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Battle for witnesses looms as defense rests in Trump trial

Deputy White House Counsel Mike Purpura (C, bottom), makes arguments for the defense in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. [AFP]

The fight over calling witnesses to testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial intensified Tuesday after Trump's lawyers closed their defense calling the abuse of power charges against him politically motivated.

Democrats sought to have the Senate subpoena former White House national security advisor John Bolton to provide evidence after leaks from his forthcoming book suggested he could supply damning evidence against Trump.

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