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Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, who faces re-election this November in deep-red Alabama, said Wednesday he will vote to convict President Trump at the Senate impeachment trial.

“The evidence clearly proves that the president used the weight of his office and the weight of the United States government to seek to coerce a foreign government to interfere in our election for his personal political benefit,” Jones said in a speech on the Senate floor. “His actions were more than simply inappropriate, they were an abuse of power.”

He made his remarks hours before the GOP-majority Senate is expected to acquit Trump on the two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — around 4 p.m.

Jones said there was one piece of evidence that convinced him to vote for conviction — the president saying that under Article 2 of the Constitution, he could do anything he wanted.

“That seems to capture the president’s belief about the presidency, that he has unbridled power, unchecked by Congress or the judiciary or anyone else,” he said. “That view is dangerous as it explains the president’s actions toward Ukraine and Congress.”

Jones was seen as a possible swing vote because he’s running for re-election in a state Trump won with 62 percent of the vote in 2016.

He defeated former Judge Roy Moore, who faced sexual abuse allegations, in a special election in 2017 to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, who left to become Trump’s attorney general.

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