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Biden Does Not Believe There Will Be Enough Votes To Convict Trump in Impeachment Trial

President Joe Biden is weighing in ahead of the Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump . Biden spoke with CNN on Monday in the West Wing where he told the network that he believes Trump’s Senate…

Madison SummersJan 26, 20212 min read

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On the day of Biden’s inauguration, Biden’s White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that he is “going to leave it to the Senate to Democrats and Republicans to determine what the path forward should be.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Friday, “I think it’s obvious that the post-presidential Impeachment has never occurred in the history of the country for a reason, that it’s unconstitutional, that it sets a bad precedent for the presidency and it continues to divide the nation.”

However, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) recently told CNN that it is “pretty clear” the Impeachment trial against Trump after he left office “is constitutional.”

“I believe that what is being alleged and what we saw, which is incitement to insurrection, is an impeachable offense. If not, what is?” Romney added.