{"id":177865,"date":"2021-02-14T01:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mcconnell-trump-is-still-liable-for-everything-he-did-read-full-speech\/"},"modified":"2021-02-14T01:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T22:21:00","slug":"mcconnell-trump-is-still-liable-for-everything-he-did-read-full-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mcconnell-trump-is-still-liable-for-everything-he-did-read-full-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  McConnell: \u2018Trump is still liable for everything he did\u2019 \u2014 read full speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36890f0859d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36890f0859d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mcconnell-trump-is-still-liable-for-everything-he-did-read-full-speech\/#MarketWatch\" >MarketWatch<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  McConnell: \u2018Trump is still liable for everything he did\u2019 \u2014 read full speech<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">\n<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000166334\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Following is the statement that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican, delivered Saturday from the chamber floor after senators acquitted former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. <\/p>\n<p> The Senate\u2019s 57-43 vote in favor of impeachment did not achieve the required two-thirds majority, or 67 votes, which most analysts expected even as the trial continued into Saturday afternoon. Seven Republican senators joined with 50 Democrats and independents in voting \u201cguilty.\u201d McConnell voted not guilty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       McConnell called Donald Trump \u201cpractically and morally responsible\u201d for his supporters\u2019 deadly attack on the Capitol, minutes after his acquittal vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office as an ordinary citizen,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t get away with anything. Yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following is not an official tran<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> but an early transcribed version of the speech provided by the Senate. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.senate.gov\/newsroom\/remarks\/mcconnell-on-impeachment-disgraceful-dereliction-cannot-lead-senate-to-defy-our-own-constitutional-guardrails\" class=\"icon none\">McConnell\u2019s office issued a release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCONNELL: JANUARY 6 WAS A DISGRACE. AMERICAN CITIZENS \u00a0ATTACKED THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT. THEY USED TERRORISM TO TRY TO STOP A SPECIFIC PIECE OF DOMESTIC BUSINESS THEY DID NOT LIKE.\u00a0\u00a0FELLOW AMERICANS BEAT AND BLOODIED OUR OWN POLICE. THEY STORMED\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SENATE FLOOR, THEY TRIED TO HUNT DOWN THE SPEAKER OF THE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOUSE. THEY BUILT A GALLOWS AND CHANTED ABOUT MURDERING THE VICE PRESIDENT. THEY DID THIS BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN FED WILD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FALSEHOODS BY THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH BECAUSE HE WAS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ANGRY HE HAD LOST AN ELECTION. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP\u2019S ACTIONS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRECEDED THE RIOT FOR A DISGRACEFUL \u2014 DISGRACEFUL DERELICTION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF DUTY. <\/p>\n<p>THE HOUSE ACCUSED THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF, QUOTE, INCITEMENT. THAT IS A SPECIFIC TERM FROM THE CRIMINAL LAW.  