The Senate largely broke along party lines Friday to vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, meaning they won’t hear further evidence as part of those proceedings.

But that doesn’t mean the evidence won’t come out in the future after Friday’s vote failed 49-51. In committee reports, court filings and arguments before judges, lawyers for the House have maintained that just because the Senate began its impeachment trial doesn’t mean the inquiry into alleged wrongdoing surrounding Trump’s freeze of Ukrainian military aid is finished.

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