Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Evidence Piles Up for Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Each day seems to bring another egregious example of the former president's attempt to subvert the truth and democracy.

January 25, 2021 at 10:30 AM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

Trump muddied the truth.
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One of the courtroom highlights of the recent Netflix film “The Trial of the Chicago 7” involves a back-and-forth between fictionalized versions of a former attorney general, Ramsey Clark, and Julius Hoffman, the federal judge who presided over the 1969 proceeding. Clark is asked to testify about conversations he had with President Lyndon Johnson. The judge intervenes.

“There’s a question of attorney-client privilege to consider,” Hoffman says.