McConnell Says He’d ‘Be Totally Surprised’ If Trump Is Convicted in Senate

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) (R) speaks to press after a Senate Republican policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in a file photograph. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) again asserted that he does not expect President Donald Trump to be convicted and removed by the Senate when impeachment reaches the upper congressional body.

“I would be totally surprised if there were 67 senators to remove the president," McConnell said in a weekly press conference, "That remains my view. However, we are obligated under the Constitution to turn to it when it comes over. And we will.”