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Senator Jack Schumer, the leader of the US Senate Democrats, has called for at least four people, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvani and former National Security Adviser John Bolton, to testify at President Donald Trump's expected trial as part of his accountability as a prelude to his removal.
Reuters reported that Schumer sent a message to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding that Mulvani and Bolton be called to testify in the expected trial next January, as well as Mulpany’s adviser Robert Blair and Michael Duffy, a budget official.
Trump is expected to become the third US president to be held accountable in order to isolate him when the entire Democratic-controlled House of Representatives votes on the charges, paving the way for a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Schumer pointed out that the trial may begin as soon as January 7 after the performance of John Roberts, who will be sworn in as president of the Supreme Court.
During congressional hearings, Democrats accused Trump of endangering the United States constitution and national security and undermining the integrity of the 2020 elections, at his request from Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelinsky during a phone call last July to investigate his political opponent, Democratic Party member Joe Biden.
Schumer said that the witnesses he proposed had “direct knowledge of the administration’s decisions” regarding these accusations.
In turn, Adam Schiff, head of the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC television that Trump posed a "clear and imminent threat" to democracy.
Schiff, along with Speaker of the House Judicial Committee Gerold Nadler, told the same station that members of Congress have a constitutional duty to hold Trump accountable for what he has done.
And the Judicial Committee in the US House of Representatives approved last Friday the list of charges against Trump, paving the way for a session in the House of Representatives to vote on his removal on charges of using influence and obstructing Congress expected next week.