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Trump Impeachment Trial Nears End as Senate Debates New Witness Testimony

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   The U.S. Senate is set to vote Friday on whether to allow new testimony
   and documents in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial as reports
   of new revelations surface from Trump's former national security
   adviser, John Bolton.

   The Republican-majority Senate is widely anticipated to acquit Trump
   after rejecting Democratic calls for new evidence. The precise
   timetable for final action was unclear as the Senate began four hours
   of debate between House managers and Trump's lawyers over whether to
   call witnesses, including Bolton.

   Watch the Senate trial live:

   New Bolton revelation

   The New York Times reported Friday that a manuscript of Bolton's
   unpublished book says that Trump directed him to participate in the
   Republican president's pressure campaign to get Ukrainian officials to
   obtain harmful information on Democrats, including former Vice
   President Joe Biden and Biden's son, Hunter. Bolton's manuscript
   reportedly says Trump issued the directive during an Oval Office
   discussion that included acting White House chief-of-staff Mick
   Mulvaney, Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and White House counsel
   Pat Cipollone -- who is participating in the impeachment trial.

   Bolton wrote that the White House conversation occurred in early May,
   more than two months before Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr
   Zelenskiy to publicly announce an investigation of Biden, a political
   rival Trump could potentially face in the 2020 presidential election.

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