President, they just took the vice president out, I've got to go,'" Tuberville said. You don't get many words in, but he didn't get a chance to say a whole lot, because I said, 'Mr. "Well, I don't know if you've ever talked to President Trump. The managers argued that Trump's sole focus was to stop the transfer of power. 6 pressuring senators to delay the election certification. House managers also played voicemails that Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani intended to send to Tuberville on the night of Jan. Mike Lee, R-Utah, intending to call Tuberville - making a connection of the former president's motives that day. The managers detailed the phone call between Tuberville and Trump during the riot. "Well, it was kind of unusual," Tuberville told reporters. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., disputed a presentation Wednesday by House managers of calls and voicemails Donald Trump made to Republican lawmakers to delay the certification of the election as the riot unfolded in the Capitol. Prior to the start of the trial, McConnell indicated that impeachment is a vote of conscience and then voted on Tuesday with other Republicans calling the impeachment of a president no longer in office unconstitutional. One Republican aide said McConnell’s lack of guidance is “confusing” and “no one knows” where he stands. Senate Republicans have gathered at least twice this week for lunch and McConnell and his leadership team have met at least once.
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McConnell has not discussed the contents of the trial with his conference nor has provided guidance or direction on how to vote at any point this week or since the trial began, three sources said. On February 2, McConnell told reporters that he’s “going to listen to what the lawyers have to say and making the arguments and work our way through it.” That position “still stands,” the source says. After an emotional and gripping day by House Impeachment managers in the Trump impeachment trial, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is still undecided on how he will vote on conviction, a source familiar with McConnell’s thinking tells NBC News.
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