Closing arguments expected Monday; Final vote Wednesday, Senate voting on Schumer's first amendment to subpoena Mulvaney, Bolton, other officials, Vote on ammendment to subpoena Bolton, one day for live testimony

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Democrats to push votes on four amendments tonight, McConnell to offer resolution that sets trial's next steps, Schumer's amendment to subpoena John Bolton fails, Senate voting on Democrat amendment requiring Justice Roberts to rule on subpoenaing witnesses and assertions of privilege, Vote on McConnell resolution setting trial timelineTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.2	Good evening, Aaron Brennett and the breaking news. History is unfolding as we speak. Right now,
0:36.6	the impeachment trial of President Trump is about to resume any second.
0:39.7	They've been in recess for nearly 80 minutes trying to do some sort of a backroom deal to figure out how to move forward.
0:45.6	A motion to defy witnesses, to allow witnesses was defeated. And now the senators are going to be taking on amendments.
0:52.0	They have been debating what comes next.
0:54.3	That final vote we now believe will be Wednesday. And I want to go straight to Democratic Senator Chris Coons,
0:59.0	who's about to head back into that room. And Senator, what can you tell us? Let's start with right now.
1:03.8	You're going back into that room. really in the hands of the Republican majority right now. I'm expecting that we're going to be called back in for a vote any moment.
1:14.0	The majority leader will lay out whatever he's been able to work out with his caucus, which is the majority of the Senate.
1:20.4	And then I expect a series of amendment votes to be offered by the Democrats, frankly, trying through a number of votes to force reconsideration
1:31.4	of this central, vital question. Will there be any witnesses? Will there be any documents?
1:37.0	I'll remind you, Aaron, this will be the very first impeachment trial in the entire history of the
1:42.0	Senate to have no witnesses. The last impeachment trial,
1:45.9	one that happened right as I got here 10 years ago of a judge from Louisiana, had 26 witnesses,
1:53.0	17 of whom had not appeared before their appearance in front of the Senate trial committee.
1:58.0	I think the House managers made an excellent case today about why we should
2:02.3	be hearing from John Bolton and other witnesses. But that all got voted down. I mean, it seems,
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