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Has Trump learned his lesson?

Sen. Susan Collins said President Trump had learned his lesson after he was impeached — but has he?

What has he learned from the impeachment?

The investigation of President Trump over the potential obstruction of justice has come to a close but not before some major disagreements between Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr came into public view. Mueller was responsible for investigating President Trump and whether he attempted to obstruct the Russia investigation. Mueller’s report ultimately decided not to reach a conclusion on whether Trump was guilty of breaking the law. This conclusion resulted with Barr deciding to reach the conclusion that this meant Trump did not break the law.

The impeachment process

Impeachment is a process within the United States government where a legislature will bring charges against a representative, or a civil officer, of the government for crimes that have allegedly been committed. The process is similar to that of an indictment by a grand jury. Impeachment can also happen at two different levels: the state level or the federal level. When an official is impeached, they are to remain in office until a trial is held. The trial is where the officer would be removed from office if convicted and is a separate process from the impeachment itself.

Trump’s acquittal

After several months of hearings, the US Senate remained divided, and Trump was acquitted of the charges that he obstructed Congress to increase his chances of re-election and abused his powers. When asked about what kind of lesson he learned from the impeachment, Trump responded, “That the Democrats are crooked. They’ve got a lot of crooked things going. That they’re vicious, that they shouldn’t have brought impeachment, and that my poll numbers are 10 points higher.” He continues by apologizing to his family, stating, “I want to apologize to my family for having them have to go through a phony, rotten deal by some very evil and sick people.”

Brut.

02/17/2020 10:57 PMupdated: 02/17/2020 11:01 PM
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160 comments

  • Alfredo V.
    03/04/2020 18:17

    Apologize to the Americans please.

  • Shawn B.
    03/01/2020 11:38

    🤮

  • John D.
    02/29/2020 13:21

    he is drinking his own KOOLAID

  • Ronald C.
    02/28/2020 16:24

    Only thing he learned is all democrats are on crack

  • Jim C.
    02/28/2020 14:53

    Depression? Ballooning trump deficit has kicked in.

  • Barbie B.
    02/28/2020 14:21

    Remember OJ was acquitted also.Guess the glove was to big for his hand

  • Cynthia L.
    02/27/2020 01:33

    Hell no never

  • David L.
    02/26/2020 22:17

    Trump was right, the left was wrong. Trump 2020.

  • Susan R.
    02/26/2020 15:30

    Trump learned he couuld get away with anything as long as his brain dead base and his bought and paid for Republicans cover up his crimes. Hes guilty everyone knows it but republican continue to cover up for him pointing fingers lying slandering and promotting Putins conspircy theries

  • Pete B.
    02/26/2020 14:50

    Description of himself

  • James C.
    02/26/2020 10:13

    Its nice to buy your way out huh

  • Norberto R.
    02/25/2020 23:21

    This idiot will never learn

  • Jimmy W.
    02/25/2020 13:12

    What lesson? Is the fact that Democrats are as manipulative, lie, and are as ignorant as he thought. Then yes, he learned a lesson. Maybe Democrats learned a lesson too. Dont falsify evidence that doesn't exist just to out a president simply because you dont like him.

  • Alice T.
    02/25/2020 01:53

    Trump didn’t learn anything . He’s not capable of learning . You know you can’t teach people who have half a brain .

  • Mark L.
    02/24/2020 23:28

    The question is - why haven't the rest of you learned your lesson - when it was shown there was no Russian collusion - that it was all made up - that people who you trusted in politics, entertainment, news - looked you in the eyes and lied, lied, lied - It's not a matter of opinion - there was no collusion - we know the dossier was fake - we know the people who investigated knew it was fake before they started investigating - the people who said they'd seen evidence had seen nothing - and yet, here we are - and you're asking the folks who were proven correct to question if someone else had learned their lesson. Get bent.

  • Terry R.
    02/24/2020 18:26

    Dam fool

  • George S.
    02/24/2020 16:23

    Hey POS, impeachment is "Forever"

  • Ramon F.
    02/24/2020 14:41

    This idiot is a pathological liar, he should've been arrested and taken out in hand cuffs

  • Rollie E.
    02/24/2020 12:32

    Have the democrats, I think not!

  • Mike A.
    02/24/2020 02:54

    Trump’s didn’t admit the whole truth. He keeps exaggerating his story.