Democrats will have about 16 hours over the next two days to finish their opening arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) signaled that House Managers will focus on “abuse of power” on Thursday.
Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.
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12:55 PM: All about Bolton:
Executive privilege cannot be used to prevent a witness who is willing to testify from appearing, and certainly not one who no longer works in government. It’s not a gag order. And witnesses testify on national security all the time.
Bolton has a right to testify if he wants to. https://t.co/4FtvPDgtDl
— Rep. Zoe Lofgren (@RepZoeLofgren) January 23, 2020
For those reading Murkowski tea leaves, just asked her about witnesses and exec privilege: “The House made a decision that they didn’t want to slow things down by having to go through the courts. And yet now they’re basically saying you guys gotta go through the courts…” 1/2
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) January 23, 2020
Murkowski continued: “We didn’t, but we need you to.” 2/2
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) January 23, 2020
12:45 PM: Chief Justice John Roberts has arrived in the Senate. Opening arguments scheduled to continue at the top of the hour.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) taking a page out of Joe Lockhart’s playbook:
Schumer says’s yesterday’s opening arguments from House managers in the #ImpeachmentTrial may have been the first time that many GOP senators heard the evidence not through the lens of Fox news.
— Kellan Howell (@kellanhowell) January 23, 2020
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