Impeachment: McConnells Verdict https://www.nysun.com/editorials/impeachment-mcconnells-verdict/91420/ It is one of the ironies of the trial of President Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection that the speech most likely to be studied by historians is that delivered after the verdict not guilty was brought in. It was after the Senate ordered the outcome be sent for safekeeping with the Secretary of State, and the court of impeachment was adjourned, that Senator Mitch McConnell unloaded. His speech is likely to go down as one of the most remarkable ever delivered in the Senate. It was a constitutional highwire act worthy of the Great Wallenda. And, not to put too fine a point on it, it might well prove to be more damning to Mr. Trump than anything said by the prosecution more damning, even, than a guilty verdict from the Senate would have been, though that can be but guesswork.