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January 31, 2020

Final Trump impeachment vote teed up for next week after GOP blocks Dem effort for new witnesses

Republicans in the Senate secured enough votes Friday evening to reject Democratic efforts to extend the Trump impeachment trial and call new witnesses, paving the way for the widely expected acquittal of President Trump next week on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine.

January 31, 2020

Devin Nunes: Trump will be acquitted next week, but Nadler, Schiff won't let it end there

House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said Friday that although President Trump will likely be acquitted in his impeachment trial next Wednesday, those Democratic lawmakers who led the impeachment charge will not let the story end there.

January 31, 2020

Swing-vote GOP Sen. Alexander comes out against witnesses, paving way for imminent Trump acquittal

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced late Thursday night that he would not support additional witnesses in President Trump's "shallow, hurried and wholly partisan" Senate impeachment trial, seemingly ending Democrats' hopes of hearing testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton and paving the way for the president's imminent acquittal as soon as Friday night.

January 31, 2020

Chief Justice John Roberts tells Schumer he won't break ties in impeachment trial

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts told Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday that he would not act as the tie-breaking vote if the Senate becomes deadlocked with a 50-50 split during President Trump's impeachment trial. 

January 31, 2020

Mike Lee on Senate vote against witnesses: We dealt with 'articles of impeachment as they sent them to us'

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, appeared on "The Story with Martha MacCallum" Friday to react to the Senate impeachment trial vote against hearing new witnesses and defend the decision by many Republicans to move the trial along.

January 31, 2020

Amy Klobuchar reacts to vote against witnesses in Senate impeachment trial

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., appeared on "Special Report with Bret Baier" Friday to react to the 51-49 vote against calling witnesses during the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.

January 31, 2020

CNN analyst raises eyebrows for urging Twitter followers to 'help ensure Trump is defeated' in November

A CNN national security and legal analyst urged her Twitter followers to make "concrete steps" to ensure President Trump's defeat in the 2020 election. 

January 31, 2020

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin: 'Trump won' and 'that's how history will remember' this impeachment

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin declared President Trump the big winner of the impeachment trial after the Senate failed to pass a motion to call for additional witnesses. 

January 31, 2020

Watters: Impeachment witness vote is 'enormous tactical loss' for Democrats, leaves Biden exposed

Democrats' failed bid to have the Senate subpoena more witnesses and documents in President Trump's impeachment trial is an "enormous tactical loss" for them, according to "The Five" co-host Jesse Watters.

January 31, 2020

John Kelly says Senate impeachment process seems like 'half a trial'

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly took a shot at Senate Republicans on Friday, arguing that the impeachment trial was incomplete without witnesses.