WASHINGTON - Long before Donald Trump’s impeachment landed in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had one piece of advice for the president: Focus on the House. “You did a fantastic job.”In the aftermath of only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history, McConnell’s power over the Senate is now without doubt. Ahead of the trial, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he tried three times to engage McConnell on terms before the House’s articles of impeachment were transmitted to the Senate. The House approved the articles of impeachment in December on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disciplined timeline, resulting in in the quickest, most partisan impeachment vote in history. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, McConnell told his colleagues, “The United States Senate was made for moments like this.”Then, without further debate, the Senate voted to acquit.

Source: thestar February 06, 2020 22:30 UTC