(OPINION) ETH – Republican Sen. Mitt Romney says the Senate will conduct a second impeachment trial against now-former President Donald Trump in order to uphold “truth and justice.”
and to hold him accountable for the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th, as well as his controversial call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Romney told show host Chris Wallace: “truth and justice” demand another trial.
“Well, we’re certainly going to have a trial. I wish that weren’t necessary, but the president’s conduct with regards to the call to Secretary of State Raffensperger in Georgia as well as the incitation towards the insurrection that led to the attack on the Capitol calling for a trial,” Romney said.
“And, you know, if we’re going to have unity in our country, I think it’s important to recognize the need for accountability, for truth and justice,” the Utah senator added. Romney went on to state the article of impeachment passed by the House two weeks ago “suggests impeachable conduct.”
“I will do my best as a Senate juror to apply justice as well as I can understand it,” Romney promised. Romney went on to say: “I think it’s pretty clear that over the last year or so there has been an effort to corrupt the election in the United States. It was not by President Biden, it was by President Trump.
That corruption we saw with regards to the conduct in Ukraine, as well as the call to Secretary of State Raffensperger, as well as the incitation to insurrection. This is obviously very serious and an attack on the very foundation of our democracy and is something which has to be considered and resolved.”
