GOP Senator: I Hope Trump Doesn’t Do Crimes Again

Axios reports:



Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he believes President Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to “encourage” its government to investigate the Bidens, but that he will vote to acquit Trump on Wednesday because he believes the consequences of the president’s actions should be decided in the next election.

“If you have eight witnesses who say someone left the scene of an accident, why do you need nine? I mean, the question for me was: Do I need more evidence to conclude that the president did what he did? And I concluded no.”

Pressed on whether an acquittal would embolden Trump to continue to solicit foreign election interference, Alexander responded: “I hope not.”