Trump backtracks on support for Senate impeachment trial witnesses

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President Donald Trump said he’s open to new witnesses at his impeachment trial before immediately backtracking. 9News

US President Donald Trump has said he's open to new witnesses at his impeachment trial - a major demand by Democratic prosecutors - before immediately backtracking by suggesting it could never happen.

Trump, who was in Davos, Switzerland, for an economic conference, seemed at one point to break with Republican opposition to Democratic motions to immediately call witnesses and subpoena documents.

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