Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Sen. Cramer says Senate impeachment trial will be more fair than House hearings

He says the sooner the Senate can start the impeachment trial the sooner they can end it.

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer  hopes the Senate can receive the articles from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi before it gets back from holiday recess on January 6th so they can begin hearings. Pelosi wants to see Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plans for a Senate trial before sending them over. Cramer says working with the…

McConnell: Impeachment Measure Denies Trump ‘Basic Rights’

The resolution calls for open hearings.

WASHINGTON–The Senate’s top Republican isn’t impressed by a Democratic resolution in the House that sets out procedures for a potential impeachment of President Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the resolution would deny the “most basic rights of due process” to Trump. McConnell has used a floor speech to go after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence…