trial rules without democrats if they vote unanimously will mitch mcconnell will schumer hang on just a second, let s listen to chuck schumer. potential senate impeachment trial and rules for them, let s not forget that there are many other things the senate should be working on right now. this month, we recognize the seventh anniversary of the sandy hook massacre in the seven years since that unthinkable tragedy, america has experienced countless incidents of gun violence, ranging from horrific mass shootings to the thousands of shootings that devastate communities every day. the senate has not debated background check legislation. the senate hasn t debated legislation to reduce the cost of health care, college education or prescription drugs.
american people judge it to be fair. a fair trial is one where senators get all the facts. and one that allows them to add jude indicate the case impartially. two weeks ago now i told leader mcconnell i was ready to discuss trial rules. instead of talking to me, he spoke publicly about what a trial would look like. and said he was taking his cues from the white house. it was he have partisan, very slanted. very unfair. so to get things back on track, i sent a letter to leader mcconnell last night. outlining the very reasonable structure that would result in a fair trial. this morning i sent a letter to every united states senator, democrat and republicans. i hope that all of my colleagues will look at this proposed
schumer asked for four more witnesses, all of them trump insiders. his list includes the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, former security adviser john bolton and micharo blair and michael duffey round out the lists. we wait for the two leaders to try to negotiate the trial rules. i don t know what they ll say. maybe they ll say something exculpatory about president trump. no one, no one has given a reason why these shouldn t testify. if president trump is so certain that he did nothing wrong, what is he afraid of? what is he hiding when he says mulvaney or bolton or the other two witnesses shouldn t testify? schumer today also criticizing leader mcconnell saying it is, quote, totally out of line for the senate leader to promise to coordinate every trial decision with the trump white house. manu raju live for us on capitol
that the american people judge it to be fair. a fair trial is one where senators get all the facts and one that allows them to adjudicate the case impartially. two weeks ago now i told leader mcconnell that i was ready to discuss trial rules. instead of talking to me, he spoke publicly about what a trial may look like. and said that he was taking his cues from the white house. it was very partisan, very slanted, very unfair. so to get things back on track, i sent a letter to leader mcconnell last night outlining a very reasonable structure that would result in a fair trial. this morning i sent a letter to every united states senator. democrat and republican. i hope that all of my will look at this proposed structure and
fair and it s very important that the american people judge it to be fair. a fair trial is one where senators get all the facts and one that allows them to adjudicate the case impartially. two weeks ago now i told leader mcconnell i was ready to discuss trial rules. instead of talking to me, he spoke publicly about what a trial may look like and said he was taking his qcues from the white house. it was very partisan, very slanted, very unfair. so to get things back on track, i sent a letter to leader mcconnell last night outlining a very reasonable structure that would result in a fair trial. this morning i sent the letter to every united states senator, democrat and republican. i hope that all of my colleagues