Senator Mitch McConnell has concluded that President Trump committed impeachable offenses and is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge Mr. Trump from the party, according to people familiar with Mr. McConnell’s thinking.
The private assessment of Mr. McConnell, the most powerful Republican in Congress, emerged on the eve of a House vote to formally charge Mr. Trump with inciting violence against the country for his role in whipping up a mob of his supporters who stormed the Capitol while lawmakers met to formalize President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory.
