5 GOP senators will consider convicting Trump. Here's where some others stand

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Whether the outgoing president will be convicted for 'incitement of insurrection' is truly an unknown, as Trump's former firewall of GOP support on Capitol Hill has diminished significantly since helping to incite the January 6 riot.

Should all 50 members of the Democratic Caucus vote to convict, and all senators be present and voting,that Trump committed"incitement of insurrection" when a violent mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 to reach the upper chamber's required two-third threshold to convict.

, the moderate lawmaker pit direct blame on the president's repeated false claims about the election that spawned violence.

 

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