Mitch McConnell

"We’ve got the votes necessary to start the trial using the Clinton model."

"Rushed to split hairs about intelligence before being briefed on it."

"The articles should be dismissed for failure to prosecute, and Congress should get back to doing the people’s business."

"Democrats have let 'Trump derangement syndrome' develop into the kind of dangerous partisan fever that our founding fathers were afraid of."

"That's obviously a non-starter."

There was still no clarity about when Trump's impeachment trial might begin.