Trump acquitted Senate votes 57-43 at impeachment trial
Added on February 15th, 2021 by tiki bot | Report Post
Tags:Donald Trump, Donald Trump's Second Impeachment
Tags:Donald Trump, Donald Trump's Second Impeachment
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Of course but what this means in practice could be far reaching. Mitch McConnell said Trump was still responsible both “practically and morally” but can’t be impeached because he’s left office. The legal system is based on precedent and despite the fact that people have been impeached having left office before, this effectively means that the lame duck period is now a free for all. If Biden decides, in January 2025, with an incoming Republican president (probably Don Jr), that January 7th is now a national Purge Day, he can’t be impeached for it. A worry.
Had this been Obama, he’d already be in prison. Repubs are hypocrites. They have chosen power over country. They want to keep Trump’s base because they cannot keep power without them. Here’s hoping Trump goes to prison on NY state charges and the Dem’s trick people into thinking the Repubs had the power to stop that from happening.