JUST IN: Mitt Romney becomes first GOP senator to say he'll vote to convict in Trump's impeachment trial. “Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.”
Democratic senator: "I cannot and will not shrink from my duty to defend the Constitution"Sen. Doug Jones, a vulnerable Democrat in 2020, said he will vote to convict President Trump on both articles of impeachment.Jones said that the President’s actions “were more than simply inappropriate — they were an abuse of power.
“I cannot and will not shrink from my duty to defend the Constitution and to do impartial justice,” Jones said. “There will be so many who will simply look at what I'm doing today and say it is a profile in courage,” Jones said on the Senate floor today. “It is not. It is simply a matter of right and wrong. Where doing right is not a courageous act — it is simply following your oath.”
Jones also said he’s very concerned about the precedent this impeachment trial will set, adding that the Senate does not “have to go forward with witnesses or review documents even when those witnesses have firsthand information” But Jones also said he struggled with the House’s strategy and wishes they had done more to get the witnesses and documents they wanted.“The President's statement that under the Constitution, we have Article II and I can do anything I want,” Jones said. “That seems to capture this President's belief about the presidency. That he has unbridled power, unchecked by Congress or the judiciary or anyone else.
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