Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would not hold an impeachment trial before the Christmas recess, despite a push from the White House for the chamber to take it up immediately
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate would not hold an impeachment trial before the Christmas recess, despite a push from the White House for the chamber to take it up immediately.
McConnell said Tuesday that he would expect House impeachment managers to present their argument for why the Senate should convict Trump, and the president’s lawyers would then respond with their defense. After that, the Senate will have two choices, McConnell outlined. The Kentucky Republican reiterated that he would be surprised if there were 67 senators — the two-thirds majority needed — to remove the president from office.
“This has to come first,” he said. “This is one of the most solemn decisions that anyone has to make and I’ve told all members of my caucus that scheduling concerns are secondary to doing this the right way.”
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