President Donald Trump was “dead set against” resigning when the topic came up with his lawyers on January 13, 2021 — the eve of his second impeachment vote in the House.
“What fucking good did that do Nixon?” he asked
“They knew Trump wanted to keep open the possibility of a 2024 campaign, and there could be no big, beautiful Trump comeback if he was found guilty,” Martin and Burns wrote.
The House ultimately voted 232 to 197 to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, but he was acquitted by the Senate.
A year earlier, the Senate also acquitted Trump on impeachment charges for withholding $400 million in military aid from Ukraine and pressuring Ukrainian officials to investigate the Biden family.
But Trump’s second impeachment was the most bipartisan in American history. Ten House Republicans voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Capitol riot, while seven Republican senators voted to convict him.
The authors reported that even Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — the longtime Senate Republican leader — believed Trump had committed impeachable conduct.
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