Trump impeachment trial: acquittal now likely as Senate rejects witnesses
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The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring Trump’s acquittal in just the third trial to threaten a president’s removal in U.S. history.