GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, said she was disturbed to hear Senate Majority Leer Mitch McConnell say re would be “total coordination” between White House and Senate over upcoming presidential impeachment trial.

“And in fairness, when I heard that I was disturbed,” Murkowski told KTUU Tuesday before saying re should be distance between White House and Senate in how trial is conducted.

“To me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with defense, and so I heard what leer McConnell h said, I happened to think that that has furr confused process.”

In a recent interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, described his planning with White House.

“We’ll be working through this process, hopefully in a fairly short period of time in total coordination with White House counsel’s office and people who are representing president as well as Senate,” McConnell said.

Murkowski was critical of impeachment process conducted in House of Representatives, describing it as rushed.

Murkowski says Senate is w being asked to cure deficiencies in evidence to be presented at trial, particularly when it comes to wher key witnesses should be brought forward to testify, including White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security viser John Bolton.

“How we will deal with witnesses remains to be seen,” Murkowski said before saying House should have gone to courts if witnesses refused to appear before Congress.

Murkowski also spoke of her desire for a “full and fair process,” potentially using impeachment hearings of President Clinton as a template.

Murkowski remained undecided about how she would vote when trial takes place. “For me to prejudge and say re’s thing re or on or hand, he should be impeached yesterday, that’s wrong, in my view, that’s wrong.”