“It could be First Amendment, it could be bill of attainder, it could be due process. I mean all of them are nonsense. I thought that I successfully demolished them at the trial but, you know, there’s no reasoning with people who basically are, you know, acting like members of a religious cult and when they leave office should be selling flowers at Dulles Airport.”
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), lead impeachment manager, in an interview on Meet the Press.
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