Senate votes to open Trump trial to allow witness depositions - Roll Call

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Five Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in voting to call for witnesses: Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

All but Graham have been considering convicting Trump. Graham, a steadfast Trump ally who plans to acquit, told reporters earlier Saturday that he was annoyed with the media dropping information right before the vote and that it was the House's responsibility to have investigated claims like the one Herrera Beutler made.

“But if you want to have a delay in this case, we’re going to have a big delay,” he said. “We’re going to do what they should have done. We should talk to [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi. We should talk to everybody about the security footprint.”

As the vote closed, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin III talked to his neighbor Tammy Baldwin, gesturing and pointing at the GOP side of the chamber, seeming to discuss the Republicans who joined the yeas.

After the vote, the Senate entered a quorum call, a period of limbo as things get sorted out behind the scenes. Quiet chatter crescendoed as senators stood and formed huddles to discuss the issue of witnesses.

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