To Be Blunt: GOP Senator Roy Blunt Predicts Senate To Acquit Trump Of Impeachment Charges By SOTU

A high-profile Republican Senator and ardent defender of President Donald Trump has predicted that the Senate Impeachment trial will be over and done with by the State of the Union. Living up to his last name, GOP Missouri Senator Roy Blunt told radio station KSSZ that the matter would be “pretty predictable" and could happen "quickly."

The veteran lawmaker and leading member of the Republican party also said in the interview that he expected the Senate, which is currently under GOP control, to quickly acquit Trump on the Articles of Impeachment that await him, which include "Abuse of Power" and "Obstruction of Congress."

If Blunt’s predictions are true, it would mean an expedited timeline, given that the date set for the 2020 State of the Union is Feb. 4. While Trump accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s invitation to give the speech on this date, she has not yet sent the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate so that the trial can begin.

Pelosi is currently facing off with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the rules and fairness of the process, and McConnell has signaled that he’s in no hurry for the trial to begin.

Despite this stalemate, the number-four Republican Senator appeared confident in a swift resolution. "I think we should have had enough time for both the House to fairly present its view of why the president should be impeached and for the president... to have a chance for his lawyers to explain why he shouldn't be, and then we'll have that vote and move on," Blunt said Tuesday.

The timeline would mean that the trial would be less than four weeks, as the House doesn’t return to Washington until Jan. 7. More and more Republicans are favoring a quick trial in the interest of moving on from the impeachment saga. Meanwhile, according to The Hill, Pelosi has given no signal as to when she will send articles to the Senate.