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Mitch McConnell: If we're going to have witnesses, then we're going to look at this evidence. We're going to look at all the way this…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2020
If we're going to have witnesses, then we're going to look at this evidence. We're going to look at all the way this evidence was compiled, whether it's hearsay, whether it's inadmissible, and we're going to have Members take votes on all of this evidence, and where it came from, and whether it's admissible or not.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell discusses the process of evaluating evidence and witnesses in the impeachment trial.

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