The consequences of the Senate impeachment trial that opens Tuesday could be considerable for former President Donald J. Trump.
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Accustomed to earning the word "unprecedented" while he was in office, Trump will do it again out of office: the first president to be impeached twice, and the first to face that historic rebuke even after moving out of the White House. But the stakes could be even higher for others, especially for the Republican Party. In the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol – the insurrection that triggered these impeachment proceedings – a GOP civil war has been ignited over the party's direction and its tolerance for fringe conspiracy theorists. For Democrats, the trial will be an early test of the new majority leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, and members of his caucus.
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TRUMP2024
No thanks. Republicans need a real chance.
That is a disgusting idea. You are the problem.
I think trump have learn his lessons
Ha ha
Yeah and the family of the victims are very happy with trump , yeah the guy deserves more time to practice how to be a real president.
Never again dude, never.
@Abel De mota I think the OP wrote that in sarcasm. Susan Collins said that after the first impeachment.
Trump🇺🇸
What a sham.
Impeachment gangbang 2.0 is important.
Romney (the Rino) is running for president in 2024..
What a sham!!! I can’t believe we are paying there salaries.
All they all wanted was their own benefit.
To impeach President Trump for the second time, American democracy is dead!
Why? What does impeaching twice have to do with American democracy?
Twitter and its derivatives rule America.
i bet you can’t even explain your own logic.
Trump prison 2021