Mitch McConnell lambasts Donald Trump but votes not guilty

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Donald Trump was 'practically and morally responsible' for the insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January – minutes after voting to acquit the former president in his impeachment trial for that very same act. House majority leader Nancy Pelosi criticised McConnell’s remarks in a press conference on Saturday and said the issue of timing 'was not the reason that he voted the way he did; it was the excuse that he used' Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Mitch McConnell savages Trump – minutes after voting to acquit ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/13/mitch-mcconnell-trump-republicans Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture