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- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly told his caucus on Tuesday that they haven't secured the votes necessary to block Democrats from calling witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial.
- McConnell reportedly compiled a list of "yes," "no," and "maybe" votes, but didn't show the whip count to his fellow senators.
- But Republican leadership is reportedly confident it can win over the necessary GOP votes by Friday. The party is arguing that calling witnesses would extend the trial indefinitely.
- Pressure on Republicans has intensified after The New York Times reported on Sunday that former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in his forthcoming book that the president told him last year he would withhold military aid to Ukraine until the country investigated his political rivals.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly told his caucus on Tuesday that they haven't secured the votes necessary to block Democrats from calling witnesses to testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
McConnell told his fellow Republicans during a meeting on Tuesday afternoon that he doesn't currently have enough Republican votes to quash the Democrat-led effort, a vote for which is planned for Friday, The Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported.
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See Also:
- Former national security adviser John Bolton says Trump directly confirmed a Ukraine quid pro quo in a conversation last year
- Democrats are having a field day after Trump's lawyers accidentally made the strongest case to call witnesses in his impeachment trial
- Trump says he doesn't want John Bolton to testify in his impeachment trial because 'he knows some of my thoughts'
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