Murphy: “I do not think any of our work ends just because the president has left office.”

Murphy: “I do not think any of our work ends just because the president has left office.”

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Sen. Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott MurphySunday shows preview: Budget resolution clears way for .9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for indictment trial Five things to know about Biden’s Yemeni movement Why school nurses are needed to end school-to-prison pipeline (D-Conn.) On Sunday defended the constitutionality of an indictment for former President TrumpDonald Trump Twitter suspends account of Gateway Pundit founder permanently condemns Wyoming Republican Party over Cheney’s accusation Vote Trump’s access to information on briefings will be determined by officials, the White House said: report MORE after leaving office.

“Accusations come not only with the provision to remove an individual from office, but also to disqualify them from future office,” Murphy told Fox News Sunday. “I do not think our job ends just because the president has left office.”

The Connecticut senator also denied that the trial prevented the Senate from doing other business, while taking note of the confirmation hearings for the week ahead.

“It does not stop the rest of the business, but the Senate can chew glue at the same time,” he said.

Fox News Host Chris WallaceChristopher (Chris) Wallace Wyoming Republican Party condemns Cheney over Trump indictment Juan Williams: QAnon Biden’s assistants’ GOP crows open to talks over COVID-19 relief MORE Murphy asked if it would be appropriate for the Senate to call witnesses at the trial.

Murphy compares it to Trump’s 2020 indictment, saying “if the House of Representatives wants to call witnesses, I think we should allow them to do so,” but that the American people are not ‘watching what happened. ”

This year, ‘however, we saw what happened in real time, President Trump sent the angry crowd on live TV to the Capitol, so it’s not so important that we have witnesses.’

Wallace asked Murphy to respond to comments by Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulSunday shows preview: Budget resolution clears the way for .9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for criminal trial Five takeaways from budget marathon Republican 2024 hopefuls draw battle lines for the post-Trump era MORE (R-Ky.), Which appeared in the previous segment, and compares Trump’s rhetoric to comments by Rep. Maxine WatersMaxine Moore Waters Trump indictment attorney for using video of Democrats during trial. Here are the 11 Republicans who voted to remove Greene from the House committees. (D-Calif.) In 2018, people were encouraged to aggressively confront Trump administration staff in public.

Murphy called the equation a false equivalent and said: ‘There is no equation … it was an attempt to stop an election, it was a crowd of tens of thousands of people. While the attack was taking place, the president had the ability to turn them around, and he did not. The circumstances are completely different. ”

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