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Editorial: The Senate owes the nation a full and fair impeachment trial

As Congress reconvenes in the new year, it remains unclear when and under what circumstances the Senate will hold a trial on whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors." That uncertainty needs to end.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should promptly transmit the two articles of impeachment approved by the House to the Senate so that arrangements for a trial can begin. For his part, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should agree that witnesses whose testimony could be

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