Most Senate Republicans do not want to call any witnesses to the Trump impeachment trial. Many think that position will prevail, and no witnesses will be called. Still, they realize there is the possibility they will have no choice. If four of their GOP colleagues join with the Senate’s 47 Democrats to demand witnesses, then there will be witnesses. At that point, the question will be not whether but who.
There appear to be two lines of thinking among Republicans about which witness, if there were, say, only one, would be best for the Trump defense. Some GOP senators are leaning toward Hunter Biden, while some in the House who have been deeply involved in the impeachment favor calling the whistleblower or the House managers’ leader, Rep. Adam Schiff.
