Senate Needs to Hold Impeachment Trial With Witnesses, Some House GOP Members Say

Senate Needs to Hold Impeachment Trial With Witnesses, Some House GOP Members Say
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), left, looks on as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), right, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington on Dec. 12, 2019. Matt McClain/Pool/Getty Images
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Over the past week, Senate Republicans have signaled that there may be no witnesses during the Senate impeachment trial, contrary to suggestions of the Trump administration, in a move that drew blowback from some House Republicans.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told reporters on Friday that “I sure hope” the Republican-controlled Senate will “clean this mess up” during a trial to exonerate President Donald Trump. The “country needs to hear what a farce this was,” he said of the House Democrat-led process, adding that the “Senate promised for months now they would have witnesses.”

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