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Dem retreat on witnesses brings messy end to Trump trial

by Mary Clare Jalonick
| February 14, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats who prosecuted Donald Trump's impeachment trial faced puzzlement and criticism from senators on Saturday as they surprised most everyone — Trump’s lawyers and Senate Democrats included — with an attempt to call witnesses, only to abandon it as lawmakers balked at the possibility of an extended trial.

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