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Schumer vows to force votes on impeachment witnessesSenate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that Democrats will force votes on witnesses at the start of the impeachment trial even as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has secured enough support to delay the decision until mid-trial.
"Make no mistake, on the question of witnesses and documents, Republicans may run but they can't hide. There will be votes at the beginning on whether to call the four witnesses we've proposed and subpoena the documents we've identified," Schumer said.
Democrats want to compel a slew of Ukraine-related documents and four specific witnesses, including former national security advisor John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
The Democrats had the power to subpoena these witnesses and documents during the impeachment inquiry/investigation and (eventually) force the executive branch to deliver them.
They chose not to.
That is, they decided to -not- take the testimony from these witnesses and ask them questions - all while under oath - and THEN decided to impeach the President.
These witnesses and documents, and the information contained therein, were not important enough to obtain in December -- why do they need them now?
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