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The Republican Senators who acquitted Donald Trump, despite admitting that he had incited a deadly insurrection against the United States, grounded their decisions on a conjunction. Was the acquittal predestined by a rare planetary alignment? No … the...
"While a close call, I am persuaded that impeachments are a tool primarily of removal and we therefore lack jurisdiction," McConnell wrote in an email to colleagues Saturday.
Senate must not establish a 'January exception' to Congress' impeachment power, managers argue
The Senate voted Tuesday that the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional after the House impeachment managers made an emotionally compelling case showing how rioters violently breached the US Capitol and attacked police officers last month, invoking Trump's name as they tried to disrupt the certification of the November election.
Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. The House impeached Trump a week later, just seven days before Biden took the oath of office. With the Senate split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, it is unlikely they will reach the two-thirds threshold for conviction. Trump is the only president to be impeached twice. The proceedings in the Senate started just after 1 p.m. ET, and debate lasted nearly four hours. The proceedings adjourned just after 5 p.m. GOP senator voted to hold impeachment trial because Trump's legal team was 'terrible' GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy said that he voted i...