Watch as Sen. Mitt Romney announces that he will vote to remove President Trump from office today, which would make him the 1st senator in American history to vote to convict a president from their own party.
Romney, who was the Republican nominee for president against Barack Obama in 2012, has been a fierce critic of Trump's dating back to the 2016 presidential campaign.
Romney acknowledged that his vote will not change the outcome of the trial, in which Trump is virtually guaranteed to be acquitted. The GOP holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate; It would take 67 votes convict Trump."In the last several weeks, I've received numerous calls and texts, many demanding with their words that I stand with the team. I can assure you that thought has been very much on my mind," Romney said.
The White House nor the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment on Romney's announcement and Trump Jr.'s call for the senator's expulsion from the GOP. The House Managers presented evidence supporting their case; the White House counsel disputed that case. In addition, the President's team presented three defenses: first, that there can be no impeachment without a statutory crime; second, that the Bidens' conduct justified the President's actions; and third that the judgement of the President's actions should be left to the voters. Let me first address each of those defenses.
The defense argues that the Senate should leave the impeachment decision to the voters. While that logic is appealing to our democratic instincts, it is inconsistent with the Constitution's requirement that the Senate, not the voters, try the president. Hamilton explained that the Founders' decision to invest senators with this obligation rather than leave it to voters was intended to minimize—to the extent possible—the partisan sentiments of the public.
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