A French court has sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence.
The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump ended with a vote against conviction but with a surprise post-vote public admission by the Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that, “Trump is morally and practically responsible” for the insurrection.
The never before impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump witnessed a divided Senate vote which largely voted along party lines. The Senate voted 56-44 to proceed to the trial.
The Trump Impeachment trial begins in the US Senate next week. There is political theater being played in advance, including Trump’s approach to the trial
Though the Democrats have now captured the commanding heights in the House of Representatives and a majority of the Senate in the US, they still require support from Republican senators to impeach Donald Trump
Whatever may be the outcome of the Senate trial to impeach Donald Trump, the president has had his comeuppance. There is no way he can obliterate the legacy of shame which will his personal hallmark.