Utah Republicans scrap bills to punish Mitt Romney for impeachment vote

Published February 12, 2020 5:32pm ET



The Utah legislature will decline to consider bills to recall or censure GOP Sen. Mitt Romney for voting to convict President Trump during his Senate impeachment trial.

Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson met with his Republican caucus on Tuesday to determine a plan of action for bills to censure or possibly recall Romney, after which he announced they would not seek to punish Romney, according to Deseret News.

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