Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell struck back Tuesday at his Democratic counterpart's calls for an in-depth impeachment trial featuring multiple new witnesses, dismissing the push as a "fishing expedition" that would set a "nightmarish precedent." McConnell, R-Ky., claimed that such investigative steps, though, were part of the House role -- not a mission for the Senate. McConnell and Schumer are poised to meet in the near future to discuss the framework for an expected Senate trial, but have traded barbs in the run-up to their sit-down. I did not hear a single sentence, a single argument for why the witnesses I suggested should not give testimony," Schumer said. "My letter was intended as a good-faith proposal to kickstart the discussions that Leader McConnell has so far delayed in scheduling," he said.

Source: Fox News December 17, 2019 15:43 UTC