Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the failed motion to call witnesses 'a grand tragedy'. "No witnesses, no documents in an impeachment trial is a perfidy. Senator Chris Murphy added it "was a terrible, terrible vote for the country". The second Trump demand was Ukraine try to corroborate a conspiracy theory it, not Russia, interfered in the last U.S. presidential election. Trump was en route to his Mar-a-Lago property in West Palm Beach, Florida when the vote came down.

Source: Daily Mirror February 01, 2020 06:45 UTC