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McConnell backs off, abruptly eases impeachment trial limits

by Associated Press
| January 21, 2020 1:35 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two late-night sessions and Democrats arguing for more witnesses to expose Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses.

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