Mar 27, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/545234-maine-gop-rejects-motion-to-censure-sen-susan-collins

Mar 15, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/543291-alaska-gop-censures-vows-primary-challenge-to-murkowski

Feb 27, 2021:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/27/politics/ben-sasse-nebrasksa-gop-rebuke-impeachment-vote/index.html

Feb 22, 2021:

https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-shares-tweet-suggesting-adam-kinzinger-had-payback-motive-turning-trump-1570843

Feb 19, 2021:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/opinions/kinzinger-letter-angry-cousin-drexler/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/15/us/kinzinger-family-letter.html

Senator Mitt Romney (Republican-Utah) released a statement regarding his vote to convict Trump. Here are a few excerpts from his statement:

The conclusion I reached on the final verdict will not surprise anyone who read my reasoning in the first impeachment trial: I consider an attempt to corrupt an election to keep oneself in power one of the most reprehensible acts that can be taken by a sitting president. The second impeachment resulted from the President's continued effort to do just that.

His attempt to pressure Georgia's Secretary of State to falsify the electoral results was itself a heinous act that merited impeachment. President Trump summoned his supporters to Washington on the very day of the electoral vote count, knowing that among the people he gathered were many who had committed violence in the past and who had violent intent. Despite the obvious and well-known threat of violence, he incited and directed thousands to descend upon the seat of Congress as it was undertaking the constitutionally prescribed process to certify his successor. And then he not only failed to defend the Vice President and the others at the Capitol who he saw were in mortal danger, he also incited further violence against the Vice President.

The President's conduct represented an unprecedented violation of his oath of office and of the public trust.

There is a thin line that separates our democratic republic from an autocracy: it is a free and fair election and the peaceful transfer of power that follows it. President Trump attempted to breach that line, again. What he attempted is what was most feared by the Founders. It is the reason they invested Congress with the power to impeach.

We Senator-jurors did not all vote in the same way in this impeachment trial. Differences in perception of the facts that were presented are to be expected. So, too, are the differences in our respective estimations of the impact of the outcome of the trial. People of conscience reached different conclusions. National unity does not require unanimity of opinion.
But civic unity does require truth. There is one untruth that divides the nation today like none other: it is that the election was stolen, that there was a massive conspiracy, more secret and widespread than any in human history, so brilliant in execution that no evidence can be found of it and no observer among the tens of thousands in our intelligence agencies will speak of it.

That lie brought our nation to a dark and dangerous place. Invented and disseminated by the President, it poisoned our politics and our public discourse. Like you, I hear many calls for unity. It is apparent that calling for unity while at the same time appeasing the big lie of a stolen election is a fraud. It is the lie that caused the division. It is in the service of that lie that a mob invaded the Capitol on January 6th.

Source:

(February 18, 2021). "Romney Releases Statement for Congressional Record on Impeachment Trial". romney.senate.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-06

Feb 18, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/539250-kentucky-county-gop-chair-calls-on-mcconnell-to-resign-leadership-spot-over-trump

Feb 17, 2021:

https://www.newsweek.com/murkowski-censure-leaves-romney-collins-only-republicans-not-punished-convicting-trump-1569976
https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/bruce-castor-began-shouting-when-he-heard-an-enraged-trump-didnt-want-him-to-speak-after-his-poorly-received-day-1-presentation-nyt/articleshow/81073058.cms

Feb 16, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538943-kinzinger-says-family-members-told-him-he-has-embarrassed-the-family-name
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/15/us/kinzinger-family-letter.html

Feb 15, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/538859-nearly-60-percent-say-trump-should-have-been-convicted-in-impeachment
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538902-ex-sen-jeff-flake-calls-for-republican-party-to-leave-trump-we-should-have
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/opinions/gop-move-on-from-trump-opinion-flake/index.html
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538826-graham-lara-trump-is-biggest-winner-of-impeachment-trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538873-toomey-censured-by-several-pennsylvania-county-gop-committees-over
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lawyer-michael-van-der-veen-has-bloodthirsty-media-rant-2021-2
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538925-mcconnell-defends-acquittal-in-wsj-op-ed-but-blasts-trumps-unhinged
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-impeachment-trial-verdict-pelosi-schumer-jonathan-turley

Feb 14, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/538812-sen-coons-blames-mcconnell-for-trump-acquittal-we-needed-more
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/538811-klobuchar-impeachment-trial-was-about-not-hiding-history

Feb 13, 2021:

By a vote of 57-43, the U.S. Senate voted to acquit Trump (67 votes are needed for conviction). All 50 Democrats along with 7 Republicans (Richard Burr (North Carolina), Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Ben Sasse (Nebraska) and Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania)) voted for conviction.

