Senate approves last minute to subpoena witnesses in impeachment against Donald Trump
By: EFE 13 February 2021 WASHINGTON - The Senate approved this Saturday to subpoena witnesses during the impeachment against former president Donald Trump for the assault on the Capitol on January 6, an unexpected move that could lengthen and change the course of this procedure. Of the hundred senators, 55 voted in favor of subpoenaing witnesses, all of them Democrats and joined by five Republicans: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, and Lindsey Graham , who initially opposed, but changed her vote in the last moment. The vote of Graham, close to Trump, could seek to benefit the defense of the former president, who has opposed citing witnesses. Attorney for ex-president furious over calling witnesses Before vote, the former president's attorn...