Letter: Sen. Lee should recuse himself from the Senate impeachment trial
Sen. Mike Lee has undermined his duty to serve in a juror-like capacity during an impeachment trial by declaring, pre-trial, that the accused “has done nothing wrong,” according to a Dec. 19 post on his Facebook page.Were a juror to make such a pretrial declaration in any other context, that juror would be promptly dismissed.The argument that this is a “political trial,” and therefore typical notions of due process are inapplicable, is non-compelling. While every senator
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