But his defence team want to ignore all of that in this week’s trial - solely concentrating on his last stump speech outside the White House. And while this impeachment won’t serve the usual purpose of removing him from office, it could bar him from running in 2024. But this is a political trial. The impeachment, doomed though it may be, is an opportunity for sensible American politicians to make up for lost time. Because if you just shrug and let him go home to Florida, you let Donald Trump get away with it.

Source: Daily Mirror February 09, 2021 18:45 UTC