Update (1650ET): In a rather stunning and head-scratchingly self-serving and hyprocritical moment, Leader McConnell spoke after the Senate acquitted former President Trump and threw him back under the bus while covering his own political ass.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a floor speech following his vote to acquit, unleashed his harshest criticism for the former president:

"Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty."

"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it. The people that stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president," McConnell said.

"And having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole, which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on the earth," McConnell added.

 McConnell also suggests that Trump can still be held to account in a court of law:

"President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he's in office. He didn't get away with anything yet."

"We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one."

Was this the concession that Democrats demanded in order for them not to call witnesses? Or is this normal Washington gaslighting and the ongoing effort of establishment GOP to "unify" their party AWAY from Trump?