Source:

Carney, Jordain. (February 13, 2021). "Senate votes 57-43 for Trump acquittal". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-02-13

Carney, Jordain. (February 13, 2021). "Seven GOP senators vote to convict Trump". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-02-13

Watch the final day of the impeachment trial on C-Span here.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538789-north-carolina-gop-condemn-burr-for-impeachment-vote-against-trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538780-raskin-defends-no-witnesses-deal-i-made-the-call
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538786-louisiana-gop-votes-to-censure-cassidy-over-impeachment-vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538772-mcconnell-unloads-on-trump-morally-responsible-for-provoking-mob

AFter the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke from the floor of the U.S. Senate. Here are excerpts of what he said:

The case of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial was open and shut. President Trump told a lie -- a big lie -- that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful winner. He laid the groundwork for this big lie in the months before the election, he told the big lie on election night, and he repeated the big lie more than 100 times in the weeks afterwards. He summoned his supporters to Washington, assembled them on the Ellipse, whipped them into a frenzy, and directed them at the Capitol. And then he watched, as the violence unfolded, and the Capitol was breached, and his own Vice President fled for his life—and President Trump did nothing.

The former president inspired, directed, and propelled a mob to violently prevent the peaceful transfer of power, subvert the will of the people, and illegally keep that president in power. There is nothing—nothing—more un-American than that. There is nothing—nothing—more antithetical to our democracy. There is nothing—nothing—more insulting to the generations of American patriots who gave their lives to defend our form of government. This was the most egregious violation of the presidential oath of office and a textbook example—a classic example—of an impeachable offense, worthy of the Constitution's most severe remedy.

If President Trump hadn't told his supporters to march towards the Capitol; if he hadn't implored them to come to Washington on January 6 in the first place; if he hadn't repeatedly lied to them that the election was stolen and that their country was being taken from them; the attack would not have happened, could not have happened. January 6th would not have happened but for the actions of Donald Trump.

Look at what Republicans have been forced to defend. Look at what Republicans have chosen to forgive. The former president tried to overturn the results of a legitimate election—and provoked an assault on our own government—and well over half of the Senate Republican conference decided to condone it. The most despicable act that any president has ever committed and the majority of Republicans cannot summon the courage or the morality to condemn it. This trial wasn't even about choosing country over party, even not that. This was about choosing country over Donald Trump. And 43 Republican members chose Trump.

So let me say this: despite the results of the vote on Donald Trump's conviction in the court of impeachment, he deserves to be convicted—and I believe he will be convicted—in the court of public opinion. He deserves to be permanently discredited—and I believe he has been discredited—in the eyes of the American people and in the judgment of History. Even though Republican Senators prevented the Senate from disqualifying Donald Trump from any office of honor, trust, or profit under these United States, there is no question that Donald Trump has disqualified himself.

This trial was about the final acts of a president who represents the very antithesis of our first president, and sought to place one man before the entire country—himself.
Let the record show, let the record show, before God, History, and the solemn oath we swear to the Constitution, that there was only one correct verdict in this trial: guilty. And I pray that while justice was not done in this trial, it will be carried forward by the American people, who above any of us in this chamber, determine the destiny of our great nation.

Source:

(February 13, 2021). "Read Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's speech following Trump's acquittal". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-14

After the vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke from the floor of the U.S. Senate. Here are excerpts of what he said:

They did this [rioters stormed and breached the U.S. Capital on January 6] because they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on Earth — because he was angry he'd lost an election. Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty...There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day....The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their President. And their having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole which the defeated President kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.

The issue is not only the President's intemperate language on January 6th. It is not just his endorsement of remarks in which an associate urged 'trial by combat.' It was also the entire manufactured atmosphere of looming catastrophe; the increasingly wild myths about a reverse landslide election that was being stolen in some secret coup by our now-President.

The leader of the free world cannot spend weeks thundering that shadowy forces are stealing our country and then feign surprise when people believe him and do reckless things. Sadly, many politicians sometimes make overheated comments or use metaphors that unhinged listeners might take literally. This was different. This was an intensifying crescendo of conspiracy theories, orchestrated by an outgoing president who seemed determined to either overturn the voters' decision or else torch our institutions on the way out. The unconscionable behavior did not end when the violence began.

