GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski slams both sides in Trump impeachment trial but says she won't vote to convict

Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) won't be breaking ranks this Wednesday.

The moderate Republican will be voting to acquit President Trump in the final vote of his impeachment trial, she announced Monday in a Senate floor speech. Still, Murkowski isn't exactly pleased with what went down on both sides of the aisle both before and during the trial.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.