Political experts, NH senators weigh-in on acquittal of former President Donald Trump
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Updated: 8:55 PM EST Feb 13, 2021
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Updated: 8:55 PM EST Feb 13, 2021
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HE SAYS THIS IS ONE THAT WILL LIKELY BE EXAMINED THROUGHOUT HISTORY. THIS WAS ALREADY A HISTORIC TRIAL. THE FIRST TIME AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAD FACED IMPEACHMENT TWICE. ALTHOUGH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ACQUITTED, CHRIS GALDIERI OF ST. ANSELM COLLEGE, SAYS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN VOTE SPEAKS LOUDER THAN THE OUTCOME OF THE TRIAL. GALDIERI POINTS OUT MORE REPUBLICANS VOTED TO CONVICT TRUMP TODAY THAN DURING HIS LAST IMPEACHMENT. HE ALSO ADDS HE DOES NOT THINK THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME CONGRESS WILL BRING UP THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION. I THINK WERE ALSO GOING TO SEE CONTINUING PROBES INTO THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6. I DON’T THINK THIS IS THE END OF IT BY ANY MEANS. YOU STILL HAVE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS OF MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED THE CAPITO THAT DAY AND CONGRESS HAS SHOW AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO PROB MIKE: IN A STATEMENT SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN WRITES, .MY VOTE TODAY WAS LESS ABOUT HOLDING TRUMP AS AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABLE THAN IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY FROM SIMILAR THREATS IN THE FUTURE AT HIS HANDS OR AT THE HANDS OF OTHERS. AND SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN SAYS, THE INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL WAS NOT AN UNPROMPTED SPASM OF VIOLENCE. IT WAS A PLANNED ATTACK BY DOMESTIC TERRORISTS WHO WERE EGGED ON BY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MONTHS-LONG CAMPAIGN OF LIES ABOUT VOTER