January 27, 2021 7:46 a.m.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, returned home on Tuesday night after an unexpected trip to the hospital earlier in the day, a spokesman said.
“After getting test results back, and after a thorough examination, Senator Leahy now is home. He looks forward to getting back to work. Patrick and Marcelle deeply appreciate the well wishes they have received tonight,” spokesman David Carle said in a statement.
The update on Leahy’s condition comes after an earlier report that the Vermont lawmaker had been admitted to the hospital just hours after presiding over the opening of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. Carle said in a statement at the time that the senator was not feeling well and the Capitol physician had recommended the trip to the hospital “out of an abundance of caution.”
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Democrats look to quickly move past Trump trial
The new Senate majority is eager to turn to Biden’s agenda now that it’s clear Republicans won’t convict the ex-president.
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Even before Donald Trump’s impeachment trial begins, some Senate Democrats are getting ready to speed to the end. After only five Republican senators joined Democrats in a vote Tuesday essentially declaring that Trump’s trial was constitutional, some in the new majority are signaling they’d like to quickly focus their attention elsewhere. If it wasn’t obvious before, they say, it’s now clear the GOP isn’t going to convict Trump.
McConnell says he intends to listen to the evidence despite voting against trial
John Wagner, Mike DeBonis and Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post
Jan. 27, 2021
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WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was among the 45 Republicans who voted Tuesday against holding an impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., raised an objection questioning the constitutional basis for the impeachment and removal of a former president.
Even so, McConnell said Wednesday that he plans to listen to the evidence during the trial. Well, the trial hasn t started yet. And I intend to participate in that and listen to the evidence, McConnell told reporters at the Capitol Wednesday morning.