Cassidy Explains His Vote to Convict Trump in Column
From Epoch Times:
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) penned a column published on Sunday defending his decision to vote against former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. Cassidy, who was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump, wrote in an op-ed published in the Louisiana newspaper The Advocate that he was convinced the former president “was actively subverting the peaceful transfer of power.” “I voted to convict former President Trump because he is guilty. That’s what the facts demand,” Cassidy said. The Louisiana senator took issue with Trump’s effort to question the integrity of the 2020 election over a slew of voting and counting irregularities and allegations of fraud. The former president and his team disputed the results of several key swing states in the courts in an attempt to prevent election officials from counting ballots that they say were “illegal.” A majority of those cases were dismissed by judges on procedural …
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