As vote on witnesses looms, Trump legal team tells impeachment trial: 'Time for this to end'

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters as she departs a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020.

Amid uncertainty over the question of whether to call witnesses in President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, his legal team wrapped up its opening arguments on Tuesday with an appeal for a quick acquittal.

Saying “it is time for this to end,” Trump’s lawyers brushed off former national security adviser John Bolton’s explosive allegations about Trump’s conduct and accused Democrats of trying to interfere with Trump’s November re-election bid.