Collins: Trump ‘angered by impeachment’
Asked during an interview with the Bangor Daily News if she thought Trump was “emboldened” after Senate Republicans acquitted him of both abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Collins indicated she didn’t and that the president “often acts in an impulsive manner.”
The Senate voted almost entirely along party lines last week to acquit Trump. Since then, he has removed Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from his National Security Council post and recalled former Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, both of whom testified as part of the House’s impeachment inquiry.
He also publicly criticized a seven- to nine-year sentencing recommendation made by federal prosecutors for his associate Roger Stone and pulled the Treasury nomination of Jessie Liu, who worked on the Stone case.
Pressed on why she thought Trump had learned something, Collins added, “He was impeached. And there has been criticism by both Republican and Democratic senators of his call. I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future.”
“It’s more that I hope that he’s listened to the many voices in the Senate who have pointed out that the call was very problematic,” she said.
“As she explained in her statement, @SenatorCollins considered the Articles presented and decided that the House did not meet its burden of showing that the President’s conduct – however flawed – warranted the extreme step of immediate removal from office,” Clark tweeted.
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