Sen. Blumenthal: ‘This Trial Is No Vindication Because It Was Really No Trial’

‘The case is overwhelming that he corruptly abused his trust for his personal gain’

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BLUMENTHAL: “He has said before, Article 2 gives him the power to do anything I want, a quote, and now he will in effect be, he thinks, vindicated. In fact, this trial is no vindication because it was really no trial. No witnesses. No documents. No real evidence, although the case is overwhelming that he corruptly abused his trust for his personal gain. He may well feel vindicated, and he’s already said he can obstruct justice, he can impound funds, disregard Congress, stonewall oversight and potentially even obstruct justice along with other disregard for the law. And America really is an ideal for other countries. I think that point has been made very vividly and powerfully in this trial. And I fear very much that the president will see himself as a buddy of autocrats around the world, as one who can emulate that kind of monarchial power.”

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