Republicans say the chances of former President Trump
Donald Trump Iran’s leader promises to ‘take revenge’ and post an image that looks like Trump Former Sanders spokesman: Biden ‘support’ of ‘populist offers’ Justice Dept. to investigate MORE the sudden departure of the American lawyer in Atlanta after Trump’s criticism will be convicted in an indictment trial is declining, despite lingering anger among some Republicans over his actions.
Only five or six Republican senators are likely to vote for accusation, far less than the amount needed, GOP sources say.
A two-thirds majority vote is needed for a conviction, something that requires at least 17 GOP votes if every Democrat votes to convict Trump.
Senators say a few things have moved in Trump’s favor.
One important development is that Trump decided not to forgive any of the individuals participating in the Capitol riot, which would have lost him more Republican support.
“I thought that if he pushed people who participated in this invasion of the Capitol, the number would go up because it would have said, ‘These are my guys,'” said one Republican senator, who asked anonymity to how GOP senators are likely to vote.
GOP senators are also concerned about a political setback of the former president’s ardent supporters.
They observed the furious reaction to the Republican conference chairman of the House Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn Cheney For Biden, a Senate two-party hearing on COVID relief could help McCarthy support Cheney to stay in leadership amid calls to dismiss her Budowsky: Democracy won, Trump lost, President Biden is more inaugurated. (R-Wyo.), Who faces calls to resign from the House GOP leadership team after voting last week to accuse Trump.
A second Republican senator said the Republican Party should rebuild and warned that it would be difficult to bring Trump’s base into the party tent before the midterm elections in 2022 and the presidential election in 2024 if the GOP senators vote in large numbers for Trump found guilty.
“I think his supporters will be very upset,” the legislature said.
At the same time, this legislature warned that the dangers associated with seeing Trump.
“The Republican Party will have to discuss its future. At some point, it will have to be about something more than one person, ‘the legislature said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump picks a South Carolina lawyer for the indictment process. McConnell proposes that the process of indictment be postponed until February. For Biden, a Senate hearing could help two parties around COVID relief. (R-Ky.) Suggested Thursday that the start of the trial be delayed until mid-February. He asks that the home management managers wait until January 28 to submit the article of the accusation to the Senate. He wants to give Trump’s legal team until February 11 to submit his preliminary mandate.
This is a third factor that could dispel the political momentum among Republicans to condemn Trump as his presidency recedes further and further into the past each day.
‘There is usually a strong consensus among our members that this is in fact the case. “He is not in office and accusation is a solution to remove someone from office, so there is the constitutional question,” the second IDP senator said.
“This is my sense of where most of our members are going down,” the source added.
A fourth factor is the growing doubt about whether Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over a Senate hearing.
Republicans say if Roberts does not chair and the chair is replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris
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“It’s starting to lose its legitimacy,” the first Republican senator said about an indictment without the chief justice as chairman.
A third Republican senator has said there are “five or six, maybe” votes to condemn Trump, arguing that there is no point in casting a vote that will divide the country further if the president is already outside the amp is not.
“If people like me vote no, there are only five or six,” the senator added. “What would that do to the country?”
“I do not want to tell my voters that they can not vote for him, they are adults,” the legislature said.
Democrats say an important reason to hold a trial, even though Trump is now a private citizen, is to stop him from running for president again.
The Senate will have to vote to condemn Trump over the pending article of indictment and then hold a separate vote with a simple majority to keep him from the future office.
A fourth Republican senator also said the number of expected Republican votes to convict Trump would be less than 10.
“I would definitely say less than ten and five or six is probably right,” the legislature said.
Republican senators say colleagues who have publicly stated that Trump committed impeccable offenses or blamed him for inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol are likely to vote to convict Trump.
Sens. Ben Sasse
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Patrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyGovernment used the Patriot Act to collect visitor files on the site in 2019. (R-Pa.) Said they believe Trump probably committed impeccable offenses.
Sens. Mitt Romney
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And Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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There are reports that McConnell himself trusted associates to believe that Trump had committed impeccable transgressions, and the IDP leader did not say how he would vote.
But many believe McConnell would not vote to condemn Trump if he harmed a number of his colleagues for re-election in 2022, when Republicans hope they can regain control of the Senate.