Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe on Friday explained why he believes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) plan to coordinate with Donald Trump’s defense team in a Senate impeachment trial of the president may backfire. McConnell on Thursday told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that there was “no chance” that Trump would be removed from office over the Ukraine scandal and vowed “total coordination” with the White House during proceedings. That’s not a very good record. Melber suggested Trump and McConnell may actually end up tainting their public claim to an acquittal of the president by rigging the process in Trump’s favor. “That’s exactly right,” replied Tribe.

Source: Huffington Post December 14, 2019 07:52 UTC