Senate Republicans are optimistic they’ll vote to conclude President Trump’s impeachment trial as soon as Friday and defeat a motion to call new witnesses to testify.

As of Wednesday, only three Republican senators were publicly considering a vote to call witnesses, and one of them, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, huddled in the morning with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his Capitol office.

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