How Mitt Romney Decided Trump is Guilty

The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins was the first to interview Sen. Mitt Romney about his vote to convict Trump in the impeachment trial. “Throughout the trial, he said, he was guided by his father’s favorite verse of Mormon scripture: Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good,” Coppins writes. Ultimately, Romney found himself unconvinced by Trump’s defense and unable to ignore the evidence against Trump. “I have gone through a process of very thorough analysis and searching, and I have prayed through this process,” he told Coppins. “But I don’t pretend that God told me what to do.”

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