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BREAKING: Senate Officially Votes To Stop Democrats’ Attempts To Prolong Trial

Ryan Saavedra
BREAKING: Senate Officially Votes To Stop Democrats’ Attempts To Prolong Trial
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The U.S. Senate officially voted late on Friday to put an end to Senate Democrats’ attempts to prolong President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by calling on new witnesses to testify and new documents to be brought into the trial.

The move to prolong the trial was shot down in a 51 to 49 vote, which saw establishment Republican Senators Mitt Romney (UT) and Susan Collins (ME) defect from the party and join the Democrats.

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