'I think Senator McConnell is entitled to his opinion and his approach, so is Senator Murkowski,' Kennedy told CNN.
Trump officially became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives on December 18. The vote passed largely along partisan lines in the Democratic-controlled chamber of Congress, with the president and GOP supporters arguing that the impeachment inquiry was unfair and biased.
Senate Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman John Kennedy listens to Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons testify about their FY2020 budget requests in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 7, in Washington, D.C.
Pelosi has withheld the articles of impeachment from the Senate, saying she plans to wait to see how the Senate plans to move forward with the process. Schumerthat the Senate call additional witnesses, including acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security Adviser John Bolton, who ignored subpoenas from the House to testify. The Trump administration has ordered officials to stonewall the inquiry. McConnell has thus far rejected Schumer's request.
Critics have said that Pelosi is now working counter to the Constitution by holding up the impeachment articles, arguing that she should not try to dictate how the GOP-controlled chamber of Congress proceeds. However, a representative for the speaker of the House
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