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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she was “disturbed” to hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talk about coordinating with President Donald Trump over his impeachment trial, and she expressed her hopes for a “full and fair process.”
In an interview with KTUU published Tuesday, the senator said she was concerned about McConnell’s comments on Fox News two weeks ago, when he said he is in “total coordination with the White House counsel’s office” on the impeachment process.
“When I heard that, I was disturbed,” Murkowski told the Anchorage television station, adding that there should be some distance between Senate and White House leadership. “To me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand-in-glove with the defense. And so I heard what leader McConnell had said, I happen to think that that has further confused the process.”
In the same interview, Murkowski was careful to say she was not happy about the House impeachment process, which she believes was rushed when the Democrat-controlled lower chamber voted last week to formally impeach the president. But the House’s process was one reason the senator felt it important for the Senate to conduct a careful trial, which might include calling key Trump advisers as witnesses.
“How we will deal with witnesses remains to be seen,” she said.
In an interview with KTUU published Tuesday, the senator said she was concerned about McConnell’s comments on Fox News two weeks ago, when he said he is in “total coordination with the White House counsel’s office” on the impeachment process.
“When I heard that, I was disturbed,” Murkowski told the Anchorage television station, adding that there should be some distance between Senate and White House leadership. “To me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand-in-glove with the defense. And so I heard what leader McConnell had said, I happen to think that that has further confused the process.”
In the same interview, Murkowski was careful to say she was not happy about the House impeachment process, which she believes was rushed when the Democrat-controlled lower chamber voted last week to formally impeach the president. But the House’s process was one reason the senator felt it important for the Senate to conduct a careful trial, which might include calling key Trump advisers as witnesses.
“How we will deal with witnesses remains to be seen,” she said.
