For Trump's impeachment trial, a little contrition could go a long way
President Trump and his supporters are choosing a path much different than that taken by the redeemed Bill Clinton, and much more like that taken by the disgraced Richard Nixon, in refusing to acknowledge any wrongdoing in the Ukraine matter as a strategy to beat conviction and removal. Yet a little contrition could go a long way.Clinton ended up rising in popularity after admitting to his indiscretions with Monica Lewinsky.
Even after Nixon resigned, he fought doggedly against admitting guilt. He even fought with his own lawyer, Herbert “Jack” Miller, and initially rejected the proposed pardon when President Gerald Ford’s attorney, Benton Becker, informed him that a 1915 Supreme Court decision, Burdick v. U.S., held that acceptance of a pardon was an admission of guilt.
Clinton concluded that his temporary fall from grace was painful, yet it was also oddly therapeutic for him. He said: “I’d give anything if I hadn’t done it and anything if it hadn’t happened — but there were some unbelievable touching moments. As well as the larger fact that my family came through it and the public stayed with me.”
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