On January 30, the co-hosts of Fox & Friends defended President Donald Trump from his Senate impeachment trial by suggesting that no witnesses be called and the trial come to a conclusion by Friday, January 31, “either to acquit the president, or something else, we don’t know.”

Brian Kilmeade claimed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) are attempting to “play this out, elongate this entire process," and “continuing to change the rules” because “their endgame is to extend this game.” Kilmeade added that “instead of saying, ‘Well, we want to get to the truth,’ it’s pretty obvious they want to play this out and they’ll never be satisfied.”