Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump on both impeachment articles

Susan Collins.
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) broke with her party in a vote to call for additional witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial, but once that effort failed she headed back to her home turf.

Collins on Tuesday said she will join most Republicans in voting to acquit Trump on both articles of impeachment, though she did say his actions regarding Ukraine were "improper" and "demonstrated very poor judgment."

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.