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UVA Miller Center president weighs in on second impeachment trial

University of Virginia Miller Center President Bill Antholis says arguments are likely not to cease in Washington even if senators do not vote to convict former-President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.

William Antholis

Democratic House Managers Make Case For Conviction

Barbara Perry is interviewed on NBC News Now.

Barbara Perry

Impeachment Trials Were Rare in U.S. History, Now Senate Begins Third in Just Over 20 Years

"The most unprecedented element of this second [Trump] impeachment is that it results from the one and only time a U.S. president has engaged in insurrection and an attempted coup against our own country," Dr. Barbara Perry, a professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, told Newsweek.

Barbara Perry

Behind the Scenes, America’s First Ladies Exert Powerful Influence

“Americans see presidents as father figures and family members. That makes first ladies maternal figures and kind of the mothers of our country,” says presidential historian Barbara Perry. “Or if they're younger, like a Jacqueline Kennedy who was only 31 when she became first lady... then they see her as an older sister or a glamorous aunt.”

Barbara Perry

An impeachment trial so that the truth triumphs over beliefs

"While a conviction of the ex-president is unlikely, proof of his obvious role in the unlawful and murderous January 6 uprising against the government and the Constitution of the United States must be submitted to the nation and the world for establish its infamous legacy and attempt to reestablish the image of the United States as the beacon of democracy in the world, ”adds Barbara A. Perry, director of Presidential Studies at the Miller Center at the University of Virginie and specialist in the history of the presidency of the United States.

Barbara Perry

'Nothing but political downside': Why Biden is staying far away from Trump's impeachment trial

Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, said it's "prudent politically" for Biden to remain quiet on impeachment because the issue is already poised to "suck up all the oxygen" in Congress. She said Biden doesn't need the same in the White House while he's working on policy. "He is taking the presidency back to its norms of dignity and statesmanship, which have been sorely missing for the last four years," Perry said. "So he's playing the role of a statesman, which is not to get involved in the muck and mire of politics on Capitol Hill."

Barbara Perry