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Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Republican Senators denied the Senate's right to examine relevant evidence, to call witnesses and documents, to properly try the impeachment of President Trump. The verdict will be meaningless. This wasn't a trial by any stretch of the definition. The American people know it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "The drip, drip, drip of new evidence is going to keep coming out. With each new revelation, Senate Republicans will have to answer for their votes in this trial. They chose to turn their backs on the American people and stand for a cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2020 Tweet - "The American people are just amazed that Senate Republicans would not even ask for witnesses and documents in a trial. Republicans refused to get the evidence because they were afraid of what it would show." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 3, 2020 Tweet - "The amazing thing for all the rhetoric of President Trump's lawyers: They gave no rebuttal of specifics, of the articles, of the need for witnesses and documents. It was an overwhelmingly powerful case made by the House Managers and by Adam Schiff. His speech today moved me." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 2, 2020 Tweet - "Brooklyn's very own Shirley Chisholm was a true trailblazer. Not only was she the first African American woman elected to Congress--she was also the first African American person to seek a presidential nomination from a major party. #BlackHistoryMonth" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 2, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans keep voting for a sham trial without witnesses or documents. Make no mistake: The full truth will eventually come out, and Senate Republicans will have to answer for their cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 1, 2020 Tweet - "The drip, drip, drip of potentially damning evidence continues. Every single Republican Senator voted to endorse the White House cover-up of witnesses and documents. Make no mistake: The full truth will eventually come out & Republicans will have to answer for their cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I believe the truth will eventually come out. Republican Senators should think about that before they vote today. The truth will eventually come out." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans face a choice today: between seeking the truth and covering it up. Between a fair trial and a farce. Between country and party. It's clear where the American people stand. #WeWantWitnessesAndDocuments" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 House Managers Statement on Senate Blocking Witnesses and Documents Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I just forced votes on 4 amendments for witnesses & documents to: Subpoena Mulvaney, Bolton, Duffy, Blair, & WH, OMB, DOD, State Dept documents Require the Chief Justice to rule on motions to subpoena documents & witnesses But Senate Republicans just kept voting for a cover-up" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "For Senate Republicans to not allow witnesses or documents in an impeachment trial, it is a cover-up. They didn't live up to their responsibilities to the country. If Pres. Trump is acquitted with no documents and no witnesses, it will be meaningless--the result of a sham trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I forced a third vote to subpoena John Bolton, providing one day for a deposition presided over by the Chief Justice, and one day for live Senate testimony--both of which must have occured within 5 days. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "We forced a fourth vote on @ChrisVanHollen 's amendment to require Chief Justice Roberts to rule on motions to subpoena witnesses and documents, and to rule on any assertion of privilege. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "If Republicans refuse to even consider witnesses and documents in this trial, any acquittal of President Trump will be meaningless, because it will be the result of a sham trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I forced a vote to subpoena Mulvaney, Bolton, Duffy, and Blair and White House, OMB, Department of Defense, and State Department documents. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "At 11am--I said truth will eventually come out Little did we know lightning would soon strike Bolton says he sat with Pres. Trump, Mulvaney, Giuliani, & Cipollone: They talked about letting Ukraine's president know they wanted sham political investigations Truth will come out" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "America will remember this day. Senate Republicans turned away from truth and went along with a sham trial. If President Trump is acquitted with no witnesses, no documents, the acquittal will have no value because Americans will know this wasn't a real trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I forced another vote to subpoena John Bolton. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans have gone from denying President Trump did what he was accused of, To normalizing it by claiming every president does it, To saying there would be nothing wrong even if he did do it!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Tomorrow, we'll take a crucial vote on whether we will debate having witnesses and documents in this trial. Four Senate Republicans--just four--can ensure that we get the truth. A trial without witness and documents would render any acquittal of President Trump meaningless." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Four Senate Republicans--just four--can ensure that we get the truth." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's lawyers want to confer new rights on the presidency The rights to 1--Ask foreign countries to investigate political opponents 2--Prevent Congress investigating misconduct If Senate Republicans vote against a fair trial--it's the end of presidential accountability" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Dershowitz gave a scarcely believable theory of impeachment Then suggested if presidents believe re-election's in the public interest--when they act to benefit re-election, it's in the public interest No! By this logic, Nixon did no wrong in Watergate It would unleash a monarch" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "I asked Pres. Trump's lawyers to name a document or witness he turned over to the House impeachment inquiry in response to request or subpoena They didn't answer So I asked again: Can you name a witness or document Pres. Trump turned over to the House impeachment inquiry?