The impeachment prosecution rests.
The Democratic impeachment managers rested their case today, arguing that Trump could “do this again” if he is not convicted and appealing to Republican senators’ senses of patriotism and decency.
“Senators, America, we need to exercise our common sense about what happened,” said Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the lead manager, reading from Thomas Paine. “Exercise your common sense about what just took place in our country.”
The outcome remains all but predetermined, as Nicholas Fandos and Aishvarya Kavi report in our live briefing, with most Republican senators appearing inclined to stand by Trump. But a few steps remain. Senators will have a chance to question the prosecution and the defense, and the managers may force a debate and vote on whether to call witnesses.
A verdict could arrive by the end of the holiday weekend.
The New York Times
Me: Trump gets a pat on the back and his Republican supporters end up in prison for a long time. American Democracy at its best. It does not matter who you are, it is how much money you have that matters and money opens doors that not having any does not, apart from prison cell doors, that is.
