Forty-five Republicans vote against proceeding with Senate impeachment trial - News Summed Up

Forty-five Republicans vote against proceeding with Senate impeachment trial


Five GOP senators voted not to dismiss the impeachment trial of President Trump: Susan Collins, Maine, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, Ben Sasse, Neb., and Pat Toomey, Pa., and Mitt Romney, Utah. RAND PAUL TO TRIGGER SENATE VOTE ON WHETHER IMPEACHMENT IS CONSTITUTIONALPaul said he expected his resolution to prove there would be "no chance" of impeaching the president in the Senate. "I think there will be enough support on it to show there’s no chance they can impeach the president," Paul told reporters Tuesday. Paul, in floor remarks ahead of the vote, claimed that the absence of the chief justice made the trial unconstitutional. JONATHAN TURLEY, PROFESSOR WHO CALLED TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TRIAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL, TO ATTEND SENATE GOP LUNCHEONTrump was impeached in the House after for months claiming that he won the presidential election.


Source: Fox News January 26, 2021 21:24 UTC



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