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McConnell won't call Senate back for Trump impeachment trial

by Andrew TaylorAlan Fram
| January 13, 2021 12:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday rejected a Democratic attempt to swiftly call the Senate into emergency session to hold an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, all but assuring that those proceedings won't occur until after Trump leaves office.

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