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Article snippet: Senate Republicans are trying to avoid a high-profile fight with the White House as they plot their impeachment trial strategy. Divisions have erupted between MORE and the GOP Senate on everything from witnesses, how long the trial should last and whether senators should wait until January to start it. Now GOP leaders and the White House are stepping up their efforts to get in sync, with a Senate trial just weeks away. Senate Majority Leader MORE (D-Conn.) tweeted, reacting to McConnell’s Fox News comments. Rep. MORE (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, read McConnell’s comments aloud during the House Judiciary Committee's markup of articles of impeachment, adding that “the jury, Senate Republicans, are going to coordinate with the defendant, Donald Trump, on how exactly the kangaroo court is going to be run.” McConnell defended his decision while officially filing to run for reelection in Kentucky, arguing that former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), who was the minority leader during the Clinton impeachment trial, coordinated with the Clinton White House. Daschle initially told Axios that he did not coordinate but later walked back his comments, saying his staff was in touch with the White House during the trial. "It was done during the Clinton impeachment. Not surprisingly, President Clinton and the Democrats in the Senate were coordinating strategy. We're on the same side,” McConnell told reporters in Kentucky, according to the Louisville Cou... Link to the full article to read more