Merkley decries Trump's 'imperial presidency' and 'dark day' for Democracy

Democrats’ attempts to compel new evidence and testimony in President Trump’s impeachment trial all but died Friday. If and when that definitively happens, Sen. Jeff Merkley said during a break in the proceedings, this will be a “dark day” for democracy. “If it unfolds in that fashion, this will not be a trial in the American sense of trials,” Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, said on a conference call with reporters. “That outcome, which turns this into a sham or kangaroo court or a…