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WATCH: Sen. Murkowski says Trump’s behavior was ‘shameful and wrong’ | Trump impeachment trial
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February 4, 2020
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0:41Now PlayingTrump's first impeachment - 2020
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said that although she would vote to acquit President Donald Trump of the articles of impeachment, his “behavior was shameful and wrong,” and his “personal interests do not take precedent” over the United States. In a speech on the Senate floor, the Republican senator said degrading the office of the president by taking certain actions or name-calling “weakens it for future presidents and it weakens our country.” House managers and the president’s legal team each delivered their closing arguments in the impeachment trial on Feb. 3 before senators began to weigh in with debate on whether to remove Trump from office. In December, the House of Representatives charged him with two articles of impeachment -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. After the Senate on Friday voted to bar new witness testimony and subpoenas for documents, Trump’s acquittal has seemed all but assured. Murkowski was seen as one of a handful of Republican senators who might vote to call more witnesses, but last Friday she voted with her colleagues because she said the impeachment process was tainted by partisanship.
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