This body is not invited to act as the nation's overarching moral tribunal. We are not free to work backward from whether the accused party might personally deserve some kind of punishment...But after intense reflection, I believe the best constitutional reading shows that Article II, Section 4 exhausts the set of persons who can legitimately be impeached, tried, or convicted. The President, Vice President, and civil officers. We have no power to convict and disqualify a former officeholder who is now a private citizen.

In one light, it certainly does seem counterintuitive that an officeholder can elude Senate conviction by resignation or expiration of term. But this just underscores that impeachment was never meant to be the final forum for American justice. Impeachment, conviction, and removal are a specific intra-governmental safety valve. It is not the criminal justice system, where individual accountability is the paramount goal.

Source:

(February 13, 2021). "Read McConnell's remarks on the Senate floor following Trump's acquittal". speaker.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-14

After the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke briefly at a press conference. Here are excerpts of what she said:

But what we saw in that Senate today was a cowardly group of Republicans who apparently have no options [referring to a job or livelihood] because they were afraid to defend their job, respect the institution in which they serve...What is so important about any one of us? What is so important about the political survival of any one of us that is more important than our Constitution that we take an oath to protect and defend?

But why I came over [to speak to the press] was because I listened to Mitch McConnell. Mitch McConnell, who when this distinguished group of House Managers were gathered on January 15th to deliver the Article of Impeachment could not – we're told it could not be received because Mitch McConnell had shut down the Senate and was going to keep it shut down until right, until the inauguration.

So for him to get up there and make this indictment against the President and then say but 'I can't, I can't vote for it because it's after the fact.' The fact that he established! The fact that he established that it could not be delivered before the inauguration.

A week later we impeach in the House. Thank you to those of you who participated right away: Jamie Raskin, Ted Lieu and David Cicilline. Where's David? David Cicilline. They were – they had it all written up and ready to go, bipartisanly passed the House. And then two days later, ready with the case to take to the Senate. 'Oh, we can't receive it.' Not a question – by the law you're supposed to receive it and the next day start the trial.

So, for Mitch McConnell, who created the situation where it could not have been heard before the 20th or even begun before the 20th in the Senate, to say all the things he said, oh, my gosh, about Donald Trump and how horrible he was and is, and then say, 'But the time that the House chose to bring it over' – no, we didn't choose. You chose not to receive it. So, I think that's really important.

When asked if censure is an option, Pelosi responded:

Censure is a slap in the face of the Constitution that gives – lets everybody off the hook. It lets everybody off the hook. Oh, these cowardly Senators who couldn't face up to what the President did and what was at stake for our country are now going to have a chance to give a slap on the wrist? We censure people for using stationery for the wrong purpose. We don't censure people for inciting insurrection that kills people in the Capitol.

Source:

(February 13, 2021). "Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability Following Conclusion of Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial in the Senate". speaker.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-14

After the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also released the following press release:

The Congress and Country can take great pride in the House Impeachment Managers, who defended our Constitution and our Democracy in the Senate with a moving and masterful presentation that demonstrated extraordinary love of country and loyalty to our oath and the facts.

Our House Managers laid out a case of overwhelming and irrefutable evidence of this searing truth: that Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and then refused to intervene to stop the attack, even as his mob threatened to 'hang Mike Pence.'

Donald Trump's incitement of insurrection against our Democracy put Senators, Members of Congress, staff and heroic law enforcement officers in mortal danger. It is the most grievous constitutional crime ever committed by a president and is clearly deserving of conviction. A President must be held accountable from their first day in office until their last day in office.

Today an overwhelming bipartisan vote to convict Donald Trump speaks to the courage of the United States Senate. I salute the Republican Senators who voted their conscience and for our Country. Other Senate Republicans' refusal to hold Trump accountable for igniting a violent insurrection to cling to power will go down as one of the darkest days and most dishonorable acts in our nation's history.

On January 15, the House Impeachment Managers were gathered to deliver the Article of Impeachment. They were told that because the Senate was closed the Article could not be received. It is so pathetic that Senator McConnell kept the Senate shut down so that the Senate could not receive the Article of Impeachment and has used that as his excuse for not voting to convict Donald Trump.

