Republican senators plot way to blow up Trump impeachment trial before it starts
by Daniel Chaitin, Breaking News Editor |
| January 25, 2021 09:44 PM
A faction of Republican senators aim to defuse former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial before it even starts.
The plan was presented by Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, in a short tweet thread Monday evening after the House impeachment managers delivered to the Senate an article charging Trump with inciting an insurrection in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
"I will work with other like-minded Republican senators to challenge the constitutionality of this vindictive #impeachment trial before it begins," Johnson said.
"On January 6 we collectively acknowledged it was not wise for Congress to overrule the wishes of voters," he added. "Why would we think it makes sense to pre-emptively do so now?"
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