Good for him:
Sen. Doug Jones (Ala.) announced Wednesday that he will vote with fellow Democrats to convict Trump on both abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Given that he represents a state that Trump carried handily in 2016 and faces reelection this year, Jones had been viewed as a possible defection.
He said he made his decision “after many sleepless nights.”
“Having done my best to see through the fog of partisanship, I am deeply troubled by the arguments put forth by the President’s lawyers in favor of virtually unchecked presidential power,” Jones said in a lengthy statement. “In this case, the evidence clearly proves the President used the weight of his office and that of the United States government to seek to coerce a foreign government to interfere in our election for his personal political benefit.”
Jones said the charge of obstruction of Congress “gave me even more pause.”
“I have struggled to understand the House’s strategy in their pursuit of documents and witnesses and wished they had done more,” Jones said. “However, after careful consideration of the evidence developed in the hearings, the public disclosures, the legal precedents, and the trial, I believe the President deliberately and unconstitutionally obstructed Congress by refusing to cooperate with the investigation in any way.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...me-time/promo#link-XSK5EOJDUI2W3HCR73PXXA46Q4
Sen. Doug Jones (Ala.) announced Wednesday that he will vote with fellow Democrats to convict Trump on both abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Given that he represents a state that Trump carried handily in 2016 and faces reelection this year, Jones had been viewed as a possible defection.
He said he made his decision “after many sleepless nights.”
“Having done my best to see through the fog of partisanship, I am deeply troubled by the arguments put forth by the President’s lawyers in favor of virtually unchecked presidential power,” Jones said in a lengthy statement. “In this case, the evidence clearly proves the President used the weight of his office and that of the United States government to seek to coerce a foreign government to interfere in our election for his personal political benefit.”
Jones said the charge of obstruction of Congress “gave me even more pause.”
“I have struggled to understand the House’s strategy in their pursuit of documents and witnesses and wished they had done more,” Jones said. “However, after careful consideration of the evidence developed in the hearings, the public disclosures, the legal precedents, and the trial, I believe the President deliberately and unconstitutionally obstructed Congress by refusing to cooperate with the investigation in any way.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...me-time/promo#link-XSK5EOJDUI2W3HCR73PXXA46Q4
