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WATCH: Sen. Brown’s full statement on Trump's impeachment trial | Trump's first impeachment trial
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February 5, 2020
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10:28Now PlayingTrump's first impeachment - 2020
Speaking on the Senate floor on Feb. 5, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, explained that he would vote later that day to convict President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment because the evidence against the president is “overwhelming.” Brown further criticized how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell handled the impeachment trial. “What we’ve just seen is the dictate of the Senate manipulating the impeachment process to save the demagogue in the White House whose political party has become the gravedigger of democracy,” Brown said. He said that his Republican colleagues had privately expressed concern about Trump not being held accountable. "If we have a president that can turn...the entire executive branch into his own political campaign operation, God help us." After the Senate voted last week to bar new witness testimony and subpoenas for documents, Trump’s acquittal has seemed all but assured. The House of Representatives impeached Trump in December on two articles of impeachment--abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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