According to information obtained by Newsmax, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has signaled to Republican senators that they could still favor a final vote on Trump‘s impeachment even if they have already found it unconstitutional. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled to Republican senators that even senators who have deemed Trump’s impeachment unconstitutional could still vote in favor of his conviction on a final vote.
Newsmax TV reported on Feb. 10 that they received information from three people familiar with the matter that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told his Republican colleagues that the final vote on former President Trump’s impeachment would be a “conscience” vote.
McConnell made the remarks publicly during a leadership meeting on Monday night, Feb. 8, a person familiar with the matter said.
McConnell’s words were interpreted as a signal to Republican senators that those who found the impeachment unconstitutional could still vote for the conviction of former President Trump in the final vote.
Two people familiar with the matter said the Senate began hearing the Trump impeachment case Feb. 9, and after first debating its constitutionality, Sen. McConnell voted to find it unconstitutional, but McConnell has not yet decided how to vote in a final vote on whether to convict Trump.
Six Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the constitutionality of Trump’s impeachment on Feb. 8, moving the impeachment through the Senate.
After 44 Republican senators voted against an impeachment trial against former President Trump, most Republican senators saw it as a clear signal that the Senate would eventually overturn the impeachment charges against President Trump and give Trump an acquittal.
Senator Kevin Cramer, a Republican from North Dakota, said the Senate will eventually overturn the impeachment charges against President Trump and give him an acquittal. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said, “I’ve come to believe that the likelihood of a close conviction is extremely small.”
Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (D-Miss.) said, “I’ve come to believe that a conviction is highly unlikely. Jo-Hawley said he would be “very surprised” if any Republican changed his mind during the trial and voted for impeachment and conviction.
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) believes Tuesday’s vote (Feb. 8) will be a barometer of the final outcome, indicating how many senators will vote to acquit President Trump.
Missouri’s other U.S. senator, Republican Roy Blunt, said the vote will be a barometer of the final outcome. I would vote like I voted that day,” said Roy Blunt (R-Miss.). I don’t think it’s constitutional, and I don’t think we should do it.”
Congressional Democrats have accused President Trump of “instigating” the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol as a reason to try to convict Trump of impeachment. Because a conviction would require a two-thirds majority of the Senate’s 100 senators to pass, that means at least 17 Republican senators would need to fall in line and join the 50 Democratic senators to make it possible.
More critically, according to the Constitution, impeachment is only for a sitting president, but Trump is already a civilian, so there is no talk of impeachment for a civilian, so the party opposing impeachment first believes that this impeachment is unconstitutional and fundamentally untenable.
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