Tragically, Senate Republicans who voted not to convict chose to abandon the Constitution, the Country and the American people with this vote. Thank God for the judges and Republican elected officials across the country who pushed back against Donald Trump's attempted overturning of our election which fueled the insurrection.

Source:

Pelosi, Nancy. (February 13, 2021). "Pelosi Statement on Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump". speaker.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-14

Trump released the following statement:

I want to first thank my team of dedicated lawyers and others for their tireless work upholding justice and defending truth.

My deepest thanks as well to all of the United States Senators and Members of Congress who stood proudly for the Constitution we all revere and for the sacred legal principles at the heart of our country.

Our cherished Constitutional Republic was founded on the impartial rule of law, the indispensable safeguard for our liberties, our rights and our freedoms.

It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. I always have, and always will, be a champion for the unwavering rule of law, the heroes of law enforcement, and the right of Americans to peacefully and honorably debate the issues of the day without malice and without hate.

This has been yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our Country. No president has ever gone through anything like it, and it continues because our opponents cannot forget the almost 75 million people, the highest number ever for a sitting president, who voted for us just a few short months ago.

I also want to convey my gratitude to the millions of decent, hardworking, law-abiding, God-and-Country loving citizens who have bravely supported these important principles in these very difficult and challenging times.

Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun. In the months ahead I have much to share with you, and I look forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve American greatness for all of our people. There has never been anything like it!

We have so much work ahead of us, and soon we will emerge with a vision for a bright, radiant, and limitless American future.

Together there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

We remain one People, one family, and one glorious nation under God, and it's our responsibility to preserve this magnificent inheritance for our children and for generations of Americans to come.

May God bless all of you, and may God forever bless the United States of America.

Source:

Carney, Jordain. (February 13, 2021). "Full text of Trump's statement on impeachment acquittal". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2021-02-13

Feb 12, 2021:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?508916-1/impeachment-trial-day-4-complete
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538664-trump-lawyers-center-defense-around-attacks-on-democrats
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538704-tuberville-defends-account-of-trump-call-during-capitol-riot
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538684-sanders-spars-with-trump-attorney-during-trial-qa
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538635-trump-lawyer-accuses-democrats-of-violent-rhetoric
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-managers-rest-their-case-against-trump-but-most-republicans-are-not-swayed

Feb 11, 2021:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?508743-1/impeachment-trial-day-3-complete
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538357-impeachment-trial-descends-into-chaos-over-lee-objection
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/538339-the-memo-new-riot-footage-stuns-trump-trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/538542-the-memo-punish-trump-or-risk-a-repeat-warn-democrats
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538494-democrats-argue-trump-will-incite-violence-again
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538558-gop-senators-praise-impeachment-managers-but-say-trump-will-be-acquitted
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538562-gop-senators-met-with-trumps-impeachment-team-to-talk-strategy

Feb 10, 2021:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?508741-1/impeachment-trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538244-graham-assures-trump-of-acquittal-after-rocky-start-to-trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538302-gop-senators-appear-to-pay-half-hearted-attention-to-trial-drawing-criticism
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/538297-poll-52-percent-say-senate-should-convict-trump

Feb 9, 2021:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?508293-1/impeachment-trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538087-senate-votes-trial-constitutional-six-republicans-vote-yes
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538098-gop-senators-criticize-trump-legal-defense-as-unfocused-and-weaker
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538107-cassidy-votes-to-say-trial-constitutional-calls-trump-legal-team-disorganized
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538066-raskin-gets-emotional-recounting-personal-experience-on-jan-6-this-cannot-be
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538115-video-stirs-emotions-on-trump-trials-first-day

Feb 8, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537876-schumer-mcconnell-reach-deal-on-trump-impeachment-trial
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/537765-here-is-the-smoking-gun-evidence-to-back-impeachment-of-donald-trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537794-trump-lawyers-demand-dismissal-on-impeachment
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537811-read-trump-lawyers-arguments-for-dismissal-on-impeachment
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537934-kinzinger-calls-on-gop-senators-to-convict-trump-in-impeachment-trial
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/politics/ron-johnson-senate-impeachment/index.html

Feb 7, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/537700-cheney-on-impeachment-vote-the-oath-i-took-doesnt-bend-to
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/537685-wyoming-republican-party-censures-rep-cheney-over-trump-impeachment-vote

Feb 6, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537674-trump-impeachment-attorney-to-use-video-of-democrats-during-trial

Feb 5, 2021:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/house-democrats-ask-trump-to-testify-at-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2A42J0

