Senior White House officials met privately with a group of GOP senators about possible Senate impeachment trial, with participants discussing a potential two-week, abbreviated timetable for proceedings, administration official tells ABC News.
Senior White House officials, including Jared Kushner, met privately Thursday with a group of Republican senators to discuss an all-but-assured Senate impeachment trial, with participants discussing a potential two-week, abbreviated timetable for the proceedings, a senior Trump administration official told ABC News.
This group was hosted by White House Legislative Affairs Director Eric Ueland, a former long-time Senate aide and impeachment veteran. "Most everyone agrees there's not 51 votes to dismiss this before the managers present their case," Graham said. "He talked about impeachment and how frustrated he is at the inability to defend himself," Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., recounted."But he didn't dwell on it. He didn't take up the lengthiest part of our conversation by any means."
Sen. Mitt Romney, who has voiced concern about the president's actions in the Ukraine matter, attended the meeting, describing it as"very delightful," noting that Vice President Mike Pence and other senior officials were also in attendance."With regards to the president's comments, he didn't … say anything or raise any topics and he hasn't said on TV multiple times," Romney said, noting that no senator in the room offered a reply to Trump.
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