Six Republican senators on Tuesday joined 50 Democrats in voting to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump, forming
Six Republican senators on Tuesday joined 50 Democrats in voting to proceed with the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump, forming a contingent far smaller than what could be wanted to convict Mr. Trump of “incitement of revolt” associated to the riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The six Republicans had been Senators Invoice Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania.
The vote on Tuesday addressed the constitutional query of whether or not the Senate has the ability to attempt Mr. Trump regardless that he has left workplace.
The outcome largely mirrored the tally final month, when the Senate voted to kill an try to dismiss the trial as unconstitutional. 5 Republicans had joined all 50 Democrats in assist of going forward with the trial, although others later stated they had been nonetheless open to listening to the case and described their votes as a name for extra debate on the constitutionality of the trial.
However ultimately, the lone senator to modify sides was Mr. Cassidy. In a press release on Tuesday, he stated that “a adequate quantity of proof of constitutionality exists for the Senate to proceed with the trial,” including, “This vote is just not a prejudgment on the ultimate vote to convict.”
“If anybody disagrees with my vote and would really like a proof, I ask them to take heed to the arguments offered by the Home managers and former President Trump’s attorneys,” he continued. “The Home managers had a lot stronger constitutional arguments. The president’s crew didn’t.”
Just like the vote in January, the one on Tuesday signaled that Mr. Trump was all however sure to be acquitted. Seventeen Republicans would want to affix all 50 Democrats to succeed in the two-thirds threshold for convicting the previous president.