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Malaysia leader rebukes ‘not nice’ Trump after acquittal

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Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad criticized U.S. President Donald Trump while suggesting Trump resign despite his acquittal on impeachment charges last week. Mahathir, who returned to office in 2018, also took issue with Trump's character at a press conference, Malay Mail reported Monday. The Malaysian prime minister said his comments were not for "all Americans," who he said were "very nice people." "I didn't refer to all Americans. I just said with regards to President Trump only," Mahathir said. "I find that Americans are very nice people, but not President Trump. I asked him to resign to save America." Mahathir's criticism of Trump began Saturday at the Third Conference of the League of Parliamentarians for Al-Quds. The Malaysian leader was providing his re...

Trump impeachment: Failed witnesses vote paves way for acquittal

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US President Donald Trump is set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial after senators voted against calling witnesses or admitting new evidence.Democrats hoped four swing Republicans would vote for witnesses, which would have extended the trial without in all likelihood changing its outcome.In the end, only two of the four Republicans voted with Democrats.The trial now moves forward to a vote on whether to acquit President Trump, which he is all but certain to win.Senior members of President Trump's Republican Party pushed from the outset for a speedy trial with no witnesses or new evidence. Above all, they wanted to avoid senators hearing from former National Security Adviser John Bolton.According to reporting by the New York...

Women protest acquittal in Irish rape case by showing their underwear

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Women in Ireland and on social media are showing their underwear as a sign of protest over the acquittal in a rape case where the defense used the victim’s underwear as evidence of consent. On Nov. 6, a 27-year-old man who was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl was acquitted after his defense attorney showed the girl’s underwear as evidence, prompting hundreds of Irish women to take to the streets in protest over what they say is victim blaming. During the trial in Cork, Ireland, defense attorney Elizabeth O’Connell presented jurors with a lacy thong worn by the girl on the night of the alleged incident, according to The Irish Examiner. O’Connell asked jurors, “Does the evidence out-rule the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was op...