Sunday, 14 February 2021_The US Senate has made a surprise move voting to allow witnesses to be called in Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial.
Trump's impeachment trial, which was expected to be a one-day event, took an unexpected turn on Saturday when 55 senators voted in favor of calling witnesses to testify about the former president's role in the deadly January 6 attack on Capitol Hill.
Five Republicans joined 50 Democrats in voting in favor of calling witnesses: Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Ben Sasse (Neb.) and Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), who initially voted “no” but later switched to “yes.”
The rest of the remaining senators, 45, opposed calling for witnesses.
Meanwhile, two-thirds of Senate need to vote against Trump for him to be convicted and banned from politics for life.
What prompted the senators to call for witnesses was the revelation of a heated argument between Trump and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy who implored the former president to call off the Trump loyalists as they were besieging the US Capitol.
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