Senator's Crisis Plan: Condemning Trump without Supreme Court Judgment

During Tuesday's Senate vote, only five out of 50 Republicans voted for the Democrats.

The vote was then about whether the Supreme Court process against a president who had already resigned was a violation of the constitution or not.

And the fact that so few Republicans broke the party line is seen as a sign that it will be impossible to overthrow Donald Trump.

Democrat leader Chuck Schumer said afterwards that the Supreme Court process will continue as planned.

- Do not miss.

There will be a trial and the evidence against the former president will be shown clearly for the whole country and for everyone to take part in, he said on Wednesday according to AP.

"Not the right priority"

But among other senators, there has been talk of alternative ways to condemn the former president's role in the face of the storming of the Capitol.

"Conducting a trial when we know we are getting a maximum of 55 votes does not feel like the right priority right now," Democratic Senator Tim Kaine told the Washington Post.

He states that he would rather spend his time fighting the corona pandemic and hammering through the policies that President Joe Biden wants to implement.

Therefore, he says, he has begun to look at alternative solutions.

Exactly what it would be about, he does not go into.

But he says he has already been in contact with several senators on both sides of the party line.

"Will listen to the evidence"

One of those he has spoken to is Republican Senator Susan Collins.

She was one of five Republicans who voted with the Democrats on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, she emphasizes that Tuesday's vote clearly showed that there is no possibility of overthrowing Trump in the Senate - and that she would like to see alternative solutions.

But it is not yet completely decided.

Republican Senator Rob Portman, who did not vote with the Democrats on Tuesday, stated afterwards that he has not yet decided how to vote in the Supreme Court.

He called Tuesday's vote "a completely different matter".

And Republican leader Mitch McConnel, who also voted against the Democrats, on Wednesday did not want to give a clear message on how he will vote when it comes time for federal law.

- I will participate and listen to the evidence, he says according to AP.