If even five or six GOP senators decide that Trump ought to be convicted, it would be the most bipartisan vote of its kind in American history even as it would be well short of the super-majority required to produce an actual conviction.
GOP strategist Alex Conant, a former adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio
Such a vote would underline the deep fissures in a party that is still trying to grapple with the legacy of the 45th president and with his magnetic hold on the party’s grassroots activists.
In recent weeks, battles over the House leadership position of Rep. Liz Cheney
Fox News's Laura Ingraham ripped one of former President Trump's attorneys as she went on air Tuesday evening, describing Bruce Castor's attempts to defend Trump during the impeachment trial as "terrible."
“If you feel that you have no authority, then you can’t go on and say ‘well we have no authority but I guess I’ll go ahead and convict anyway,’ ” Hawley said. “I’d be surprised if many or any of those people change their minds on the underlying question of whether or not to oppose a penalty or not.”
Assuming every Democrat votes to find Trump “guilty,” they would still need 17 Republican senators to side with them in order to convict Trump, in what would amount to a historic first. On Tuesday, they got six to say the trial was constitutional.
By Reid Wilson - 02/05/21 10:51 AM EST
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) has formally filed papers to run for an open U.S. Senate seat, the first major candidate to enter what is expected to be one of the most competitive contests of the midterm elections.
Fetterman has teased a run, opening a campaign account in January that he said raised more than $1 million in just its first two weeks. He filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.
Fetterman s team said the paperwork, a regular step required by federal law, did not amount to a formal announcement.