Tom Cotton: Democrats haven’t proven impeachment case, don’t need to ‘prolong’ things – Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, on Sunday said he doesnt plan to vote to call witnesses in President Trumps impeachment trial and that theres no sense in prolonging the case.

The House Democrats have had lots of witnesses. We heard from them over and over and over again this week, Mr. Cotton said on CBSs Face the Nation. We dont need to prolong whats already taken five months of the American peoples time.

The House Democrats have not proven their case against Donald Trump we dont need to prolong this matter, he said.

I dont want to forecast the way other senators may vote, but I would just say the last five days have kind of been a microcosm of the last five months, Mr. Cotton said.

Mr. Trumps defense team is expected to make their case in more detail starting on Monday after they spent several hours on Saturday starting to lay things out.

His team says House Democrats case omitted key exculpatory details and that Democrats are looking to essentially overturn the 2016 U.S. presidential election results and influence the 2020 election.

House Democrats had made their case last week over the course of nearly 24 hours. Theyre accusing Mr. Trump of improperly leveraging military aid to Ukraine to try to get the country to open up politically beneficial investigations, and then obstructing Congresss investigation into the conduct.

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Tom Cotton: Democrats haven't proven impeachment case, don't need to 'prolong' things - Washington Times