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McConnell: ‘We have the votes’ to set impeachment trial rules

By Susan Ferrechio
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McConnell: ‘We have the votes’ to set impeachment trial rules

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans have enough votes to set rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial similar to those used in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, shutting out Democratic demands for witnesses.

“We have the votes once the impeachment trial has begun to pass a resolution essentially very similar to … the Clinton trial,” McConnell said after meeting privately with GOP lawmakers on Tuesday.

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