Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Trump met at the White House and discussed the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter
McConnell, one of the sources said, walked Trump through the trial format and discussed how Senate Republicans were reacting to the developments around the trial.McConnell was at the White House to introduce Trump to a judge, and later the Senate leader and the President met privately.
McConnell's interactions with Trump are sure to fuel Democratic accusations that the majority leader is improperly coordinating with the President before the trial, which will determine whether Trump should be removed from office.Read MoreThe White House has been engaged in a discussion with the leader's office for weeks and has reacted to various ideas and proposals about how they believe the trial should be set up.
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