November 22, 2024

Top Senate Republican McConnell to vote to acquit Trump in impeachment trial: source

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) passes through the U.S. Senate subway as he heads to the Senate floor to attend as former U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorneys begin pleading Trump’s defense case during the fourth day of the impeachment trial of the former president on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican colleagues that he will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Reporting by Richard Cowan; Writing by Michael Martina; editing by Diane Craft

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