Article snippet: Senate Democrats are bracing for MORE to seize on the outcome of the upcoming impeachment trial as a source of momentum for his reelection bid. With 67 votes needed to convict and remove Trump from office, the trial’s outcome is largely pre-baked since Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the chamber. Democrats are worried that an acquittal will only embolden the president, and they feel powerless to prevent it. “No matter what we do, the president is going to say he did nothing wrong,” said Sen. MORE (D-Conn.). “We all know the president,” said Sen. MORE of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat. “If there are not 67 votes to convict in the Senate, he’ll claim that it was a witch hunt and that he was exonerated.” Sen. MORE (D-Va.), when asked about the potential fallout from an acquittal, added: “I am worried about that, but I think this president feels unconstrained by anything already.” Trump became only the third U.S. president to be impeached after the House passed two articles, largely along party lines, on Dec. 18. The first charged him with abuse of power in his dealings with Ukraine, and the second with obstructing Congress during its investigation of those actions. Republicans are already pledging to give him an early election-year victory by acquitting him of the charges at the culmination of the Senate trial. Sen. MORE (D-Del.) said in a recent “Meet the Press” interview on NBC that he was “gravely concerned” about Trump’s potential behavior between ... Link to the full article to read more