During Trump's second impeachment trial, the prosecutors made a very thorough and compelling case against him. In contrast, Trump's defense attorneys were so inept and their case so flimsy, even some of his fellow Republican defenders were embarrassed. And if this case ever goes to trial, I think it would be a slam dunk for the prosecution. But that's the problem. It probably won't go to trial for two reasons. One: It will be difficult if not impossible to find impartial jurors. Two: In the United States, the elite political power brokers usually take care of their own because they know one day they may be staring down the barrel themselves. This is why they let Nixon off the hook for Watergate. And Reagan for Iran/Contra. And Bush and Cheney for the Iraq War. More than likely they'll let Trump off, too. No point in piling on, I can hear them say, he'll soon be facing multiple civil and criminal charges for other offences.
But who knows? Perhaps this time will be different if Merrick Garland becomes Attorney General. After all, as a Jew whose grandparents escaped anti-Semitic pogroms in Russia, he won't take too kindly to Trump and his neo-Nazis and white supremacist supporters. Also, it would be a nice dish of revenge eaten cold for Garland given that Mitch McConnell and his Republican cohorts blocked his chance at becoming a Supreme Court Justice.
As Trump himself is so fond of saying: "We'll see what happens."
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