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13 Feb, 17 tweets, 3 min read
VOTE BEGINS on the article of impeachment charging Donald Trump with incitement of insurrection.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
The vote will be the first time since 1868 that a majority of the Senate (though not a supermajority) votes to convict. And it will easily set a record for most votes to convict by members of the president's party. politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
BURR: Guilty

CASSIDY: Guilty

COLLINS: Guilty
SASSE issues statement that he will vote to convict.
SASSE statement on conviction vote:
MURKOWSKI: Guilty
ROMNEY: Guilty
TOOMEY: Guilty
57-43 is the final tally.

Historic rebuke —first majority foir impeachment since 1868, most ever conviction votes for a member of the same party — but short of the 2/3 required.

Trump acquitted.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
The seven Republicans who voted to convict:

Collins
Cassidy
Toomey
Sasse
Burr
Murkowski
Romney

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
ROMNEY becomes the first lawmaker ever to twice convict a president of his own party.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
If you only heard this statement, you'd think MCCONNELL voted to convict.

"They did this because they’d been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on Earth because he was angry he lost an election."

"President Trump is practically and morally responsible."
McConnell is giving a conviction speech after an acquittal vote:

"It was obvious thatonly President Trump could end this ... The president did not act swiftly.He did not do his job. He didn't take steps so federal law could be faithfully executed and order restored."
MORE MCCONNELL:

"With police officers bleeding and broken glass covering Capitol floors, he kept repeating election lies and praising the criminals."
MCCONNELL now accusing some Republicans of an "absurd deflection" by accusing Demorats of attacking Trump's 74 million voters by trying to hold him accountable.
BOTTOM LINE: "In the context of impeachment, the Senate might have decided [incitement] was acceptable shorthand for the reckless action that preceded the riot. But in this case, the question is moot because former President Trump is constitutionally not eligible for conviction"
MCCONNELL says Trump "didn’t get away with anything, yet. Yet."

He notes Trump is still potentially criminal liable for actions during his term.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…

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Kyle Cheney Profile picture
13 Feb
NOW: The impeachment managers are giving a press conference after Trump's acquittal.
RASKIN says that McConnell's comments after the vote went even further than Democrats by suggesting Trump could be criminally charged.
PLASKETT says seeking key witnesses would have taken months of litigation. She notes they're still in court for testimony for MCGAHN from 2019.
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Kyle Cheney Profile picture
13 Feb
NEW: Two Senate Democrats are now calling for witnesses as key details about Trump's conduct while the Jan. 6 violence unfolded have come to light.

The big question: Will House managers agree?

ttps://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/trump-impeachment-trial-day-5-468985
Most of the energy has been for speeding straight through to the final vote. But evidence that Trump attacked Pence while *knowing* he was fleeing the violence has changed the calculus.

Some Rs have signaled they're intensely interested in this as well.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
A third Senate Dem, Chris Van Hollen, says he'd "welcome" witnesses — *if* the House managers ask for them

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13 Feb
Remarkably, as she reminded everyone tonight, Rep. @HerreraBeutler relayed the Trump-McCarthy converstation to her local paper on Jan. 17.

tdn.com/news/herrera-b…
@HerreraBeutler Tonight, Herrera Beutler makes clear she has been emphatic with her colleagues on this point and pleads with others close to Trump — and Pence himself — to start saying what they know.

NEW: A key House Republican is pleading with Pence and former Trump aides to share what they know about Trump’s behavior on Jan. 6 — tonight.

She confirmed an earlier anecdote that Trump refused to call off his supporters despite a plea from @GOPLeader

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
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12 Feb
NEWS: Tuberville speaks to reporters just now and stands by account he gave to @burgessev on Wednesday

"I said Mr President, they've taken the vice president out. They want me to get off the phone, I gotta go ... probably the only guy in the world hung up on pres United States"
@burgessev Trump's lawyers dismissed it as "hearsay" during the trial today. It's a key point that several Republicans considering conviction asked about and got no answer from Trump's team.
@burgessev More importantly: If Tuberville's account is true, it means Trump attacked Pence on Twitter about 10 minutes after learning Pence had been evacuated to escape the violent mob.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
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12 Feb
CASTRO references Sen. TUBERVILLE's comments to @burgessev indicating he *directly told Trump* that Pence had been evacuated moments before.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
@burgessev The Trump team's response to this ignores what Castro just said to indicate there's "nothing in the record" about what Trump knew about Pence.

politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
@burgessev This trial appears to be speeding to a resolution without witnesses, but that exchange screams out for Tuberville's testimony. He could easily confirm whether what he told @burgessev on Wednesday was accurate: that he informed Trump about Pence's evacuation.
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12 Feb
"There was no insurrection," is an astonishing argument to make for what was obvously an insurrection, and has been described that way by senators and the Justice Department for weeks.
For exmaple, here's a DOJ filing in the Q shaman case last week describing the "insurrection."
CASTOR suggests he was the first person to raise Trump's 2:38 pm tweet calling on protesters to "stay peaceful."

He's wrong. The House managers dissected this tweet and said Trump's exhortation to "stay peaceful" was absurd since the violence was already underway.
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