Senate GOP boxes itself in on impeachment
By Alexander Bolton - 01/27/21 06:01 AM EST
The outcome of former President Trump’s second impeachment trial has largely been determined after 45 Republican senators voted in support of a resolution declaring it unconstitutional and the impeachment of a private citizen illegal.
The vote boxes in the overwhelming majority of the Senate Republican conference into supporting Trump’s acquittal on a single article of impeachment before the House managers and Trump’s lawyers have even filed their pre-trial briefs.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of only a handful of GOP senators actively considering whether to vote to convict Trump, on Tuesday said it’s now hard to imagine there will be anything close to the 67 votes needed to convict Trump.
“Whether or not we’re going to see members change their mind after they’ve already taken a vote, I think that’s hard for people to do,†she said.
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