Letter from Theresa Heiney of Murrieta in today's Los Angeles Times:
"Donald Trump's Presidency has shown itself to be corrupt. Now, members of the United States Senate have taken an oath of impartiality in the President's impeachment trial, but it looks as if they wil not hear testimony or compel anyone to testify. A trial like this happens only in dictatorships, where the jury is told what to believe and how to vote. The corruption of the United States government is now on display for the world to see."
And of course Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told reporters last month that he will not be an impartial juror. He's even been working with Trump's legal team to coordinate defense strategies. This is a travesty of justice – but, as we all know, justice and fairness and ethics and honesty do not exist in Trumpworld. Emperor Trump is above the law and above the Constitution. Heiney's observations are accurate: The United States is now an autocracy.