Tweet - "The Democratic Leader wrote me to ask that the Senate break from the 1999 precedents of the Clinton trial and lock in specific witnesses prematurely. It was an interesting letter for several reasons. For one thing, he literally misquoted the Constitution"
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"The Democratic Leader wrote me to ask that the Senate break from the 1999 precedents of the Clinton trial and lock in specific witnesses prematurely. It was an interesting letter for several reasons. For one thing, he literally misquoted the Constitution"
"I'd prefer that we simply follow the 1999 precedent, fair & square. That means the question of witnesses comes later, mid-trial. But it sure is telling that Senate Democrats are already trying to write a different rulebook for President Trump than the one we have used in the past"
"Why does the Senate Democratic Leader want to pre-determine the House impeachment managers' witness request for them before the House has even impeached the president?"
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