“Attempting to corrupt an election to maintain power is about as egregious an assault on the Constitution as can be made”
Sen. Mitt Romney arrives at the Senate for a Republican lunch before work resumes in the impeachment trial of President Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, on January 24th, 2020.Hours before senators will decide whether to remove Trump from office on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Sen.
It is the last decision I want to take. The personal and political consequences that fall on me as a result of that are going to be extraordinary. But I swore an oath before God — and I’m a religious person — that I would apply impartial justice. Applying impartial justice says what the president did was grievously wrong and I had to vote, if I was going to live with my own conscience, in a way that was consistent with that oath of office.
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