Michael Bennet: “Mr. Chief Justice, thank you. I would like to send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Warner. The…”

“Mr. Chief Justice, thank you. I would like to send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Warner. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Bennet and Warner is to the House managers: Mr. Sekulow said that if the Senate votes for witnesses, he will call a long chain of witnesses that will greatly lengthen the trial. Isn't it true that the Senate will establish by majority vote which, and how many witnesses there will be? Isn't it also true that prior impeachment trials in the Senate commonly have heard witnesses who did not testify in the House? Mr. Manager JEFFRIES. I thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I thank the distinguished Senators for their questions. It certainly is the case that all we are asking the Senate to do is to hold a full and fair trial consistent with the Senate's responsibility--article I, section 3 of this Constitution: ``The Senate shall have the sole Power'' with respect to an impeachment trial. And this great institution has interpreted that, during the 15 different impeachment trials that have taken place during our Nation's history, that a full and fair trial means witnesses, because this institution, every time it has held a trial, has heard witnesses all 15 times, including in several instances where there were witnesses who did not testify in the House who testified in the Senate. Now, the point was raised earlier about Benghazi. And Trey Gowdy--he is a good man. I served with him. He is a very talented lawyer.…”