Trump sends a message to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial
The ex-president could seek vengeance on GOP senators if they break with him on impeachment and vote to convict.
A top political aide to former President Donald Trump spent the weekend quietly reassuring Republican senators that the former president has no plans to start a third party — and instead will keep his imprint on the GOP.
The message from Brian Jack, Trump’s former political director at the White House, is the latest sign that Republicans considering an impeachment conviction will do so knowing that Trump may come after them in upcoming primaries if they vote to convict him for “incitement of insurrection.”-- More...
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