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McConnell Blasts Impeachment, Will Vote to Acquit Trump

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday slammed
   House Democrats' drive to impeach President Donald Trump as "the most
   rushed, least fair and least thorough" in history and confirmed that he
   will vote to acquit him.

   McConnell said the two impeachment charges against Trump -- that he
   abused his power and obstructed Congress' ensuing investigation -- are
   "constitutionally incoherent" and don't "even approach a case for the
   first presidential removal in American history."

   The Kentucky Republican opened the Senate with a scathing assessment of
   the case presented by House Democrats, but he did not address whether
   Trump's actions were inappropriate or wrong, as some Senate Republicans
   have conceded.

   McConnell has dodged question about whether Trump's actions --
   pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to announce an
   investigation into Trump's political rival Joe Biden -- were
   inappropriate. He led a drive last week to deny Democrats any
   opportunity to call witnesses before the Senate, and he has worked
   closely with the Trump White House in shepherding the case through the
   Senate.
   

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