“The evidence is compelling that President Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against a coequal branch of government and that the charge rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors,” said Senator Richard Burr, who is retiring at the end of his term in 2022. How the seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump later explained their decisions Pelosi also ruled out the possibility of the House voting to censure Trump, remarking that, “We censure people for using stationery for the wrong purpose, we don’t censure people for inciting insurrection that kills people in the Capitol.” She also singled out McConnell, rejecting his post-acquittal attack on Trump: “For him to get up there and make this indictment against the president, and say, ‘I can’t vote for it because it’s after the fact’ - the fact that he established … that could not be delivered before the inauguration.” “What we saw in that Senate today was a cowardly group of Republicans who apparently have no options, because they were afraid to defend their job, respect the institution in which they serve,” Pelosi said, “What is so important about any one of us? What is so important about the political survival of any one of us than the Constitution we have sworn to protect and defend?” The Speaker joined the House managers’ press conference after the verdict and unloaded on the senators who voted to acquit Trump.
Pelosi rules out censure, calls GOP senators cowards, and goes after McConnell
#JAMIE RASKIN SPEECH FOR HEARING ON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL#
Below, in reverse chronological order, are updates on the trial and aftermath as it played out. Photo: Screencap//Getty Imagesįormer president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial over inciting the January 6 Capitol riot ended Saturday with an acquittal. Lead House impeachment manager Representative Jamie Raskin speaks on the fifth day of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial at the U.S.
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