No Impartial Justice for Donald Trump

Plus: Photographing impeachment proceedings against three Presidents, Alan Dershowitz, and being Cole Porter. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Trump’s Washington There Will Be No Impartial Justice for Donald Trump This Senate trial is only the third such proceeding in American history, and it seems destined for a preordained acquittal. By Susan B. Glasser Photo Booth Photographing Impeachment Proceedings David Burnett, whose images from the Watergate hearings and Clinton impeachment have become iconic, will be on hand at Trump’s Senate trial next week. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists Rudy Giuliani’s Bagman Lev Parnas Blows Up Trump’s Ukraine Defense The Soviet émigré is clearly out to save his own skin. But he has documentary evidence to back up some of his claims. By John Cassidy Daily Comment BlackRock Will Start Moving Away from Fossil Fuels In response to mounting public pressure, the investment company has begun knuckling under to reality. By Bill McKibben Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Movie Club Newsletter Reviews of the current cinema, plus recommendations for classics and underrated treasures available on streaming services, every Friday. From the Archive Annals of Law Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate Donald Trump’s impeachment team will include the noted lawyer. From 2019: His long, controversial career—and the accusations against him. By Connie Bruck Books American Electric On this day in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. This piece, from 2003, asks: Did Franklin fly that kite? By Adam Gopnik From the Magazine Books The Changing Meaning of Affirmative Action The past and the future of a long-embattled policy. By Louis Menand Books The Genial, Turbulent Life of Cole Porter Almost inhumanly prolific, the songwriter produced a new kind of American lyric—and language. By Adam Gopnik Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts To My Embalmers As you know, I’m a big Osiris fan. Would love some Osiris paintings on the sarcophagus—something minimal and classy. By Ethan Kuperberg Daily Cartoon Friday, January 17th By Brendan Loper Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.