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CNN's Manu Raju: GOP senators at lunch said they expect trial to be over by Saturday night
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GOP senators at lunch just now discussed the possibility trial could be done Saturday night with a final vote then, per two senators. They expect the Trump legal team will NOT use up their full 16 hours and don’t expect senators to use their full four hours of question time.
They want this over as quickly as possible so it has minimal effect on public opinion.
And they're hoping that a final vote late on a Saturday night will help bury final arguments, and any GOP senators' votes to convict.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Trump aides are already trying to make sure they can appear on the Sunday talk shows to crow about Trump being "vindicated."