Outside @SenToomey’s office: close to 1000 Hershey bars with almonds to stock the Senate candy desk as the impeachment trial rolls on 
@SenToomey Toomey continues to say there is a "very high bar" to remove a president & sees witnesses as necessary only if they are likely to change the understanding of the facts to the point that they might shift senators' verdicts
@SenToomey Toomey on witnesses:
"The criteria is not Does the witness have something interesting to say? The criteria is are they likely to be able to shed definitive light on a disputed issue ... so central ... that the resolution of it could change my final conclusion. ... High bar"
"The criteria is not Does the witness have something interesting to say? The criteria is are they likely to be able to shed definitive light on a disputed issue ... so central ... that the resolution of it could change my final conclusion. ... High bar"
@SenToomey More Toomey:
"I don't think that there should be an automatic presumption that there have to be witnesses. Witnesses serve a purpose in a trial, and the purpose is to determine the facts in the case"
Add that the facts here are not much disputed.
"I don't think that there should be an automatic presumption that there have to be witnesses. Witnesses serve a purpose in a trial, and the purpose is to determine the facts in the case"
Add that the facts here are not much disputed.
@SenToomey Lastly:
- Toomey reiterates he'll decide on witnesses after both sides present their cases and Sens ask questions
- He was emphatic that he did not use the "fidget spinner"
- Toomey reiterates he'll decide on witnesses after both sides present their cases and Sens ask questions
- He was emphatic that he did not use the "fidget spinner"
