Lisa Murkowski dashes Democrats' hopes: 'I cannot vote to convict'

Posted on AllSides February 4th, 2020
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Monday she will vote to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment this week, dashing hopes of Democrats who had thought the moderate Republican might join them in their uphill bid to oust the president before the 2020 election.

The Alaska senator scolded Mr. Trump for his behavior but also said the House bungled the case against him, and it became clear he couldn’t get a fair trial in the Senate. She said she wished the House would have pursued censure instead.

But she said...

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