Donald Trump s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could be the courts. Now a private citizen, Trump is stripped of his protection from legal liability that the presidency gave him. That change in status is something that even Republicans who voted on Saturday to acquit of inciting the January 6 attack are stressing as they urge Americans to move on from impeachment. President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of limitations has run, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said after that vote.
Does the world seem in turmoil? COVID-19 has certainly caused great upheaval, but it’s not alone in confusing our sense of what life should be like. Over the past five years, the world has experienced a constant stream of mass protests.
If you live in the United States and Canada, you’ve been a witness to the Black Lives Matter protests, which started here and spread to other countries, and the often violent counter-demonstrations, pro-gun and anti-gun rallies in both countries, and both pro-pipeline and anti-pipeline demonstrations, the latter of which included Indigenous protests.
There have also been demonstrations against violence against women, particularly in Mexico, loosely tied to the #MeToo movement, which started in the U.S. but became international in scope.
The vote to acquit former President Trump for inciting the attack on the Capitol is a symptom of the dramatic decline of the US constitutional system, which is being eroded from within.
Read more about US Speaker Nancy Pelosi rules out censure after Trump s acquittal on Business Standard. The speaker sought to correct the record, pointing out that the House had voted to impeach Trump on Jan. 13, while Trump was still in office
Read more about Impeachment: Biden White House seeks to turn page on Donald Trump on Business Standard. Biden made a point of not watching the trial live, choosing to comment only briefly on the searing images of the riot that gripped the nation