UPDATED: Chaos In The Senate As Lawmakers Vote To Hear Witnesses In Trump Trial, Then Strike Deal To Avoid

Just as lawyers for former President Donald Trump were moving to rest their case, the Senate on Saturday voted to allow calling witnesses, a move that could have delayed the proceeding for days, even weeks.

While House Democrats acting as impeachment managers of the case sought to call a single witness to testify — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) — their move would have opened the floodgates, allowing Trump’s lawyers to call witnesses, too.