Sen. Schumer ramped up his push for the Senate to pursue witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of Trump after newly released emails raised questions about how aid to Ukraine was formally frozen on the same day of Trump's July call with Zelensky
Schumer sent a letter to all senators on Monday detailing specific documents he wants produced for the Senate trial, where Schumer and Democrats are pushing for witnesses that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has resisted in the early negotiations over the parameters of the trial.Schumer cited the new emails from White House budget official Michael Duffey, which a judge ordered released to the Center for Public Integrity following a Freedom of Information Act request.
But the Senate leaders have yet to reach any agreement on the rules of the trial, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not sent the Senate the impeachment articles necessary to begin the trial.McConnell has argued that it's too soon for the Senate to consider calling witnesses, saying they should pass a resolution similar to the one unanimously passed to establish the parameters for President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, which did not address the question of witnesses.
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