 By Chris Casteel
Staff writer
[email protected] U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Monday that he will vote to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment, making official a vote that was never in doubt.
“I think you know how I’m going to vote,” the Oklahoma Republican said in a speech on the Senate floor.
“I’m going to vote to acquit the president on both articles of impeachment.”
Inhofe said House Democrats had presented no evidence that Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to force that country to conduct investigations that might help Trump politically.
The House investigation centered around the partial transcript of a phone call last July between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“There was nothing wrong with President Trump’s phone call with President Zelensky,” Inhofe said Monday, adding that the witnesses interviewed in the House investigation provided only second-hand information.
A vote on whether to acquit the president or remove him from office is set for Wednesday in the Senate.
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