House Majority Leader Hoyer Issues Statement on Senate Vote to Acquit President Trump
February 06, 2020
February 06, 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 5 regarding the Senate's votes to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment:
"Today is a sad day for our republic. The United States Senate, acting as a court of impeachment under our Constitution, did not remove a president who abused his power and invited foreign interference in the upcoming election to benefit himself personally. The bipartisan vot . . .
"Today is a sad day for our republic. The United States Senate, acting as a court of impeachment under our Constitution, did not remove a president who abused his power and invited foreign interference in the upcoming election to benefit himself personally. The bipartisan vot . . .