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After McConnell advice, Trump lays off GOP senators on impeachment

The president’s team is betting that the cult of his personality and the power of his prolific Twitter feed will be enough to keep senators on his side.

Sitting inside the White House, Mitch McConnell gave Donald Trump some straightforward advice: Stop attacking senators — including Mitt Romney — who likely will soon judge your fate in an impeachment trial.

The one-on-one meeting last week between the Senate majority leader and the president covered several weighty issues including Syria, according to two people familiar with the conversation. But like everything these days when it comes to Trump, impeachment was high on the president’s mind.

And in this case, Trump appears to have listened to the man in the Senate who controls the future of his presidency.

View the complete October 30 article by Burgess Everett and Nancy Cook on the Politico website here.

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