If Barack Obama had incited Black Lives Matter protesters to attack the Capitol to stop the electoral count for Donald Trump in 2017, do you think the Republicans would have held a five-day witness-free trial?
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Mehdi Hasan argues against the lack of witnesses in the impeachment trial by comparing it to past Republican actions.
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