Trump’s Trial Brings a Reckoning Even If Acquittal Is Likely
- Impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, weeks after Capitol riot
- House prosecution making case to public as well as Senate
Donald Trump
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Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is almost certain to end in acquittal, yet it will deliver a public reckoning for his presidency and influence whether his populist supporters continue to dominate the Republican Party.
The nine House managers prosecuting Trump, arguing their case as much to the American public as to the senators who’ll serve as jurors, will focus on the most searing moments of the nationally televised Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.