Consider Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), assistant leader of the Republican caucus in the Senate.
On Sunday, he appeared on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” to provide his thoughts on the then-imminent launch of President Trump’s impeachment trial. He shrugged at any urgency on calling witnesses.
“The House heard testimony from seventeen witnesses, more than a hundred hours of testimony,” Cornyn said. “All of that will be available to the impeachment managers to present their case to the Senate. And then after they are through, then if the senators, 51 senators, want to hear more, then we can vote to subpoena those witnesses.”
