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Multiple lawmakers publicly supported some kind of investigation into the deadly Capitol riot, a day after the Senate voted to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial.
Michael van der Veen also did a crude impersonation of CBS News anchor Lana Zak while accusing her of downplaying his claim that trial evidence against Trump was "doctored."
As a private citizen, former President Donald Trump does not have protection from legal liability that his presidency once gave him.
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Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) didn't mince words in explaining Trump's acquittal.
Trump could have "done more" to stop the Capitol riot, but the GOP needs him to win back the House in 2022, the Republican lawmaker said.
Cassidy was one of seven GOP senators to join Democrats in voting to convict the former president of incitement.
Americans have a duty to “defend the truth and to defeat the lies," the president added in a statement responding to Trump's acquittal.
If “you’re going to impeach a president for anything, don’t you think it’s sending a mob to kill the vice president?” he asked.
"Just because the rioters were yelling ‘fight for Trump,’ doesn’t mean they meant Donald Trump," explained McKinnon as the senator.
The son of the Trump Organization's chief financial officer works at a real estate investment trust that made the loans, reports The Wall Street Journal.