McConnell: If House impeaches Trump, GOP won't have control over Senate trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday that if the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump, "it won't be up to me" to decide how the Senate trial would be conducted.
The Kentucky Republican said that if the House passes the articles of impeachment, the Senate will have to follow the existing rules of the trial unless 100 senators vote to change the rules, the Washington Examiner reported.
Chief Justice John Roberts would also be the one to conduct the investigation. McConnell expects to sit down with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at some point to agree on the process, but Roberts is the one who has control....