A vote could be held as early as this evening in the Donald Trump impeachment trial
Democrats had sought to have Mr Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton testify but a key Republican senator said he would vote "no" when the question of calling further witnesses is put to the Senate later today.
The charge is at the heart of the 18 December impeachment of the 45th US President for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said she would support the call for witnesses, and Utah Senator Mitt Romney has said he was "very likely" to do so.
"Let's have a reasonable accommodation here," the California representative told the 100 senators sitting as jurors at the historic trial. "We'll take one week, and you'll continue with the business of the Senate.""They said for weeks it was an overwhelming case," said White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin.
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