Sen. Doug Jones said he might vote to acquit President Trump in the Senate if the “dots aren’t connected” in the House Democrats’ impeachment case.
The Alabama Democrat appeared on ABC News’s This Week on Sunday to discuss the impeachment proceedings in Congress. Host Martha Raddatz quizzed Jones on whether he would vote to impeach Trump or if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is correct in saying some Senate Democrats may defect and vote against removing the president from office.
Jones said he has “no idea what Mitch McConnell is talking about” on potential Democrat defections. However, he went on to say that he has not yet analyzed all the evidence against Trump, but that he may vote to acquit the president if there is an alternate and reasonable reading of the evidence.
“I think these are really serious allegations,” Jones said.
He continued, “I have been trying to see if the dots get connected. If that is the case, then I think it’s a serious matter, and I think it’s an impeachable matter. But if those dots aren’t connected and there are other explanations that are consistent with innocence, I will go that way, too.”
In 2016, Trump won Alabama by nearly 30 points. Jones won his election in the deep red state in 2018 against GOP candidate Roy Moore, who was alleged to have sexually harassed and assaulted several young women and children.