LET\u00a0ME JUST PUT THAT ASIDE FOR A MOMENT AND REITERATE SOMETHING I\u00a0\u00a0SAID WEEKS AGO. THERE\u2019S NO QUESTION, NONE, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PRACTICALLY AND MORALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVOKING THE EVENTS\u00a0 OF THE DAY. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE PEOPLE THAT STORMED THIS\u00a0\u00a0BUILDING BELIEVED THEY WERE ACTING ON THE WISHES AND\u00a0INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR PRESIDENT. AND HAVING THAT BELIEF WAS A\u00a0FORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE GROWING CRESCENDO OF FALSE\u00a0 STATEMENTS, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND RECKLESS HYPERBOLE, WHICH\u00a0THE DEFEATED PRESIDENT KEPT SHOUTING INTO THE LARGEST MEGAPHONE\u00a0ON PLANET EARTH. THE ISSUE IS NOT ONLY THE PRESIDENT\u2019S\u00a0\u00a0INTEMPERAMENT LANGUAGE ON JANUARY 6, IT IS NOT JUST HIS ENDORSEMENT OF REMARKS IN WHICH AN ASSOCIATE URGED, QUOTE,\u00a0\u00a0TRIAL BY COMBAT. IT WAS ALSO THE ENTIRE MANUFACTURED ATMOSPHERE\u00a0OF LOOMING CATASTROPHE, THE INCREASINGLY WILD MYTHS \u2014 MYTHS\u00a0 ABOUT A REVERSE LANDSLIDE ELECTION THAT WAS SOMEHOW BEING\u00a0STOLEN, SOME SECRET COUP BY OUR NOW-PRESIDENT.  NOW I DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT\u2019S RIGHTS TO BRING ANY COMPLAINTS TO OUR LEGAL\u00a0\u00a0SYSTEM, THE LEGAL SYSTEM SPOKE. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SPOKE.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0AS\u00a0I STOOD UP AND SAID CLEARLY AT THAT TIME, THE ELECTION WAS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SETTLED. IT WAS OVER. BUT THAT JUST REALLY OPENED A NEW CHAPTER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF EVEN WILDER \u2014 WHICH WOULDER AND \u2014 WILDER AND MORE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNFOUNDED CLAIMS. THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD CANNOT SPEND\u00a0\u00a0WEEKS THUNDERING THAT SHADOWY FORCES ARE STEALING OUR COUNTRY\u00a0 AND THEN FEIGN SURPRISE. WHEN PEOPLE BELIEVE HIM AND DO\u00a0RECKLESS THINGS. SADLY, MANY POLITICIANS SOMETIMES MAKE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERHEATED COMMENTS OR USE METAPHORS. WE SAW THAT THAT UNHINGED LISTENERS MIGHT TAKE LITERALLY, BUT THAT WAS DIFFERENT. THAT\u2019S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SAW. THIS WAS AN INTENSIFYING CRESCENDO \u00a0OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ORCHESTRATED BY AN OUTGOING PRESIDENT\u00a0 WHO SEEMED DETERMINED TO EITHER OVERTURN THE VOTERS\u2019 DECISION\u00a0OR ELSE TORCH OUR INSTITUTIONS ON THE WAY OUT. THE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNCONSCIONABLE BEHAVIOR DID NOT END WHEN THE VIOLENCE ACTUALLY\u00a0 BEGAN. WHATEVER OUR EX-PRESIDENT CLAIMS HE THOUGHT MIGHT HAPPEN \u00a0THAT DAY , WHATEVER REACTION HE SAYS HE MEANT TO PRODUCE BY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THAT AFTERNOON, WE KNOW HE WAS WATCHING THE SAME LIVE\u00a0\u00a0TELEVISION AS THE REST OF US. A MOB WAS ASSAULTING THE CAPITOL\u00a0 IN HIS NAME. <\/p>\n<p>THESE CRIMINALS WERE CARRYING HIS BANNERS, HANGING\u00a0HIS FLAGS, AND SCREAMING THEIR LOYALTY TO HIM. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT ONLY PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD END THIS. