Long ago, in the distant mists of the Before Time, the House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Both charges came in response to Trump’s role in the Ukraine scandal, where he and his underlings withheld military aid in a bumbling effort to extort the Ukrainian president into smearing Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. The Republican-led Senate eventually acquitted Trump on both counts, with only one GOP senator voting to convict his party’s leader.The pandemic upended American life just five weeks after the Senate vote, and one of the most consequential moments of …read more
Source:: The New Republic
