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Schumer calls for impeachment trial witnesses

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a speech on the Senate floor Friday, called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow the introduction of witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of President Trump. He accused McConnell of using "finger-pointing and name-calling" to avoid answering questions about whether witnesses should be called. McConnell, who spoke on the floor before Schumer, said he'd prefer not to vote on calling witnesses until after the trial is underway.

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Lawmakers spar over Senate trial rules

Congress is taking its fight into the holidays. A lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee says Democrats are open to impeaching President Trump again if new evidence of obstruction emerges. The comment was part of a petition to interview former White House counsel Don McGahn. And in a letter to colleagues, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer wrote that leaving new evidence out of a Senate trial "would be to turn a willfully blind eye to the facts." That brought pushback from his Republican counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Chip Reid reports.

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