Warning Against Sham ‘Cover-Up to Protect Trump
Warning Against Sham ‘Cover-Up to Protect Trump,’ Progressives Pressure McConnell to Hold Fair Senate Impeachment Trial
Advocacy groups called for a “fair trial of the impeached and disgraced president in the United States Senate—not a show trial to attempt to excuse the abuses of office which led to President Trump’s impeachment.”
“Americans deserve nothing less than the full truth. They deserve to see a fair trial and they are watching closely to see if Senator McConnell delivers one.”
—Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause
The groundswell of public pressure on the House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump rapidly pivoted to the GOP-controlled Senate Wednesday night, with progressive lawmakers and advocacy groups demanding that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stop his collusion with the White House and allow a fair trial on the articles approved by the House.
Pointing to McConnell’s recent vow to work in “total coordination” with the Trump administration on the impeachment trial, Indivisible co-executive director Ezra Levin said the Kentucky Republican “is publicly threatening to orchestrate a sham trial—a cover-up to protect Trump.”
“But he can’t do that on his own—he will need to convince his fellow Republican senators to go along with his plan,” Levin said in a statement. “So Indivisibles now turn their focus to convincing Republican senators to prioritize their democracy over their party… [A]ny senator who goes along with McConnell’s cover-up will never live this down.”
In a press conference after the House voted to approve both articles of impeachment against Trump—without the support of a single Republican—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested she will not begin the process of sending the articles to the GOP-controlled Senate until it is guaranteed they will receive a fair hearing, rather than a rapid acquittal of the kind McConnell is reportedly planning.
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