Update: The Associated Press issued a correction to its earlier post — McConnell told NPR several months ago that “if the House were to act, the Senate immediately goes into a trial.”
This item has been corrected to show that McConnell spoke to NPR months ago, not Friday — The Associated Press said in its correction.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) several months ago said that if the House of Representatives were to impeach President Trump, the Senate “has no choice” and would have to go to trial right away.
McConnell previously told NPR that “if the House were to act, the Senate immediately goes into a trial.”
In order for the Senate to convict President Trump, 20 Republican Senators would have to vote to impeach Trump along with the 47 Democrats (including Independents who caucus with Dems) in order to reach the 2/3 majority.
At the time of this publication, 12 House Democrats do not support impeachment proceedings.
The Democrats still have not specifically named a crime that President Trump has committed.
Pelosi, Schiff and other Democrats have accused President Trump of using quid pro quo in his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to influence the 2020 election, then tried to cover it up.
The transcript of the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Zelensky was declassified and the full, unredacted 5-page transcript was released Wednesday morning.
The transcript revealed that Trump never threatened Zelensky or engaged in quid pro quo to get him to agree to investigate Joe Biden’s son Hunter for his involvement with Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company.
The Democrats however are moving forward with an impeachment investigation based on a dossier that was compiled by a CIA officer who filed a complaint from second-hand knowledge.
