McConnell: No time for impeachment trial before Trump term ends

Published January 13, 2021 10:15pm ET



A Senate trial on whether to convict President Trump on a House impeachment article would take weeks and cannot be completed before the end of his term on Jan. 20, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday.

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who said he might even vote to convict Trump on the House charge of inciting insurrection, said there simply isn’t enough time to hold a trial and Senate vote in the next seven days.

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