Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Trump's top lawyer sketched out a plan to coordinate closely for an impeachment trial but haven't reached agreement on a final strategy to defend Trump against charges of high crimes and misdemeanors, sources say
The closed-door meeting Thursday between the Kentucky Republican and White House counsel Pat Cipollone occurred as Senate Republicans and the White House have diverged on what they would like to see take place in the looming trial in the chamber. Trump has made clear he wants witnesses to testify, in person, while senators -- including McConnell in private -- have warned that going down that path could lead to a politically precarious slippery slope in the GOP effort to acquit the President.
McConnell made clear, however, that those decisions would be made"in total coordination with the White House counsel.""There will be no difference between the President's position and our position in how to handle this," McConnell told Hannity.
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