Reading, campaigning, praying: Senators get ready for President Trump's impeachment trial.
King’s guiding principle, he said, dates to a quote from Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., who in 1973, while serving on a Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in, asked of President Richard Nixon: “What did the president know and when did he know it?”Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he had also read the Bowman book, calling it “fascinating.”
Others are looking for assistance from beyond Capitol Hill. On his way out of the chamber Thursday after the Senate adjourned, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., stopped at Senate Chaplain Barry Black: “Pray for us,” he said. Carper and others said that with the trial now just days away, the heaviness of the task was sinking in. “I was struck today by the ... sense of gravity, solemnity, in the chamber,” he said.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. said,"This is a historic moment in history and as I prepare for the weight of the impeachment process, I’ve consulted an array of people, including friends in the faith community, members of my staff who were around for the 1999 impeachment trial, and legal professionals who have closely examined the evidence gathered in the House."
“I feel like we're wasting a lot of time and a lot of energy," said Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D."And I wish we could be doing more productive things, but this is what we have to do at the moment so this is what we do — get paid the same no matter what.”
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