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Murkowski comes out against impeachment witnesses, putting Trump on path to acquittal
Fox News ^ | January 31, 2020 | Judson Berger

Posted on 01/31/2020 11:25:49 AM PST by C19fan

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski came out Friday against calling witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, all but assuring the Senate will move to wrap up proceedings with a likely acquittal in a matter of days, if not hours.

“Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate. I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything. It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed,” said Murkowski, R-Alaska, a key moderate senator who has been closely watched on the witness question.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
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To: C19fan

The day has come where I have one teeny tiny iota of respect for Murkowski. I have no iotas for Mitt.


41 posted on 01/31/2020 12:49:29 PM PST by grateful
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To: jersey117

McConnell fails again in another scheme! He has failed to strong arm and bully the stalwart Trump ally Murkowski into voting for witnesses in order to pull of his effort to remove Trump from office.


42 posted on 01/31/2020 4:39:53 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: C19fan

I have to thank her and slam Collins and Romney on Twitter - I never expected her to be the sanest of the three...


43 posted on 02/01/2020 2:31:53 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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We have four more days of their whining to listen to before they start again in March.


44 posted on 02/01/2020 2:42:02 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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