Mitch McConnell just voted that it's unconstitutional to try a former president after he blocked a trial of Trump while he was president.
https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/mcconnell-statement-on-senate-schedule-jan-2021
McConnell Statement on Senate Schedule

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today regarding the Senate schedule:

https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/mcconnell-statement-on-senate-schedule-jan-2021
McConnell's argument then was that there was no way to have a fair trial in the week between the House impeachment and Biden's swearing in.
Murkowski, who voted the Senate has the power to try Trump, warns the country's stability would be endangered if presidents are effectively exempt from impeachment trials in their final weeks in office: https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1359315332121456640?s=20
Raskin's main argument is that it would be the founders' worst nightmare to have a president thinking they could act with impunity to interfere with the counting of the electoral votes to stay in power.
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