Top Senate Republican: Censure option for Trump is 'not serious'

A small bipartisan group of senators has raised the idea of skipping a potentially lengthy impeachment trial and instead censuring former President Donald Trump, but a top Republican said on Wednesday that it’s not likely to happen.

“I just think it’s so hypothetical at this point,” Senate Minority Whip John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, told reporters in the Capitol. “The Democrats are very intent on going through the impeachment process. That’s the vote that matters to them.”