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Trump Impeachment Attorneys Furious Over Vote to Call Witnesses – Also, Trump Team Has List of 301 Witnesses to Call

Trump impeachment attorney Michael van der Veen was so angered by Democrats’ move to vote to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump Saturday morning, he threatened to call 100 witnesses. Van der Veen, a personal injury attorney, once again made clear he is ignorant of how the Senate works.
Continuing that threat, top Trump advisor Jason Miller flashed a list he says contains a list of 301 witnesses the Trump defense team plans to call.
NBC News producer Frank Thorpe V posted a photo of the list, which includes the words “so far” next to the 301 count.
Here is the list (so far) or potential witnesses the defense would call. Jason Miller said “just getting started” -> pic.twitter.com/Le1qaVkysv
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) February 13, 2021
The list includes Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Vice President Kamala Harris, a New York Times photographer, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, at least several Democratic members of the House.
At issue with the call for witnesses is an expletive-laden phone call between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy begging President Trump on January 6 to call off the insurrectionists. Trump refused, saying, “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.”
The Trump team has been repeatedly claiming their client has been denied due process, which is not relevant in a Senate impeachment trial. But their client, the disgraced former president, refused to testify. And now they are trying to both block witnesses testimony and trying to block the legitimacy of the trial by threatening to call hundreds of witnesses.
The Senate votes of who the witnesses are, and it’s unlikely more than a handful of witnesses will be allowed.
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