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Trump’s Acquittal Boxes In Republicans
Putting the U.S. Constitution and democracy in jeopardy: Was that their intention?
The majority leader taking orders?
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With Mitt Romney the sole Republican voting to remove the president from office, the Senate fell well short of convicting Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment today.
I agree with my Bloomberg Opinion colleague Noah Feldman that the senators’ speeches, particularly those of Republicans who were voting to acquit him, were important. What the senators said about their votes matters to history, but more important it will matter right now: Trump will hear what the Republicans said and know what he can get away with for the rest of his presidency, whether it’s for a year or five years.