Will Republicans impeach Trump?

Renewed moves to impeach President Trump in his final days in office, following the storming of the Capitol Building, are gathering steam in Washington. To add further to the drama of the past week, Twitter announced yesterday that it was permanently suspending the President. Nancy Pelosi went as far as calling on the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to limit Trump’s access to the nuclear codes, as some had attempted with Nixon at the height of his Watergate meltdown.

As for the Republican establishment – especially those in the orbit of Senate Leader Mitch McConnell – they have wanted Trump out of the picture ever since Election Day. As I suggested might happen on Tuesday, the President’s hijacking of the Georgia runoffs to spread wild conspiracy theories, suppressing his own party’s vote, riling up the opposition and repulsing moderates, succeeded in snatching defeat from the jaws of Senate victory.

As such, McConnell and co.