong><\/u>: After a couple of hours of ‘negotiations’ during which Sen. Cruz threatened to subpoena Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Trump’s lawyers said they would call “100s of witnesses”, a deal has been reached that means no witnesses will be called.<\/p>\n

House impeachment managers dropped their request to obtain testimony from Representative\u00a0Jaime Herrera Beutler<\/strong>\u00a0after senators agreed instead to enter into the record an account of her secondhand account of a phone call between Trump and House Republican Leader\u00a0Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n

This agreement has\u00a0averted the prospect of an avalanche of requests for testimony from both sides<\/strong>\u00a0that would have extended the impeachment trial beyond its expected conclusion later today (and perhaps delayed any attempts at reaching a stimulus agreement).<\/p>\n

As a reminder,\u00a0Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been advising Trump’s legal team,\u00a0said that\u00a0if the Senate agrees to the request by House impeachment managers to depose Herrera Beutler, he\u2019ll insist on \u201cmultiple witnesses\u201d…starting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said she should be required \u201cto answer the question as to whether or not there was credible evidence of pre-planned violence before President Trump spoke? Whether Speaker Pelosi, due to optics, refused requests by the Capitol Hill Police for additional resources like the National Guard?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Just when you thought Donald Trump’s second impeachment trials was over,\u00a0five Republicans have joined their Democratic colleagues in a Saturday morning vote (55-45) to call witnesses<\/strong>\u00a0– an unexpected development in this snap impeachment over Trump’s alleged role inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n

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GOP Sens. Collins, Graham, Murkowski, Romney and Sasse were the five.<\/p>\n

The move – which was originally opposed by several Democrats, will allow them to strengthen their case. It is unclear what kind of delay this may cause, after impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team estimated it would be over on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In response to the vote, Trump attorney Michael van der Veen answered that if witnesses are going to be called, “I\u2019m going to need more than 100 witnesses<\/strong>, not just one,” adding “we should close this case out today,” but if that doesn’t happen, “Do not handcuff me by limiting the number of witnesses I can have.”<\/p>\n