Early Procedural Test Shows Where Senate GOP May Stand On Convicting Trump
Early Procedural Test Shows Where Senate GOP May Stand On Convicting Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Edelman/Pool/Getty Images Alex Edelman/Pool/Getty Images Updated 5:40 p.m. ET After senators were sworn in Tuesday afternoon as jurors in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Sen. Rand Paul quickly pressed for a vote to force lawmakers on the record over the issue of the trial's constitutionality. "I think be enough to show that more than a third of the Senate thinks that the whole proceeding is unconstitutional, which will show that ultimately they don't have the votes to do an impeachment," Paul told Capitol Hill reporters Tuesday morning. Sponsor Message "The theory that the Senate can't try former officials would amount to a constitutional Get Out of Jail Free card for any president who commits an impeachable offense," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in remarks ahead of the vote.
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