Feb 4, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537426-read-trump-attorneys-deny-request-for-impeachment-testimony
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537371-impeachment-managers-request-trump-testify-in-senate-trial
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/house-democrats-ask-trump-to-testify-at-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2A42J0

Feb 2, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537050-five-takeaways-from-trump-impeachment-trial-briefs
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/betrayal-historic-proportions-house-dems-make-pretrial-argument/story?id=75619665
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536873-trump-lawyer-to-make-first-amendment-case-at-impeachment-trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536918-impeachment-managers-say-trump-conduct-demands-conviction
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536975-trump-lawyers-call-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional-in-laying-out-defense
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536921-read-house-trial-brief-in-trump-impeachment
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/536978-read-trump-defense-teams-response-to-impeachment-case

Feb 1, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536797-poll-half-of-americans-believe-senate-should-convict-trump-in-impeachment

Jan 31, 2021:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536695-trump-announces-new-impeachment-legal-team-after-resignations

Jan 30, 2021:

5 lawyers leave Trump impeachment team ahead of trial: reports | The Hill

Senate is playing the dangerous game with the 14th Amendment | The Hill

Jan 29, 2021:

How McConnell derailed Trump's impeachment trial before it started | The Hill

Paul says Roberts's absence 'crystalized' argument against Trump impeachment | The Hill

Jan 26, 2021:

Oregon Republican Party calls Capitol riot a 'false flag' operation to discredit GOP, silence Trump supporters | The Hill

Rand Paul bashes Democrats over impeachment trial: 'The antithesis of unity' | The Hill

Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional | The Hill

Jan 25, 2021:

House formally sends impeachment to Senate, putting Trump on trial for Capitol riot | The Hill

Leahy, not Roberts, to preside over impeachment trial | The Hill

Jan 24, 2021:

Senators spar over validity of Trump impeachment trial | The Hill

Jan 22, 2021:

Trump impeachment trial to begin week of Feb. 8 | The Hill

Jan 21, 2021:

Trump selects South Carolina lawyer for impeachment trial | The Hill

McConnell proposes postponing impeachment trial until February | The Hill

Jan 20, 2021:

Graham calls on McConnell to 'unequivocally' denounce second Trump impeachment effort | Fox News

Jan 19, 2021:

Senaate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican-Kentucky) said the following:

The last time the Senate convened, we had just reclaimed the Capitol from violent criminals who tried to stop Congress from doing our duty. The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.

Source:

Bolton, Alexander. (January 19, 2021). "McConnell: Trump 'provoked' crowd that stormed Capitol". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-21

GOP senator questions constitutionality of an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office | The Hill

Jan 18, 2021:

Giuliani won't be part of Trump defense at Senate trial | The Hill

Jan 17, 2021:

Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) sent a letter to the soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer asking him to dismiss the article of impeachment. In the letter, Graham said the U.S. Constitution does not grant the authority to impeach a president after he has left office. Here are a few excerpts from the letter:

But now, in your first act as Majority Leader, rather than begin the national healing the the country so desperately yearns for, you seek political vengeance and retaliation instead.

The impeachment power exists to protect the Nation from the harm that an incumbent president might inflict upon the Nation if he were to remain in office, not to vindicate political grievances after a president has left office.

The Senate should vote to dismiss the article of impeachment once it is received in the Senate. We will be delaying indefinitely, if not forever, the healing of this great Nation if we do otherwise.

Source:

Graham, Lindsey. (January 17, 2021). "Lindsey Graham | Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-01-17

Graham calls on Schumer to hold vote to dismiss article of impeachment against Trump | The Hill

Rep. John Katko: Why I became the first Republican lawmaker to support impeachment | The Hill

Jan 16, 2021:

Giuliani says he's working on Trump's impeachment defense, would argue voter fraud claims | ABC News

Jan 14, 2021:

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican) released a statement. Here are excerpts:

For months, the President has perpetrated false rhetoric that the election was stolen and rigged, even after dozens of courts ruled against these claims. When he was not able to persuade the courts or elected officials, he launched a pressure campaign against his own Vice President, urging him to take actions that he had no authority to do.

On the day of the riots, President Trump's words incited violence, which led to the injury and deaths of Americans — including a Capitol Police officer — the desecration of the Capitol, and briefly interfered with the government's ability to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. Such unlawful actions cannot go without consequence and the House has responded swiftly, and I believe, appropriately, with impeachment.