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE\u00a0\u00a0WHO COULD. FORMER AIDES PUBLICLY BEGGED HIM TO DO SO. LOYAL\u00a0 ALLIES FRANTICALLY CALLED THE ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ACT SWIFTLY. HE DID NOT DO HIS JOB. HE DIDN\u2019T TAKE STEPS SO\u00a0FEDERAL LAW COULD BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED AND ORDER RE \u2014 AND OR\u00a0\u00a0RESTORED \u2014 AND ORDER RESTORED. NO. INSTEAD, ACCORDING TO\u00a0 PUBLIC REPORTS, HE WATCHED TELEVISION HAPPILY \u2014 HAPPILY AS THE\u00a0CHAOS UNFOLDED. HE KEPT PRESSING HIS SCHEME TO OVERTURN THE\u00a0\u00a0ELECTION. NOW EVEN AFTER IT WAS CLEAR TO ANY REASONABLE\u00a0 OBSERVER THAT VICE PRESIDENT PENCE WAS IN SERIOUS DANGER, EVEN\u00a0AS THE MOB CARRYING TRUMP BANNERS WAS BEATING COPS AND\u00a0BREACHING PERIMETERS, THE PRESIDENT SENT A FURTHER TWEET\u00a0 ATTACKING HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT. <\/p>\n<p>NOW, PREDICTABLY AND FORESEABLY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, MEMBERS OF THE MOB SEEMED\u00a0 TO INTERPRET THIS AS A FURTHER INSPIRATION TO LAWLESSNESS AND\u00a0VIOLENCE, NOT SURPRISINGLY. LATER, EVEN WHEN THE PRESIDENT DID\u00a0HALF HEARTILY BEGIN CALLING FOR PEACE, HE DIDN\u2019T CALL RIGHT\u00a0 AWAY FOR THE RIOT TO END. HE DID NOT TELL THE MOB TO DEPART UNTIL EVEN LATER. AND EVEN THEN, WITH POLICE OFFICERS BLEEDING AND BROKEN GLASS COVERING CAPITOL FLOORS<em> <\/em>SHIELD AGAINST CRITICISM. ANYONE WHO DECRISIS HIS AWFUL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BEHAVIOR IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING MILLIONS OF VOTERS. THAT\u2019S AN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ABSURD DEFLECTION. 74 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE \u2014 74 MILLION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AMERICANS DID NOT INVADE THE CAPITOL. HUNDREDS OF RIOTERS DID.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>74 MILLION AMERICANS DID NOT ENGINEER THE CAMPAIGN OF\u00a0DISINFORMATION AND RAGE THAT PRO-ADVOCATED IT \u2014 THATPROVOKED\u00a0 IT. ONE PERSON DID. JUST ONE. I\u2019VE MADE MY VIEW OF THIS EPISODE\u00a0\u00a0VERY PLAIN, BUT OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT GAVE THE SENATE A\u00a0\u00a0SPECIFIC TASK. THE CONSTITUTION GIVES US A PARTICULAR ROLE.\u00a0\u00a0THIS BODY IS NOT INVITED TO ACT AS THE NATION\u2019S OVERARCHING \u00a0MORAL TRIBUNAL. WE\u2019RE NOT FREE TO WORK BACKWARD FROM WHETHER\u00a0\u00a0 THE ACCUSED PARTY MIGHT PERSONALLY DESERVE SOME KIND OF\u00a0\u00a0PUNISHMENT. JUSTICE JOSEPH STORY, OUR NATION\u2019S FIRST GREAT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR, AS HE EXPLAINED NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE PROCESS OF IMPEACHMENT AND CONVICTION IS A NARROW TOOL, A\u00a0\u00a0NARROW TOOL, FOR A NARROW PURPOSE. STORY EXPLAINED THIS LIMITED\u00a0 TOOL EXISTS TO, QUOTE, SECURE THE STATE AGAINST GROSS OFFICIAL\u00a0 MISDEMEANORS, END QUOTE. THAT IS, TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. IF PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE STILL IN OFFICE, I\u00a0\u00a0WOULD HAVE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED WHETHER THE HOUSE MANAGERS PROVED THEIR SPECIFIC CHARGE. BY THE STRICT CRIMINAL STANDARD,\u00a0\u00a0THE PRESIDENT\u2019S SPEECH PROBABLY WAS NOT INCITEMENT. HOWEVER,\u00a0\u00a0 HOWEVER, IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPEACHMENT, THE SENATE MIGHT HAVE\u00a0\u00a0DECIDED THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE SHORTHAND FOR THE RECKLESS ACTIONS THAT PRECEDED THE RIOT. BUT IN THIS CASE, THE QUESTION IS MOOT, BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CONSTITUTIONALLY NOT ELIGIBLE<\/p>\n<p>FOR CONVICTION. NOW, THIS IS A CLOSE QUESTION, NO DOUBT. DONALD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRUMP WAS THE PRESIDENT WHEN THE HOUSE VOTED, THOUGH NOT WHEN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THE HOUSE CHOSE TO DELIVER THE PAPERS. BRILLIANT SCHOLARS ARGUE BOTH SIDES OF THIS JURISDICTIONAL QUESTION. THE TEXT IS\u00a0 LEGITIMATELY