Senate races toward Trump acquittal as hopes for new witnesses fade
Republican Lamar Alexander says he will not support witnesses, as Democrats warn of ‘normalization of lawlessness’
An effort to call witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump appeared on the verge of failure Thursday night after at least one of four Republican senators that Democrats needed to open the way said he opposed the idea.
The setback for Democrats on the witnesses question meant that Trump could be acquitted by the Senate as early as Friday. He would thereafter be the third president in US history to have been impeached but to have avoided removal at trial.