The Senate seems certain to acquit the President as a two-thirds majority is required to remove Trump from office
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The trial’s outcome with have a lasting effect “not only for this president but for all future presidents – whether or not the office of the presidency of the United States of America is above the law,” Crow added.The 100 members of the Republican-controlled Senate were hearing arguments presented by the Republican president’s legal team and the seven House members serving as prosecutors.
The Senate seems certain to acquit the president. A two-thirds majority is required to remove Trump. None of the 53 Senate Republicans has indicated support for conviction. Trump is seeking re-election on Nov. 3. Biden is a leading contender for the Democratic nomination to challenge Trump.Crow said Trump’s actions in the Ukraine matter threatened the fairness of the November election and risked putting foreign interference between America’s voters and their ballots.
“The logical conclusion of this argument is that the president is the state, that his interests are the nation’s interests, that his will is necessarily ours,” Crow said.
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