On Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump was declared by the GOP-controlled Senate “not guilty” of offenses that would justify his removal from the White House.

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, became the only GOP senator to vote to declare Trump guilty of attempting to strong-arm a foreign nation into providing dirt on a 2020 political opponent.

Romney’s speech on the Senate floor is required viewing:

But more fulsome, and revealing, is the interview that Romney gave to Chris Wallace of Fox News here:


I would also point you to this October piece on Romney, which I think holds up. Here's the lede:

Mitt Romney is having an important moment. It's worth pondering whether his faith is having one, too.

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