Source:

Brooks, James. (January 14, 2021). "Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski: House acted ‘appropriately' after Capitol riot with Trump's impeachment". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 2021-01-14

Speaking with Alaska TV station KTUU, Murkowski said the following:

What I will tell you is that what I believe is that this president has committed an impeachable offense through his words on the sixth of January, and leading up to the sixth of January, when he was not honest to the American people about the election and the election results.

Murkowsi also said that preventing Trump from holding federal office again would be "one of the most consequential actions that we could take" and would be "appropriate ... given what we have seen from his actions and his failure to uphold the Constitution."

Source:

Carney, Jordain. (January 14, 2021). "Murkowski says it would be 'appropriate' to bar Trump from holding office again". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-15

Jan 13, 2021:

By a vote of 232-197, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time.

All House Democrats voted for impeachment, along with the following 10 House Republicans: Liz Cheney (Wyoming), John Katko (New York), Fred Upton (Michigan), Jamie Herrera Beutler (Washington), Adam Kinzinger (Illinois), Peter Meijer (Michigan), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), David Valadao (California), Tom Rice (South Carolina), and Dan Newhouse (Washington).

Watch a video and read a transcript of the House impeachment hearing on C-Span here.

Source:

Lillis, Mike; Wong, Scott. (January 13, 2021). "House impeaches Trump for second time — with some GOP support". Politico. Retrieved 2021-01-13

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Representative Tom Rice (Republican-South Carolina), who voted today to impeach, released the following statement:

Under the strict definition of the law, I don't know if the President's speech last Wednesday morning amounted to incitement of a riot, but any reasonable person could see the potential for violence.

Once the violence began, when the Capitol was under siege, when the Capitol Police were being beaten and killed, and when the Vice President and the Congress were being locked down, the President was watching and tweeted about the Vice President's lack of courage.

For hours while the riot continued, the President communicated only on Twitter and offered only weak requests for restraint.

I was on the floor of the House of Representatives when the rioters were beating on the door with tear gas, zip tie restraints, and pipe bombs in their possession. It is only by the grace of God and the blood of the Capitol Police that the death toll was not much, much higher.

It has been a week since so many were injured, the United States Capitol was ransacked, and six people were killed, including two police officers. Yet, the President has not addressed the nation to ask for calm. He has not visited the injured and grieving. He has not offered condolences. Yesterday in a press briefing at the border, he said his comments were 'perfectly appropriate.'

I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice. But, this utter failure is inexcusable.

Source:

Williams, Jordan. (January 13, 2021). "Rice explains his surprise vote to impeach: 'This utter failure is inexcusable'". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-13

Rice, Tom. (January 13, 2021). "Rep Tom Rice Votes to Impeach President Trump". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-13

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Representative Adam Kinzinger (Republican-Illinois), who also voted today to impeach, said the following when speaking with Savannah Guthrie of NBC News:

Do I worry about my political future? Not really, because honestly, I never got into this to build some political empire. I did it to do the right thing and I am in total peace today that my vote was the right thing, and I actually think history will judge it that way.

Source:

Budryk, Zack. (January 13, 2021). "Kinzinger says he is 'in total peace' after impeachment vote". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-13

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Representative and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Republican-Wyoming), who also voted today to impeach, released the following statement yesterday:

On January 6, 2021 a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol to obstruct the process of our democracy and stop the counting of presidential electoral votes. This insurrection caused injury, death and destruction in the most sacred space in our Republic.

Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.

I will vote to impeach the President.

Source:

Cheney, Liz. (January 12, 2021). "Cheney: I Will Vote To Impeach The President". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-13

On impeachment, Cheney says some votes 'should never be partisan' | Casper Star Tribune

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Representative and Republican House Leader (Republican-California), who voted today to not impeach, said the following during today's hearing:

Most Americans want neither inaction nor retribution. Most Republicans do not, however. They want durable, bipartisan justice. That path is still available, but is not the path we are on today. That doesn't mean the president is free from fault. The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.

These facts require immediate action from President Trump — accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure that President-Elect Biden is able to successfully begin his term. And the president's immediate action also deserves congressional action, which is why I think a fact-finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent. Unfortunately, that is not where we are today.

Some say the riots were caused by Antifa. There's absolutely no evidence of that and conservatives should be the first to say so.

