{"id":124538,"date":"2021-02-11T12:59:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124538"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:49:43","slug":"sen-graham-predicts-end-of-impeachment-trial-soon-not-guilty-vote-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-graham-predicts-end-of-impeachment-trial-soon-not-guilty-vote-is-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Graham Predicts End of Impeachment Trial Soon: \u2018Not-Guilty Vote is Growing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-graham-predicts-end-of-impeachment-trial-soon-not-guilty-vote-is-growing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is predicting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-impeachment\">impeachment<\/a> trial of former President Donald Trump will conclude by Sunday, as he argued the number of senators who will vote against the article of impeachment is growing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thing is collapsing before their eyes, and the not-guilty vote is growing, so it\u2019ll be over by Sunday, I hope, for the good of country,\u201d Graham said on Fox News\u2019 \u201cHannity\u201d late Wednesday, after senators heard nearly eight hours of arguments in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe not-guilty vote is growing after today. I think most Republicans found the presentation by the House managers offensive and absurd. We all know what happened at the Capitol was terrible. I hope everybody involved that broke into the Capitol goes to jail, but I don\u2019t remember any of these House managers saying a damn thing when they were trying to break into my house and going after Susan Collins and spitting on all of us,\u201d Graham added.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) faced attacks for her vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018. Graham\u2019s Washington home, meanwhile, was targeted last year by noisy activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re hoping the thing concludes by Saturday,\u201d Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added to reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday. \u201cThe last I heard was Saturday, but I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s going to be possible. I think it may be more like Sunday,\u201d Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3693299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee-and-others-in-chamber-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Senators are seen during the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Some senators said they found the House impeachment managers\u2019 presentation Wednesday compelling but others suggested it had done nothing to change minds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a lawyer but I didn\u2019t see a case there that a prosecutor can make in court against the president,\u201d Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of Republican Senate leadership, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you get, at best, six Republicans, and everything else will stay as it was,\u201d Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said.<\/p>\n<p>Six GOP senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/six-republican-senators-join-democrats-to-vote-for-trump-impeachment-trial_3691442.html\">sided with Democrats<\/a> in authorizing the trial to happen, with a core group of five regular Trump critics\u2014Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Ben Sasse (Neb.), and Pat Toomey (Pa.)\u2014 joined by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who had previously dubbed it unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of Republicans have suggested or pledged to vote to acquit Trump, while 10 Democrats have committed to convicting him.<\/p>\n<p>A supermajority must vote to convict, or Trump will be acquitted for a second time. After an impeachment trial last year, Trump was acquitted on two counts, with every Republican but Romney voting to acquit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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