WASHINGTON: The Senate rejected the idea of new witnesses in President Donald Trumpu2019s impeachment trial on Friday, all but ensuring his eventual acquittal. But senators considered pushing off final voting on his fate to next week. The vote on allowing new witnesses was defeated . u009d - . on a near party- line vote. The Republican majority dismissed demands by the Democrats to hear new testimony, to make this the first Senate impeachment trial without witnesses. Even new revelations on Friday from former national security adviser . ohn Bolton did not sway GOP senators, who said theyu2019d heard enough.
That means the eventual outcome for Trump would be an acquittal u201c in name only,u201d said Rep. Val Demings, D- Fla., a House prosecutor, during final debate. Some called it a cover- up. Caucus voting begins on Monday in Iowa, and Trump gives his State of the Union address the next night.
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