Commentary On Jan. 11, nine days before his term of office comes to an end, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump (a second time). The impeachment resolution states that Trump “engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States, in that: … In the months preceding the Joint Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials.” That is, the primary ground for impeachment dates back to Trump’s statements following the election in early November. They’re pinned on the president’s many statements that the election was fraudulent, and that he had won. According to the impeachment resolution, these statements were “false.” In other words, Trump was guilty of “criminal” incitement—impeachment requires a “high …
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