Consider the claims that I could have steered around the jurisdictional issue by recalling the Senate between January 14 and 20 while Mr. Trump was still in office. The salient date is not the trial start but the end when the penalty of removal from office must be possible. No remotely fair or regular Senate process could have started and finished in less than one week.
McConnell defends his scheduling decisions regarding the Trump impeachment trial.
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On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period.
And I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business.
I’ve submitted to every test they can think of to help figure out what caused this incident.
You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.
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