AMBIGUOUS. I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE \u00a0\u00a0REACHED EITHER CONCLUSION. BUT AFTER INTENSE REFLECTION, I\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BELIEVE THE BEST CONSTITUTIONAL READING SHOWS THAT ARTICLE 2,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECTION 4, EXHAUSTS THE SET OF PERSONS WHO CAN LEGITIMATELY BE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IMPEACHED, TRIED, OR CONVICTED. IT\u2019S THE PRESIDENT, IT\u2019S THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND CIVIL OFFICERS. WE HAVE NO POWER TO CONVICT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND DISQUALIFY A FORMER OFFICEHOLDER WHO IS NOW A PRIVATE\u00a0\u00a0CITIZEN.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HERE IS ARTICLE 2, SECTION 4: QUOTE, THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRESIDENT, AND ALL CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHALL\u00a0BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON IMPEACHMENT FOR AND CONVICTION OF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREASON, BRIBERY, OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, END\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 QUOTE. NOW, EVERYONE BASICALLY AGREES THAT THE SECOND HALF OF\u00a0THAT SENTENCE EXHAUSTS THE LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR CONVICTION.\u00a0\u00a0 THE DEBATES AROUND THE CONSTITUTION\u2019S FRAMING MAKE THAT\u00a0\u00a0ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. CONGRESS CANNOT CONVICT FOR REASONS BESIDES\u00a0\u00a0THOSE. IT THEREFORE FOLLOWS THAT THE LIST OF PERSONS IN THAT\u00a0 SAME SENTENCE IS ALSO EXHAUSTED. THERE\u2019S NO REASON WHY ONE\u00a0\u00a0 WOULD LIST \u2014 ONE LIST WOULD BE EXHAUSTIVE BUT THE OTHER WOULDNOT. <\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE 2, SECTION 4, MUST LIMIT BOTH WHY IMPEACHMENT AND\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONVICTION CAN OCCUR AND TO WHOM \u2014 AND TO WHOM. IF THIS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PROVISION DOES NOT LIMIT IMPEACHMENT AND CONVICTION POWERS,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THEN IT HAS NO LIMITS AT ALL. THE HOUSE HAS SOLE POWER OF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0IMPEACHMENT, AND THE SENATE HAS SOLE POWER TO TRY IMPEACHMENTS WOULD CREATE AN UNLIMITED CIRCULAR LOGIC, EMPOWERING CONGRESS TO BAN ANY CITIZEN FROM FEDERAL OFFICE. NOW, THAT\u2019S AN\u00a0INCREDIBLE CLAIM. BUT IT\u2019S THE ARGUMENT OF THE HOUSE MANAGERS\u00a0\u00a0SEEM TO BE MAKING. ONE SAID IT WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTE,\u00a0\u00a0UNQUALIFIED, JURISDICTIONAL POWER, END QUOTE. WELL, THAT WAS\u00a0VERY HONEST BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIMITING PRINCIPLE IN THE\u00a0 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT THAT WOULD EMPOWER THE SENATE TO CONVICT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FORMER OFFICERS THAT WOULD NOT ALSO LET THEM CONVICT AND<\/p>\n<p>DISQUALIFY ANY PRIVATE CITIZEN. AN ABSURD END RESULT TO WHICH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO ONE SUBSCRIBES. ARTICLE 2, SECTION 4, MUST HAVE FORCE. IT\u00a0 TELLS US, THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND CIVIL OFFICERS\u00a0\u00a0MAY BE IMPEACHED AND CONVICTED. DONALD TRUMP IS NO LONGER THE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRESIDENT. LIKEWISE, THE PROVISION STATES THAT OFFICERS SUBJECT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO IMPEACHMENT AND CONVICTION SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, IF\u00a0QUICK. SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, IF CONVICTED. AS JUSTICE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORY EXPLAINED, THE SENATE, UPON