Graham: Immediate dismissal of impeachment articles 'dead for practical purposes'

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Graham: Immediate dismissal of impeachment articles 'dead for practical purposes'
By Zack Budryk - 01/19/20 09:39 AM EST

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) conceded Sunday that the House-passed articles of impeachment against President Trump would not be dismissed without a trial in the Senate despite the near certainty that the upper chamber will vote to acquit the president.

“Have you given up on the idea that the majority will vote to dismiss case right away?” host Chris Wallace asked Graham on “Fox News Sunday.”

“That’s dead for practical purposes,” Graham told Wallace. “There are a lot of senators who I think will wind up acquitting the president but believe we need to hear the House’s case [and] the president’s case in answer to the House’s case.”

“The idea of dismissing the case early on is not going to happen,” he added. “We don’t have the votes for that.”

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