Washington (CNN) The mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, told President Donald Trump on Tuesday to "learn some history" after he claimed that the people accused in the Salem witch trials had received more due process than he has gotten in the impeachment inquiry. Mayor Kim Driscoll pointed out on Twitter that the Salem witch trials that occurred in 1692 included the "absence of evidence" when "powerless, innocent victims" were hanged or pressed to death. This situation is much different than the plight of the witch trial victims, who were convicted using spectral evidence + then brutally hanged or pressed to death. This is not the first time the President has deployed a defense evoking the witch trials. Trump is not technically entitled to due process protections through the House impeachment proceeding, as it is an investigative process rather than a trial.

Source: CNN December 17, 2019 22:57 UTC