McConnell Confirms Impeachment Trial: ‘Senators Won’t Be Allowed to Speak’

McConnell Confirms Impeachment Trial: ‘Senators Won’t Be Allowed to Speak’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) right, speaks to reporters following the Republican Conference luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington on June 25, 2019. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that the Senate would hold a trial should the House impeach President Donald Trump, adding that “Senators won’t be allowed to speak” in the process.

“Under the impeachment rules of the Senate, we'll take the matter up. The chief justice will be in the chair ... We intend to do our constitutional responsibility,” he told reporters in Washington.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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