By Jill Goldsmith
01.02.2020 - 03:21 / variety.com
The Senate narrowly rejected a vote to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of president Donald Trump on Friday, paving the way for an expected vote of acquittal next week.
The vote was 51-49.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) made an announcement shortly before the Senate reconvened that she would be swinging the vote in the president’s favor.
The only Republican senators who voted “yes” to witnesses were Mitt Rimney (Utah) and Susan Collins (Maine).
Democrats sought testimony from
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