Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump and believes he will be 'much more cautious' about seeking foreign election help, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary

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• Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced Tuesday that she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump of both charges against him in his impeachment trial.
• Collins said Trump's conduct — bullying Ukraine into interfering in the US election while dangling vital military aid and a White House meeting for Ukraine's president — does not warrant the "extreme step of immediate removal from office."
• She also told "CBS Evening News" that she believes "the president has learned from this case" and will be "much more cautious" about seeking foreign election assistance going forward.
• Soliciting foreign interference in an election is a crime, and there is no evidence to support Collins' view that Trump will be "more cautious" about doing so going forward.
• Scroll down for a non-exhaustive list of times Trump encouraged, solicited, and supported foreign interference in US elections.
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced Tuesday that she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump of both charges against him in his impeachment trial.

The House of Representatives impeached Trump last year for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Both articles of impeachment relate to the president's efforts to bully Ukraine into interfering in the 2020 election while withholding $391 million in military aid and a White House meeting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky desperately sought and still hasn't gotten.

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