"Tell him we'll convict in the Senate if he fucks around" is access, even if it's not direct face-to-face.
Mcconnell does not leak, those quotes coming out in public were pressure campaigns. It's unknown obviously what was directly said to him.
Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned
by SV_BubbleTime on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:27AM
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Well for one; McConnell could have gone through with an impeachment vote had Trump started to burn things down on his way out the door.
Do you think the House pushed through breakneck-speed impeachment vote, breaking almost all of the rules about witnesses, testimony, procedure all for fun? No, that was calculated to keep Trump in line I think.
Removing all platforms from him, looming impeachment or other threats, publicly denouncing him after four years of pretending to be MAGA...
Now, I don’t have a CNN article to make my case. So maybe you are right.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/mitch-mcconnell-riot...