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Susan Collins working with 'small group' of GOP senators to allow impeachment witnesses
https://bangordailynews.com/2020/01/10/politics/susan-collins-working-with-small-group-of-gop-senators-to-allow-impeachment-witnesses/U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine told reporters on Friday that she is working with a “fairly small group” of fellow Republican senators toward a goal of ensuring witnesses can be called in the chamber’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
The trial — in which the president is nearly a sure bet to be acquitted in the Republican-led Senate — could start as early as next week as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, indicated on Friday that she will send the House’s two impeachment articles to the upper chamber.
The proceedings are still a high-stakes event for Collins. She is one of national Democrats’ top targets in the 2020 election and voted against her party in 1999 to acquit President Bill Clinton during an impeachment trial. At the same time, she has largely supported the approach of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, on the way to the trial.
The Maine senator has said she’s open to calling witnesses during the trial, while other Republicans have questioned the need for them amid Democratic pressure to allow them. She has also criticized McConnell — who has pledged “total cooperation” with the White House on the trial — and top Democrats for prejudging the trial’s outcome, saying her role is one of a juror.
The trial — in which the president is nearly a sure bet to be acquitted in the Republican-led Senate — could start as early as next week as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, indicated on Friday that she will send the House’s two impeachment articles to the upper chamber.
The proceedings are still a high-stakes event for Collins. She is one of national Democrats’ top targets in the 2020 election and voted against her party in 1999 to acquit President Bill Clinton during an impeachment trial. At the same time, she has largely supported the approach of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, on the way to the trial.
The Maine senator has said she’s open to calling witnesses during the trial, while other Republicans have questioned the need for them amid Democratic pressure to allow them. She has also criticized McConnell — who has pledged “total cooperation” with the White House on the trial — and top Democrats for prejudging the trial’s outcome, saying her role is one of a juror.
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