OPINION:
Watching the Trump impeachment proceedings has reminded me just how important one of our constitutional principles, innocent until proven guilty, really is. The Democrats have essentially accused President Trump of attempting to rig the 2020 election by pressuring the Ukrainian government to “get dirt” on his “political rival.” And they have managed to put the Republicans on the defensive. But what the Republicans should be doing is making the Democrats present evidence supporting the accusation, such as witnesses testifying they actually heard the president state he was going after Joe Biden to rig the 2020 election.
There seems to be plenty of evidence to justify an investigation of the Bidens, but so far I have heard no evidence to support the Democrats’ accusation that the president’s motive was to rig the 2020 election. And saying “It’s obvious” doesn’t hack it. On the other hand, in an impeachment trial as laughably rigged as this one, maybe it does.
JERRY O’SHAUGHNESSY
Vienna, Va.
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