Sen. Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey’s government used the Patriot Act to collect visitor files on the site in 2019. The Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA’s collection of telephone data illegally withdraws Dunford from the chair of the Coronavirus surveillance panel. (R-Pa.), Who played a leading role in the opposition to attempts to throw away the results of the 2020 election, said on Saturday President Trump
Donald Trump McConnell circulates proceedings for second Senate indictment over Trump Trump proposes to build own platform after Twitter ban: 18 percent of Republicans support MORE in Capitol committed “undisputed offenses.”
“I think the president has committed impeccable transgressions,” Toomey said in an interview with Fox News’ “The Journal Editorial Report.”
Toomey is the best Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. He plans to retire from Congress by the end of 2022 to return to the private sector.
Toomey said he did not know if the Senate would act on any indictments passed by the House during the last 11 days of Trump’s term, and expressed concern that Democrats could try to ‘politicize’ the process.
“I do not know what they are going to send, and one of the things I am honestly concerned about is whether the House would politicize anything,” he said.
While Toomey said he believed Trump had “committed impeccable transgressions”, he added: “I do not know what will land on the floor of the Senate.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi Pressure grows on Trump to leave Hillicon Valley: Twitter suspends Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell and others permanently | Laptop stolen from Pelosi’s office during riots in Capitol Reddit bans r / DonaldTrump forum House chairman: Biden Pentagon chooses ‘share my commitment to civilian control of the military’ MORE (D-Calif.) Wrote in a letter to colleagues on Friday that if Trump does not leave office “immediately and willingly,” the House will continue with action.
During a telephone conversation that lasted more than three hours on Friday afternoon, an overwhelming majority of House Democrats voiced support for Trump’s accusation for a second time.
Pelosi expressed the hope that the threat of accusation would mobilize Trump’s cabinet to appeal to the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
Pelosi has not yet announced a final decision on how the house will move forward from Saturday afternoon.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell recalls proceedings for the second Senate indictment over Trump Top official recalled by Trump and then issues the resignation letter again to say departure in protest (R-Ky.) Distributed a memorandum Friday outlining the procedures for another indictment if the House votes a second time to accuse Trump.
In McConnell’s memo it was stated that although the Senate could receive a message from the House informing the upper chamber that it had passed articles of indictment, the Senate secretary could not notify the Senate of the message does not set until January 19, when the senators plan to return from a recess.
As a result, House Prosecution executives could not exhibit the indictment on the Senate floor until Jan. 19 unless all 100 senators agree to allow cases to take place before the recess is scheduled – according to McConnell’s memo an unlikely possibility. .
The Senate’s indictment rules do not allow the upper chamber to begin the trial, only one day after the House’s indictment managers displayed the indictment articles, meaning another trial would only take place on January 20 before 1 p.m. start. Joe Biden
Joe BidenUS judge blocks Trump administration’s restrictions on asylum McConnell circulates proceedings for second Senate indictment over Trump Top official recalled by Trump then resigns letter to say departure in protest MORE is sworn in as president – unless all 100 senators agree to return earlier.
McConnell’s memo said it was not clear whether Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over Trump’s second indictment if that happened, because he would no longer be president when it began.
Two other Republican senators have expressed readiness to remove Trump from office over what they see as his role in inciting a pro-Trump crowd that has stormed the Capitol.
Sen. Ben Sasse
Ben SasseMcConnell circulates proceedings for second Senate indictment over Trump Dershowitz says he will defend Trump again in defense trial Growing pressure on Trump to leave more (R-Neb.) Told ‘CBS This Morning’ that if the House meets during an indictment, ‘I will definitely reflect on the articles they may move, because I said I disregarded the President’s oath of office. . ”
Sasse said he “swore an oath to the American people to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution” and that Trump “acted against it”.
Sasse later said he had heard from senior White House officials that Trump was “delighted” to learn that his supporters had broken into the Capitol building. The fight resulted in the deaths of a Capitol police officer and several rioters.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Ann Murkowski McConnell circulates proceedings for Trump’s second Senate indictment Republicans warn Democrats against accusing Trump again Pressures Trump to leave MORE (R-Alaska) told the Anchorage Daily News on Friday that Trump should resign.
“I want him to resign. I want him out. He did enough damage, “she said.
Toomey said in an interview on Saturday that Trump’s false allegations of widespread electoral fraud cost Republicans control of the Senate through a depressing rise of GOP in two runoff games in Georgia.
“We lost those races because the races were about Donald Trump and not about our candidates. I think we had better candidates. He had a very, very good reason to present to the voters, that is, that you do not want to risk the Democrats who have gone to these extreme left in recent years; you do not want to give them power, ‘he said.
Toomey said the message was ‘obscured’.
“We had problems with the turnout. It is difficult to point out voters when they tell them that the election is against them anyway. “It is not a good message to inspire people to go to the polls,” he said. “I think we could both win the races.”
Toomey defends McConnell’s handling of Republican objections to the votes for Biden in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The GOP leader warned his colleagues not to support objections to election votes, which he said would put fellow Republicans in a difficult position and undermine the state’s rights to set its own election rules.
“Mitch McConnell handles some very, very difficult circumstances as well as anyone could,” Toomey said. “He knew it was a very bad idea to disapprove of the voters who were approved by the states, and he argued why we should not take the road.”
Asked if Senate Republican colleagues bear some responsibility for a pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress counted Electoral College, Toomey said: “I think there is a lot of soul-searching that is going to have to happen. “
“There are people who committed the big lie that Donald Trump won in a landslide, and it was all stolen from him. That is not true, “he said.
He said there had been a ‘compilation of dishonesty’ by people spreading the idea that Congress’s compilation of the Electoral College on Wednesday ‘could lead to a different outcome, and therefore it is reasonable to try to put pressure on legislators . ‘
“It would never happen. It was never possible. And deliberately misleading people into this is a real problem, ‘Toomey added.
Updated 17:52 pm