House impeachment managers, former President Trump’s legal team and top senators struck a deal on Saturday that will let the Senate bypass calling additional witnesses.
The agreement comes after senators were caught flat-footed by a request from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the House impeachment manager, to depose Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), who has hammered Trump for his actions after the Capitol attack on Jan. 6.
Instead, the Senate entered a statement Herrera Beutler released on Friday night into the trial record.
The move will allow the Senate to bypass calling additional witnesses—a process that senators warned could prevent Trump’s second impeachment trial for days if not a number of weeks.
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#BREAKING: Senate will not call impeachment witnesses after both sides strike deal to put Herrera Beutler statement on record https://t.co/lwXPXcmLtM pic.twitter.com/2Q9lRKqy19
— The Hill (@thehill) February 13, 2021
Count on it. https://t.co/FYiDAp23Fs
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 13, 2021
Why Democrats would cave on witnesses after securing a vote to get it done defies logic. https://t.co/RCJgF4iYhF pic.twitter.com/auyy8zOVsz
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 13, 2021
Democrats, you just got witnesses. You're going to fold? Honestly, maybe Trump deserved another term, just to teach you a lesson.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 13, 2021
Speaking of dereliction of duty. https://t.co/SKCW1cLoyX
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) February 13, 2021
After all the talk from the Democrats of defending the Republic, I guess their hearts just aren't in it. They just don't have the instinct for it. https://t.co/6nsyubzBzC
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 13, 2021
Congrats to Jaime Herrera Beutler for putting her career on the line — again — to do the right thing, only to have Democrats say, “Um, no thanks”
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 13, 2021
Well, you know, you wouldn't want to do anything risky https://t.co/DegisbQw6p
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 13, 2021
Senate Republicans played awful hand expertly. https://t.co/AwsXDmrICj
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) February 13, 2021
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