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    The Stain of Impeachment Will Last Forever

    The House is poised to indelibly alter Trump’s legacy.
    by David A. Graham Dec 18, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty

    Later today, Donald Trump will become just the third president in American history to be impeached.

    Because this outcome has been , and because there is no practical prospect of the Senate voting to remove Trump from office, the impeachment has come to be seen as dull, lacking in drama, or yesterday’s news. This does not negate the seriousness of the charges against the president, nor the substantial evidence to support them. Nor, it’s worth recalling on this day, does it negate the symbolic import of the impeachment. Even without Senate removal, the stain of impeachment will forever be attached to Trump and

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