Sen. Rand Paul will force a Senate vote to declare impeachment trial unconstitutional
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'My hope is I get 40 Republicans to vote with me'

Chris Pandolfo

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday told BlazeTV host Glenn Beck that he will act to force a procedural vote in the Senate on whether the impending impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional.

The trial is currently scheduled to begin the week of Feb. 8. Senators will be officially sworn in as jurors today, but before that Paul intends to make the argument that an impeachment trial of a former president is unconstitutional.

"Republican leadership has made a deal. And wants to make a deal with Schumer, to allow a Democrat to preside over this hearing," Paul told Beck, referring to Monday's announcement that Senate president pro tempore Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will preside over the trial, not Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. "But my point is, if you're impeaching the president, the chief justice needs to be there. But if the person is no longer president, he's a private citizen. It is an impeachment."

"If someone has committed a crime, and they're no longer the president, the Department of Justice has to accuse-- excerpt, rest at link above --