Trump, who has publicly called for a trial, also appeared to reverse his position on whether a Senate trial should even be allowed to proceed.
, amid concerns from Democrats about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's recent assurance that he is working in "total coordination" with the White House.
McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have met to try and hash out the rules for a Senate trial, but little progress appears to have been made so far. That trial involved a period for opening statements, followed by a written question period and a decision about whether to call witnesses, McConnell said.said Tuesday that she was "disturbed" by McConnell's remarks"To me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand-in-glove with the defense," Murkowski said in comments aired during an interview with Alaska-based NBC news affiliate KTUU-TV. "I heard what leader McConnell had said.
Trump allegedly withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine while he was pushing for the probes into his political rivals. His administration refused to comply with congressional Democrats' impeachment inquiry and has pressured numerous government witnesses not to cooperate.
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