Republican governor says Trump should have been removed from office

Published February 7, 2020 2:36pm ET



Vermont Gov. Phil Scott joined Sen. Mitt Romney in being one of the few Republicans to endorse President Trump’s removal from office.

Scott, 61, announced on Thursday that he believed Trump should have been convicted on at least one of the articles of impeachment he faced. The governor said Trump had abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals and deserved to be removed from office.

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