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McConnell: GOP

will start impeachment

trial, delay witnesses

By LISA MASCARO, MARY witnesses.
CLARE JALONICK and The announcement is sig-
ALAN FRAM nificant, enabling McCon-
Associated Press nell to bypass for now Dem-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen- ocratic demands for new
ate Majority Leader Mitch testimony as he launches
McConnell said Tuesday the third impeachment trial
he has the votes to start in the nation's history on his
President Donald Trump's preferred terms.
impeachment trial as soon It could begin this week if
as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of
Pelosi releases the docu- impeachment to the Sen-
ments, winning support ate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a closed meeting with fellow Repub-
from GOP senators to post- licans as he strategizes about the looming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, at the
pone a decision on calling Continued on Next Page Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.
Associated Press