Trump impeachment: ‘30 Republican senators would vote in favour if vote was secret’ –

Political analyst Mike Murphy said he was told by a Republican senator that the majority of Republican senators “would vote to impeach” President Trump if their identities were protected. He said: “These Senate Republicans, should the Democrats vote impeachment, which is far more likely than not, are going to be pinned down to a yes/no answer.” The political consultant who advised Republican politicians including Mitt Romney, John McCain and Jeb Bush and is notoriously critical of President Trump added: “The politics of it will get worse and worse for Trump.

“One Republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 Republican senators would vote to impeach Trump.”

He said of those who would, they are more concerned about being in the firing line politically should President Trump find out they voted against him, Newsweek reports.

Currently, the Senate is controlled by Republicans with 53 Republicans senators, 45 Democrats and two independents serving the legislative body

Mr Murphy penned a piece for the Washington Post this week urging lawmakers to vote against the President and pursue his impeachment.

The revelations his position is in jeopardy comes as it emerged President Trump is alleged to have pressured Ukraine to launch an investigation into the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the son of his opponent Joe.

Now the US House Intelligence Committee yesterday released a declassified version of a whistleblower report alleging that President Trump used his office to solicit interference in the 2020 presidential election from a foreign country.

That whistleblower’s complaint was given to US Congress on Wednesday, and the White House released a five-page summary on the 30-minute call between Mr Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The report said: “I am deeply concerned that the actions described below constitute ‘a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, or violation of law or executive order’ that ‘does not include differences of opinion concerning public policy matters,’ consistent with the definition of an ‘urgent concern’.”

Lawmakers who reviewed the document described it as “deeply disturbing” and “very credible”, and had called for it to be made public.

According to US media, the whistleblower is a CIA agent who previously worked at the White House.

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Democratic former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who had previously urged Democrats to move carefully on the subject of impeachment as the Republican-led Senate would almost certainly reject articles of impeachment, said: “The guy has got to be stopped.

“This is a president using presidential power to invite a foreign government to come into our country and interfere with our democracy.

“This is too much.”

However, despite former congressman and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz dubbing details of Mr Trump’s phone call “deeply troubling,” he said impeachment may not be the way forward.

Mr Walz said: “It may not be politically good to do because I think at this point I, like many Minnesotans, am so sick and tired of the dysfunction in DC.”