Republican and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised on Fox News that he would be taking cues directly from the White House when dealing with the impeachment proceedings, rather than remain impartial as the Constitution demands. The senator has also rejected Chuck Schumer's calls for testimony from several key witnesses, including former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. "It is not just that it violates the Constitution, it violates the oath they swear," says Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent at Slate. "This is a specific oath they swear as it relates to impeachment — that they will be impartial jurors." Mark Green, who co-authored the book "Fake President" with Ralph Nader, adds that rather than speaking truth to power, "Trump and McConnell and all of them are power to truth."

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