According to sources close to Senator Mitch McConnell, he is indicating that the final vote of Trump’s impeachment trial is a vote on conscience and that senators who opposed the constitutionality of the trial may still vote to convict the former president.
According to MSN News:
The Kentucky Republican has also suggested that he hasn’t made up his mind how he’ll vote, two of the people said, even though he voted Tuesday to declare it unconstitutional for the Senate to hear the case against a former president.
That position is starkly different than McConnell’s declaration at the start of Trump’s first impeachment trial last year that he did not consider himself an impartial juror.
It’s highly unlikely that the Senate will convict Trump of the House’s single impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection, which cited the former president’s actions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Conviction requires a two-thirds majority, which means at least 17 Republicans would have to vote with all Democrats in the 50-50 chamber
…
On Feb. 2, he told reporters: “We’re all going to listen to what the lawyers have to say and making the arguments and work our way through it.”
On the opening day of the trial, six GOP senators voted alongside Democrats that Trump’s impeachment trial is constitutional and will proceed. However, Democrats still need 17 Republicans to ultimately vote to convict the former president, which is unlikely.
Follow us on Twitter by clicking HERE!
