The U.S. Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's almost certain acquittal next week. The U.S. Senate voted on Friday against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's almost certain acquittal next week. Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump wait for him to pass in his motorcade on the route to his Mar-a-lago resort, as the Senate continues his impeachment trial, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 31, 2020. "America will remember this day, unfortunately, where the Senate did not live up to its responsibilities, where the Senate turned away from truth and went along with a sham trial," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters. After the first vote on calling witnesses, Schumer offered more amendments seeking to call witnesses and obtain more evidence, but the Senate rejected them all.

Source: Irish Independent February 01, 2020 07:18 UTC