McConnell wins the opening salvo. Says he has the votes for trial rules without a commitment to witness testimony:
Might as well wrap this shit up. "We can't try a war president" say GOP hacks as they fast track the vote
The dems could re-open the articles of impeachment and bring in the witnesses in the House. They're dumb and cowards, so unlikely.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/08/senate-democrats-break-pelosi-over-impeachment-096224 Senate Democrats break with Pelosi over impeachment trial "If it’s serious and urgent, send them over. If it isn’t, don’t send it over," says Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Democrats are finally acknowledging that their efforts to extract concessions from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are coming to an end.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ove-on-trump-trial-with-gop-backing-mcconnell Pelosi Gets Pressure From Democrats to End Impeachment Standoff “If we’re going to do it, she should send them over. I don’t see what good delay does,” said Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, Pelosi’s fellow Californian. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said he hopes Pelosi will transmit the articles of impeachment soon. “My expectation is that we’ll be able to start this trial next week,” Murphy said. “The leverage over Republicans exists in the votes we take inside the trial.”