However, it takes a lot for a senator of the same party of the president to come out and declare that. Moe: I wouldn't say it was necessarily a complete (BACKGROUND VOICE) surprise. Mitt Romney: Were I to ignore the evidence that has been presented and disregard what I believe my oath and the constitution demands of me for the sake of a partisan end, it would I fear expose my character to history's rebuke and the censure of my own conscience. we all were watching the Senate floor when Mitt Romney went and declared that he was going to be voting the president guilty of Article I, the abuse of power charge. Moe: Right, so we've been kind of tracking all along these more moderate senators, the Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney to see exactly what they were planning to do. when leader McConnell gaveled back into the floor and said, "You know, it's time to take these votes." So they had the first vote on Article I which is the abuse of power vote.
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But the trial itself actually resumed at 4:00 p.m. Moe: Yeah, so we have a lot of senators talking on the floor in the morning, kind of laying out, you know, how they are gonna vote or giving their kind of closing argues, if you will.
Take us through what happened on the Senate floor today.
Certainly the Clinton one, that was shorter. It did last about two weeks before the final vote this evening compared to Senate trials in the past. At the same time the Senate phase of it from the beginning, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, he said it would be a quick trial. Kornacki: Big day at the end of a, I wanna say, a long process because this entire because this entire impeachment process was months long. Welcome to the show on a historic occasion.Īlex Moe: Thanks for having me. (PAUSE) Alex Moe is a Capitol Hill producer for NBC News. Kornacki: (MUSIC) Today on Article II, we'll take you through the final hours of the third impeachment trial of a president in American history.
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