Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

We the People: Impeachment trial of Senate

Sometime soon, and perhaps this week, private citizen Donald Trump will become the first former president to face a Senate impeachment trial, almost a year to the day when, as President Trump, he was acquitted by the Senate on February 5, 2020, of two articles of impeachment— abuse of power and obstruction of justice.

On this second go-round, citizen Trump may not be so lucky. Unlike the fir...