And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is indicating he’ll endeavor to give the White House whatever kind of trial it wants. Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Thursday night, McConnell made a point of saying that he would be coordinating with White House counsel Pat Cipollone every step of the way. AD“Everything I do during this, I’m coordinating with the White House counsel,” McConnell said. The repetition of the first talking point made pretty clear that McConnell very much intended to say all of this. ADThose senators have, in many cases, declined to comment on impeachment and the Ukraine scandal because they will serve as jurors in the Senate trial.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 13:53 UTC