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THE FARCICAL SAGA OF AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL NO ONE WANTS TO CONVENE


WHY FAIL ON A THURSDAY WHEN YOU CAN INSTEAD DRAG OUT THAT FAILURE FOUR OR FIVE
DAYS LATER, FOR NO APPARENT GAIN?

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The impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has
turned “into a farcical journey of blunder and mismanagement.” (Ricky
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Senate Republicans were apoplectic in early January 2020. House Democrats had
impeached Donald Trump and declared him a threat to democracy — but then refused
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Democrats naively thought they could withhold the articles of impeachment to
leverage more favorable rules for the Senate trial, which Republicans had no
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