Trump Lawyers Threaten To Call Pelosi As A Witness

CNN reports:

A person familiar with Trump legal team strategy said that if Democrats do seek witnesses, Trump’s legal team will try to call House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser. Of course they would need 51 votes to subpoena witnesses, so that would not happen. The managers have repeatedly declined to say whether they will seek witnesses, though most senators don’t expect them to do so. “No comment. No comment,” Raskin said as he left the Capitol Friday evening.

NEW: Source with Trump legal team says any move by Dems to call witnesses would get “real ugly, real quick.”

“The first two witnesses that we would call would be Nancy Pelosi and Muriel Bowser And they can explain why they rejected additional security and national guard help.”

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 13, 2021

It’s also important to note that the Senate has exclusive authority to decide which witnesess to call. They may be inclined to allow the Trump team some witnesses (if Dems demand their own) but it won’t be a blank check. https://t.co/BXpNL1PBfG

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 13, 2021