The Impeachment ‘Trial’ Is The End Of Democracy As We Know It
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by Steve Almond,
This is a show trial, pure and simple, in which Republicans’ stated goal is to exonerate the defendant.
The House managers prosecuting the articles of impeachment against Trump — charging that he abused the power of the presidency to cheat in the 2020 election, then obstructed Congress’s investigation of the same — are engaged in, or are attempting to engage in, an actual trial.
You know: evidence, witnesses, facts.
The president’s defense team is performing for Fox News and other conservative media outlets. There is no discussion of evidence, witnesses or facts, just a recitation of blustery talking points, grade-school deflections, legalistic doublespeak and Trumpian conspiracies. It’s all recycled material.
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