ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to meet with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill on Jan. 31 after the Senate voted not to allow witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. An aide to Senate Republican leadership, speaking on condition of anonymity, rejected the idea that protecting Trump would become the most noteworthy part of McConnell’s record. “Sadly, the constitutional travesty that he orchestrated here will serve as his legacy,” said George Conway, a prominent Republican Trump critic and husband of a top White House aide. McConnell openly telegraphed his intention to stand with Trump even as the House was completing impeachment proceedings in December. Other Republicans, among them Trump critics, said McConnell’s push to get conservative judges will ultimately outweigh his facts-be-damned acquittal of Trump.

Source: Huffington Post February 02, 2020 10:52 UTC