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Republican Senators denied the Senate's right to examine relevant evidence, to call witnesses and documents, to properly try the impeachment of President Trump. The verdict will be meaningless. This wasn't a trial by any stretch of the definition. The American people know it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "The drip, drip, drip of new evidence is going to keep coming out. With each new revelation, Senate Republicans will have to answer for their votes in this trial. They chose to turn their backs on the American people and stand for a cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 4, 2020 Tweet - "The American people are just amazed that Senate Republicans would not even ask for witnesses and documents in a trial. Republicans refused to get the evidence because they were afraid of what it would show." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 3, 2020 Tweet - "The amazing thing for all the rhetoric of President Trump's lawyers: They gave no rebuttal of specifics, of the articles, of the need for witnesses and documents. It was an overwhelmingly powerful case made by the House Managers and by Adam Schiff. His speech today moved me." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 2, 2020 Tweet - "Brooklyn's very own Shirley Chisholm was a true trailblazer. Not only was she the first African American woman elected to Congress--she was also the first African American person to seek a presidential nomination from a major party. #BlackHistoryMonth" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 2, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans keep voting for a sham trial without witnesses or documents. Make no mistake: The full truth will eventually come out, and Senate Republicans will have to answer for their cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 1, 2020 Tweet - "The drip, drip, drip of potentially damning evidence continues. Every single Republican Senator voted to endorse the White House cover-up of witnesses and documents. Make no mistake: The full truth will eventually come out & Republicans will have to answer for their cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I believe the truth will eventually come out. Republican Senators should think about that before they vote today. The truth will eventually come out." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans face a choice today: between seeking the truth and covering it up. Between a fair trial and a farce. Between country and party. It's clear where the American people stand. #WeWantWitnessesAndDocuments" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 House Managers Statement on Senate Blocking Witnesses and Documents Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I just forced votes on 4 amendments for witnesses & documents to: Subpoena Mulvaney, Bolton, Duffy, Blair, & WH, OMB, DOD, State Dept documents Require the Chief Justice to rule on motions to subpoena documents & witnesses But Senate Republicans just kept voting for a cover-up" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "For Senate Republicans to not allow witnesses or documents in an impeachment trial, it is a cover-up. They didn't live up to their responsibilities to the country. If Pres. Trump is acquitted with no documents and no witnesses, it will be meaningless--the result of a sham trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I forced a third vote to subpoena John Bolton, providing one day for a deposition presided over by the Chief Justice, and one day for live Senate testimony--both of which must have occured within 5 days. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "We forced a fourth vote on @ChrisVanHollen 's amendment to require Chief Justice Roberts to rule on motions to subpoena witnesses and documents, and to rule on any assertion of privilege. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "If Republicans refuse to even consider witnesses and documents in this trial, any acquittal of President Trump will be meaningless, because it will be the result of a sham trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I forced a vote to subpoena Mulvaney, Bolton, Duffy, and Blair and White House, OMB, Department of Defense, and State Department documents. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "At 11am--I said truth will eventually come out Little did we know lightning would soon strike Bolton says he sat with Pres. Trump, Mulvaney, Giuliani, & Cipollone: They talked about letting Ukraine's president know they wanted sham political investigations Truth will come out" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "America will remember this day. Senate Republicans turned away from truth and went along with a sham trial. If President Trump is acquitted with no witnesses, no documents, the acquittal will have no value because Americans will know this wasn't a real trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 31, 2020 Tweet - "I forced another vote to subpoena John Bolton. But Senate Republicans voted for a cover-up and a sham trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans have gone from denying President Trump did what he was accused of, To normalizing it by claiming every president does it, To saying there would be nothing wrong even if he did do it!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Tomorrow, we'll take a crucial vote on whether we will debate having witnesses and documents in this trial. Four Senate Republicans--just four--can ensure that we get the truth. A trial without witness and documents would render any acquittal of President Trump meaningless." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Four Senate Republicans--just four--can ensure that we get the truth." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's lawyers want to confer new rights on the presidency The rights to 1--Ask foreign countries to investigate political opponents 2--Prevent Congress investigating misconduct If Senate Republicans vote against a fair trial--it's the end of presidential accountability" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "Dershowitz gave a scarcely believable theory of impeachment Then suggested if presidents believe re-election's in the public interest--when they act to benefit re-election, it's in the public interest No! By this logic, Nixon did no wrong in Watergate It would unleash a monarch" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 30, 2020 Tweet - "I asked Pres. Trump's lawyers to name a document or witness he turned over to the House impeachment inquiry in response to request or subpoena They didn't answer So I asked again: Can you name a witness or document Pres. Trump turned over to the House impeachment inquiry?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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