Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. Chuck Schumer (Photo by congress.gov via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - After the Senate failed to reached the needed two-thirds majority to convict former president Donald Trump for insurrecting the U.S.
Capitol riot, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the podium.Both men condemned Trump’s rhetoric and actions leading up to the Jan.
6 riot but differed over how he should be held accountable for the Jan. 6 riot."This was the first presidential impeachment trial in history in which all senators were not only judges and jurors but witnesses to the constitutional crime that was committed," Schumer told senators.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered remarks.