Republican senators plot way to blow up Trump impeachment trial before it starts

Published January 26, 2021 2:44am ET



A faction of Republican senators aim to defuse former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial before it even starts.

The plan was presented by Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, in a short tweet thread Monday evening after the House impeachment managers delivered to the Senate an article charging Trump with inciting an insurrection in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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