Coons Points To McConnell as the Reason for Trump’s Acquittal
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is suggesting former President Donald Trump was acquitted because of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “As lead manager, Jamie Raskin recognized right after the trial they could…
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is suggesting former President Donald Trump was acquitted because of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
“As lead manager, Jamie Raskin recognized right after the trial they could have had 500 more witnesses. It wasn’t going to change the outcome,” Coons said during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
He continued, “Once Mitch McConnell made it clear he intended to acquit, even despite the compelling evidence, what the House managers needed wasn’t more witnesses or more evidence. What we all needed was more Republican courage.”
Coons expressed his gratitude for the seven Republicans who did vote to convict Trump.
“I, frankly, at that time, did not think that spending months fighting over additional witnesses would have changed the outcome of this trial one bit,” he explained.
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Host George Stephanopoulos asked Coons if the Senate would have garnered the votes to convict Trump if there were a secret ballot.
“I’m fairly certain there would have been a vote to convict with a secret ballot,” Coons said.
He explained, “