Senators from both parties said Thursday they don’t want former President Donald Trump to testify during the upcoming impeachment trial. “Of course not. They want a ridiculous show trial because they’re more motivated by partisan anger than they are to actually solving the very real problems we have in this country. We need to get to work and do our jobs,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters on Capitol Hill. Asked the same question, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) shook his head as he walked away. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead House impeachment manager, asked Trump in a Feb. 4 letter to testify in person about his disagreements with the impeachment resolution the House passed last month. “In light of your disputing these factual allegations, I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, concerning your conduct on January 6, 2021,” …
Republicans, Democrats Say They Don’t Want Trump to Testify in Impeachment Trial
February 5, 2021
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