CONVICTION, IS BOUND IN ALL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CASES TO ENTER A JUDGMENT OF REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. REMOVAL IS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MANDATORY UPON CONVICTION. CLEARLY, HE EXPLAINED, THAT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MANDATORY SENTENCE CANNOT BE APPLIED TO SOMEONE WHO\u2019S LEFT OFFICE. THE ENTIRE PROCESS REVOLVES AROUND REMOVAL. IF REMOVAL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE, CONVICTION BECOMES INCENSABLE. \u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INSENSIBLE. IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE THAT AN OFFICEHOLDER CAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ELUDE SENATE CONVICTION BY RESIGNATION OR EXPIRATION OF TERM,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AN ARGUMENT WE HEARD MADE BY THE MANAGERS. BUT THIS UNDERSCORES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THAT IMPEACHMENT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE THE FINAL FORUM FOR AMERICAN JUSTICE. NEVER MEANT TO BE THE FINAL FORUM FOR\u00a0 AMERICAN JUSTICE. IMPEACHMENT, CONVICTION, AND REMOVAL ARE A\u00a0\u00a0 SPECIFIC INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL SAFETY VALUE \u2014 SAFETY VALVE. <\/p>\n<p>INDEED, JUSTICE STORY SPECIFICALLY REMINDED THAT WHILE FORMER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OFFICIALS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CONVICTION, THEY\u00a0\u00a0 WERE \u2014 AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT \u2014 STILL LIABLE TO BE\u00a0TRIED AND PUNISHED IN THE ORDINARY TRIBUNALS OF JUSTICE. PUT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ANOTHER WAY, IN THE LANGUAGE OF TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIABLE FOR EVERYTHING HE DID WHILE HE WAS IN OFFICE, AS AN ORDINARY CITIZEN, UNLESS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS RUN,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STILL LIABLE FOR EVERYTHING HE DID WHILE HE WAS IN OFFICE.\u00a0 DIDN\u2019T GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING YET. YET. WE HAVE A CRIMINAL\u00a0JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE CIVIL LITIGATION. AND FORMER RESERVATIONS ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM BEING ACCOUNTABLE BY\u00a0EITHER ONE. I BELIEVE THE SENATE WAS NOT \u2014 WAS RIGHT NOT TO GRAB POWER THE CONSTITUTION DOESN\u2019T GIVE US. AND THE SENATE WAS\u00a0RIGHT NOT TO ENTERTAIN SOME LIGHTSPEED SHAM PROCESS TO TRY TO OUTRUN THE LOSS OF JURISDICTION. IT TOOK BOTH SIDES MORE THAN A WEEK JUST TO PRODUCE THEIR PRETRIAL BRIEFS. SPEAKER PELOSI\u2019S\u00a0OWN SCHEDULING DECISIONS CONCEDED WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN PUBLICLY CONFIRMED \u2014 A SENATE VERDICT BEFORE INAUGURATION DAY WAS NEVER POSSIBLE. NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS HAS BEEN A DISPIRITING TIME,\u00a0BUT THE SENATE HAS DONE OUR DUTY. THE FRAMERS\u2019 FIREWALL HELD UP AGAIN. ON JANUARY 6 WE RETURNED TO OUR POSTS AND CERTIFIED THE\u00a0\u00a0ELECTION. WE WERE UNCOWED. WE WERE NOT INTIMIDATED. WE FINISHED THE JOB. AND SINCE THEN, WE RESISTED THE CLAMOR TO DEFY OUR OWN\u00a0CONSTITUTIONAL GUARDRAILS IN HOT PURSUIT OF A PARTICULAR\u00a0OUTCOME. WE REFUSED TO CONTINUE A CYCLE OF RECKLESSNESS BY\u00a0\u00a0STRAINING OUR OWN CONSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES IN RESPONSE. THE\u00a0SENATE\u2019S DECISION TODAY DOES NOT CONDONE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED \u00a0ON OR BEFORE THAT TERRIBLE DAY. IT SIMPLY SHOWS THAT SENATORS\u00a0\u00a0DID WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT FAILED TO DO. 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