LATEST: Senate Majority Leader McConnell suggests Monday that the House impeachment inquiry could last until the end of the year, which could push the start of the Senate process up against the presidential primary season in early 2020.
“Then it comes over to the Senate, it displaces all other business, the chief justice of the United States is in the chair, senators are not allowed to speak, they have to sit there and listen, and I’m not sure how long it will go on,” he added.
If the House were to wrap up the impeachment inquiry on the timeline McConnell predicted, the earliest the Senate wouldwould be in January, just weeks before the first votes are cast in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3. McConnell said that he was confident that the Republican-controlled Senate would not vote to impeach President Donald Trump, and suggested that view might influence how long members would want to continue with the trial.“I can’t imagine a scenario under which President Trump would be removed from office with 67 votes in the Senate," he said.
While the Democratic-controlled House is likely to vote to impeach the president, it is up to the Senate to conduct a trial and vote to actually remove Trump from office. McConnell has previously stated that he plans to hold the Senate trial six days per week, making it virtually
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