The Republican party demonstrated its contempt for the Constitution and American people on Friday when it voted 51 to 49 to disallow witnesses to testify in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

This means any slim hope of making Trump the first president to be removed from office via impeachment is effectively dashed.

The Republican cover-up is putting the nation on the path to dictatorship.

Late last week, it took another more perfidious turn.

Mere hours after the Senate’s vote, a court filing confirmed the Justice Department (DOJ) is withholding two dozen emails pertaining to Trump’s role in freezing military aid to Ukraine.