The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying that the Senate must take action if the House approves articles of impeachment against Trump. The statement came in response to concerns that the Senate could simply refuse to hold a trial
The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying that the Senate must take action if the House of Representatives approves articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The statement came in response to concerns that the Senate could simply refuse to hold a trial.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also said as much in a March interview with NPR: “If it [impeachment] were to happen, the Senate has no choice. If the House were to act, the Senate immediately goes into a trial.” But McConnell told @NPREmbedded - definitively and on the record - that if the House impeached, the Senate *would* hold a trial.McConnell could call a vote on a motion to dismiss, which would effectively amount to a vote to acquit Trump of wrongdoing.
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