What I Learned About the Coming Impeachment Trial By Writing a Book About the Last One

The circumstances may be different, but Trump can bank on certain historical trendlines.

In the latter half of 2020, I published a book—Proof of Corruption (Macmillan)—whose subtitle was “Bribery, Impeachment, and Pandemic in the Age of Trump.” A significant section of the book was dedicated to the fall 2019 Trump-Ukraine impeachment inquiry and the January 2020 impeachment trial that followed. While Trump faces different odds of acquittal …