Senate Democrats want Mick Mulvaney, John Bolton to testify during impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter on Sunday evening to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), letting him know that should there be an impeachment trial for President Trump, Democratic lawmakers want to hear testimony from four current and former members of the administration.

The House will likely vote to impeach Trump this week, and Schumer has proposed the trial process start on Jan. 6, with the trial beginning on Jan. 9. Senate Democrats want to hear from acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, Mulvaney aide Robert Blair, and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey.

"The trial must be one that not only hears all of the evidence and adjudicates the case fairly; it must also pass the fairness test with the American people," Schumer wrote in his letter. "That is the great challenge for the Senate in the coming weeks." Schumer and McConnell have yet to sit down to discuss the trial and how it will run.

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