President Trump repeatly did what he has always done.
Since the beginning of his career; dodge, deny.
And degrade the rule of law.
Both the abuse and obstruction are a kind we have never.
Seen in American history.
Abuse, obstruction, corruption: Trump has violated the law at a rate and scale.
Unimagined by our founders such as Franklin, Madison and Jefferson.
All of whom must be spinning with outrage in their tombs.
Twice the House of the Congress impeached President Trump.
And two times the Senate fail to convict.
We have a criminal justice system in this country.
We have civil litigation.
And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.
I believe the Senate was right not to grab power the Constitution does not give us.
And the Senate was right not to entertain some light-speed sham process to try to outrun the loss of jurisdiction.
It took both sides more than a week just to produce their pre-trial briefs.
Speaker Pelosi's own scheduling decisions conceded.
What President Biden publicly confirmed: A Senate verdict before Inauguration Day was never possible.
This has been a dispiriting time.
But the Senate has done our duty.
The framers' firewall held up again.
- Mitch McConnell
The 45th presidency will be the most corrupt.
Due to new reports of his DOJ was gathering information.
Of reporters and politicians that they thought were not loyal.
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