Op-Ed: Trump's acquittal isn't an endorsement of his conduct. But it will be seen that way (via latimesopinion)
The impeachment process in the House and the Senate has come to a totally predictable conclusion and President Trump has not been removed from office. My great fear is that the wrong lessons will be drawn from this and will have dire consequences for the future:Trump continues to claim that his shakedown call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “perfect” and heBut the president used the powers of his office to his personal political advantage.
This was the central argument made by Trump’s defenders in the Senate. The claim was that absent a crime, a president cannot be removed from office. Oaths matter. Every prior impeachment trial of a president involved witnesses. The refusal to call them should not be seen as a matter of constitutional principle, but a political choice by Republicans to not risk public disclosure of evidence that would be harmful to their president.This is what lawyer Alan Dershowitz said in Trump’s defense: “Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest, and mostly you’re right.
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