“White House lawyers are trying to engineer the fastest impeachment trial in American history, aiming to have President Trump acquitted by the Senate without witnesses and after just a few days of proceedings,” the Washington Post reports.
“Trump’s desire for a short trial has solidified over the past few weeks, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed transmitting two articles of impeachment to the Senate because of concerns about how the trial would be structured. The White House, which previously supported a more expansive trial in the GOP-led Senate, has now accepted the idea that senators should make quick work of acquitting Trump.”
Said one administration official: “I think it’s extraordinarily unlikely that we’d be going beyond two weeks.”
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