Impeachment, accomplices and a rigged jury


Compelling arguments are being made at the US Senate in former president Trump's second impeachment trial, even as an acquittal is all but assured. — Bloomberg

As the US Senate pressed through its final days of the second impeachment trial of America’s 45th president, Donald Trump, it is important that we recognise one unfortunate distinction that didn’t exist in Trump’s first impeachment trial and acquittal.

This time, in the impeachment trial where Trump is charged with “incitement of insurrection, ” Trump’s jury is rigged. In Trump’s favor.

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