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Chris Van Hollen: If you were going to have a fair trial, every American understands that means that everybody gets to put on their case.…

On the recordDecember 22, 2019
If you were going to have a fair trial, every American understands that means that everybody gets to put on their case. That means you get to call witnesses.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen discusses the importance of calling witnesses in the impeachment trial and suggests that Republicans voting against it may be afraid of the truth.

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