McConnell open to convicting Trump in impeachment trial

Jan 14, 20210

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FILE - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) gives an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington Dec. 21, 2020. McConnell has told associates he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach Trump, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly did not rule out Wednesday that he might eventually vote to convict the now twice-impeached President Donald Trump, but he also blocked a quick Senate impeachment trial.

Minutes after the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, McConnell said in a letter to his GOP colleagues that he's not determined whether Trump should be convicted in the Senate's upcoming proceedings. The House impeachment articles charge that Trump incited insurrection by exhorting supporters who violently attacked the Capitol last week, resulting in five deaths and a disruption of Congress.

"I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate," McConnell wrote.

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