Source:

Montanaro, Domenico. (January 13, 2021). "GOP Leader McCarthy: Trump 'Bears Responsibility' For Violence, Won't Vote To Impeach". NPR. Retrieved 2021-01-13

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Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) posted a barrage of over 15 tweets expressing his opinions about the impeachment. Here's a sample:

Supporting the impeachment of President Trump under these circumstances will do great damage to the institutions of government and could invite further violence at a time the President is calling for calm.

If there was a time for America's political leaders to bend a knee and ask for God's counsel and guidance, it is now. The most important thing for leaders to do in times of crisis is to make things better, not worse.

The House impeachment process seeks to legitimize a snap impeachment totally void of due process. No hearings. No witnesses. It is a rushed process that, over time, will become a threat to future presidents.

Democrats have already impeached the President once over a matter which was not worthy of that process.

Now they seek to do it again, believing that this effort will wash for history the fact that the first impeachment was based on the thinnest of pretenses: a phone call with the leader of Ukraine.

The millions who have supported President Trump and his agenda should not be demonized because of the despicable actions of a seditious mob.

Its now time for President-elect Biden to reject post presidential impeachment because of the destructive force it would have on the presidency and nation. Every president is subject to the laws of the land. However, impeachment is political and will further divide the nation.

If President-elect Biden truly seeks unity, he has an opportunity to make a major step in that direction by rejecting post-presidential impeachment.

Source:

Graham, Lindsey. (January 13, 2021). "Lindsey Graham | Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-01-14

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Graham, Lindsey. (January 13, 2021). "Lindsey Graham | Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-01-14

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican-Kentucky) said the following:

While the press has been full of speculation, I have not made a final decision on how I will vote [regarding impeachment] and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate.

Source:

Bolton, Alexander. (January 13, 2021). "McConnell says he's undecided on whether to vote to convict Trump". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-14

McConnell also said that the GOP will not agree to reconvene the Senate before January 19, which means a Senate impeachment trial would not begin while Trump is still in office.

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Senator Tom Cotton (Republican-Arkansas) said the following:

The Senate lacks constitutional authority to conduct impeachment proceedings against a former president. The Founders designed the impeachment process as a way to remove officeholders from public office — not an inquest against private citizens.The House has passed an article of impeachment against the president, but the Senate under its rules and precedents cannot start and conclude a fair trial before the president leaves office next week.

Source:

Bolton, Alexander. (January 13, 2021). "Cotton: Senate lacks authority to hold impeachment trial once Trump leaves office". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-14

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Geraldo Rivera of Fox News tweeted the following:

#DonaldTrump should be Impeached. He should know history is judging him whether or not he is convicted and removed from office. He should also apologize to the families of those who lost their lives. His actions were inexcusable & undeniable. This time, he did it.

A loyal friend, hounded without mercy by Democrats intent on destroying him from Day 1. Then he lost the election. It made him crazy or revealed a dysfunction I had refused to see.
He then unleashed a mob to make war on their own government. 5 to their doom. @LizCheney is right

Source:

Pitofsky, Marina. (January 13, 2021). "Geraldo Rivera says Trump should be impeached: 'His actions were inexcusable'". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-15

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Speaking with Tucker Carlson last night, Brit Hume of Fox News said the following about Trump:

All of that stuff he said for weeks on end after the election — that he'd won it in a landslide, and that it was all stolen from him, and that Mike Pence had the authority, which he most certainly did not, of reversing the results at the last minute last week. That was utter balderdash and he fed it into the veins of his supporters, and one could make a pretty good case that that's part of what got them into a fever that led to last week's events.

They are furious with him. They believe in their bones that he cost them the two special elections in the state of Georgia, which they manifestly should not have lost. So that's the reason Republicans are turning away from him. They think he's bad news politically.

Source:

Bowden, John. (January 13, 2021). "Fox's Brit Hume rips 'radioactive' Trump: 'Utter balderdash' was fed 'into the veins of his supporters'". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-01-15

Jan 12, 2021:

Pelosi names 9 impeachment managers | The Hill

Schumer calls on McConnell to let Trump impeachment trial start immediately | The Hill

House Judiciary panel releases report on Trump impeachment effort | The Hill

Jan 11, 2021:

House Democrats released a revised article of impeachment against President Trump charging him with inciting violence. Read the four-page article here.

House to vote on impeaching Trump Wednesday | The Hill

Impeaching lays groundwork for disqualification — even without a conviction | The Hill