“Senate Democrats may be opening up to the idea of extending former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial and calling witnesses as new details emerge of events surrounding the siege of Congress,” the Washington Examiner reports.

“A report from CNN published Friday evening, offering fresh details about a contentious call between Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the day of the riot, led at least one Senate Democrat to say he and his colleagues would support extending the proceedings if House impeachment managers indicated a desire for it.”

Said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD): “If they make a decision to call witnesses, obviously, we would welcome that.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who expressed doubts about former president Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team and suggested he might ultimately vote to convict him, was seen in the Capitol on Friday holding the draft of a statement indicating he planned to acquit Trump, the Washington Post reports.

“Six GOP senators voted this week to move forward with President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. But Republicans believe several more of them may be considering conviction,” Politico reports.

“As the Trump defense made its argument on Friday, Republicans privately estimated between 5 and 10 of their senators are seriously weighing conviction. There’s no official whip count, and the matter is not being discussed at party meetings, leaving many in the 50-member conference to only guess at their colleague’s inclinations.”

“David Schoen, one of former Trump’s defense attorneys, on Friday accused House impeachment managers of having manipulated evidence in their presentation by selectively editing video footage and altering tweets,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Schoen: “We have reason to believe the House managers manipulated evidence and selectively edited footage. If they did and this were a court of law, they would face sanctions from the judge.”

He added: “We have reason to believe that the House managers created false representations of tweets, and the lack of due process means there was no opportunity to review or verify the accuracy.”