Letter: Sen. Lee should recuse himself from the Senate impeachment trial

(J. Scott Applewhite | AP file photo) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, leaves a Republican lunch meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Sen. Mike Lee has undermined his duty to serve in a juror-like capacity during an impeachment trial by declaring, pre-trial, that the accused “has done nothing wrong,” according to a Dec. 19 post on his Facebook page.

Were a juror to make such a pretrial declaration in any other context, that juror would be promptly dismissed.

The argument that this is a “political trial,” and therefore typical notions of due process are inapplicable, is non-compelling. While every senator will approach this trial with some level of predisposition,…