The Senate blocked a motion to call additional witnesses and obtain more documents critical to the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 49-51, defeating the motion and crumbling the hopes of House and Senate Democrats to hear the testimonies and see documents from key witnesses such as former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Bolton reportedly claimed in his upcoming book that Trump tied the security aid for Ukraine to the favor he was asking from the nation’s leader—announcing an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Senate Minority Leader Schumer says vote against witnesses “a grand tragedy”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed his disappointment and called the vote preventing witnesses and documents “a grand tragedy.”
“America will remember this day, unfortunately, when the Senate did not live up to its responsibilities when the Senate turned away from the truth and went along with a sham trial,” he said outside the Senate floor.
