Analysis: With his legacy, his re-election and his movement on the line, it would be quite a retreat for President Trump to sidestep a full Senate trial.
And yet he also signaled some willingness to listen to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and some White House advisers who prefer a trial with more"no" and less show.But while McConnell has kept power in the Republican Conference for more than a decade by averting risk, Trump didn't get to the Oval Office by playing it safe. His instincts likely lean toward brawling.
The calculus is complicated by a set of instincts and interests shared by the president and some of his most aggressive allies in the Senate that are broadly at odds with those of McConnell, R-Ky., Republican senators in tough re-election bids and White House officials who fear that a circus-like trial could result in unnecessary pain for everyone.
"What’s interesting is they’re totally split on it right now," said Rachel Bovard, a former Senate Republican aide who keeps in close touch with GOP officials. Some"want to sail directly into the wind ... that's what the president wants."A speedy trial might make Trump look more guilty, because Democrats will argue he ran and hid behind Republican votes without defending himself.
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