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U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed that Russians infiltrated the election by using foreign influence and a misinformation campaign to discourage voters from supporting Hillary Clinton.
Trump surprisingly won. But his remarks about having Russia look for Clinton's emails brought attention to his campaign deliberately using foreign influence to win.
Fast forward to 2019. The House of Representatives have impeached Trump on grounds of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Trump is accused of pressuring Ukraine to do an investigation into Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Trump blocked Congressional approved aid to Ukraine and it set off a whistleblower report. The whistleblower confirmed that Trump was willing to violate his oath of office to win a reelection.
Now being the third president to be impeached while in office, Trump must prove to the U.S. Senate that he did nothing wrong. The trial is pending. The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) must deliver the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
The grim ripper said that he will quickly push through a trial and have Trump not convicted.
Pelosi has withheld the Articles of Impeachment due to McConnell's antics.
Putin is laughing at the turmoil in the United States. He even joked that he could remove the term rules for president.
The 67-year old leader said that the law banning Russian presidents serving more than two consecutive terms could be "removed" potentially allowing him to rule for life.
"Your humble servant completed two terms, then he left the post and had the constitutional right to return to the post of president -- because it wasn't two successive terms," Putin said.
"Some of our experts and public figures were bothered by that (clause). We could of course remove it. All of that could be done but only after a solid preparation and a thorough discussion in society."
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