Utah’s two Republican senators have staked out opposite positions on the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that started today in the U.S. Senate.
That became clear again Tuesday as Sen. Mike Lee and Sen. Mitt Romney were on different sides of the vote on whether it is constitutional to hold the trial after nearly four hours of argument by House impeachment managers and Trump’s lawyers.
Romney was among six Republicans who joined all 50 Democrats in voting that Trump is subject to a court of impeachment in the Senate. Lee voted against the measure, which passed 56-44.
Updated 9:39 PM ET, Mon February 8, 2021
What you need to know
The second impeachment trial of former President Trump begins tomorrow in the Senate. The House charged Trump with incitement of insurrection for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Trump s lawyers and the House impeachment managers exchanged another round of pretrial legal briefs today. The Democrats pushed back on the Trump team s claims that the trial is unconstitutional.
Senate leaders reached an agreement that gives each side up to 16 hours to present their cases and the potential for a debate and voting on calling witnesses. Trump rejected a request to testify in the trial.
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy was taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after not feeling well and later sent home after tests, a spokesman said, hours after the 80-year-old Democrat began presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
Good morning! No wonder Twitter is bringing up Hunter Biden again. For those who wonder: remember this: If they had anything real on Hunter, Hunter would be in DC lockup right now, Remember last spring with Tara Reade? Nothing happened because nothing happened. And it’s worth noticing that this sort of thing went past Obama too. Obama vetted his appointees to a fair the well, and if Biden had this, he would have been rejected as having too many distractions from his son.
Now you wonder what the end game is this? After all, Hunter is an adult, and presumably responsible for his own behavior. No evidence ever that Biden had participated in any of this stuff. What do you think they hope for? It’s possible to love a wayward rehabbing son without condoning anything he did/ Do they think if it was true, that Biden would hurt himself defending his son, or at least not shunning him?
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