TRUMP CORRUPTION INDEX

This Week in Trumpland Corruption: Capitol Crimes

Trump faces blowback after he incited a mob to storm the Capitol, and even loyalists doubt he can self-pardon his way out of this one

Max Ufberg
GEN
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3 min readJan 13, 2021

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Is there enough graft, double-dealing, and self-interested chicanery in the Trump administration to publish this column every week? Only time — and Trump — will tell. (But we feel pretty confident.) Presenting this week’s installment of the Trump Corruption Index.

Impeachment round 2

House Democrats are planning to vote on Wednesday to once again impeach President Trump, this time for his role in inciting an insurrection at the Capitol last week, where rioters killed a Capitol Police officer. Unlike the last go-round, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly quite pleased that Democrats are trying to impeach the president, telling colleagues he hopes it helps to finally rid the party of Trump. McConnell’s comments underscore the GOP’s growing disillusionment with the president: Up to a dozen House Republicans are expected to vote to impeach Trump. Still, it appears unlikely that the Senate would vote to impeach Trump, both because it may not get the required two-thirds vote and because it’s unclear…

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Max Ufberg
GEN
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Writer and editor. Previously at Medium, Pacific Standard, Wired