“Not a Crime”: Republican Senators Try Out Their Impeachment Defenses
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in senators for President Trump’s impeachment trial.Senate Television/AP President Donald Trump’s senatorial allies-slash-jurors hit the Sunday news shows to try out their best defenses of him ahead of his impeachment trial, which begins on Tuesday. On ABC’s This Week, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) disputed the fact that the…
House Democrats Present Their Argument for Removing President Trump
House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, center, leads the way through the rotunda on his way to the Senate to exhibit the articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, followed by impeachment managers.Julio Cortez/AP Photo On Saturday, House Democrats made their formal case to the Senate…
A Few Things to Know About Trump’s New Impeachment Lawyers
Former Baylor President Ken Starr waits to run onto the field before an NCAA college football game 2015. LM Otero/AP Ahead of the Senate impeachment trial that will move forward on January 21, President Donald Trump on Friday hired two new additions to his legal team: former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Bill…
Pelosi Just Announced the Prosecutors for Trump’s Impeachment Trial
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Reps. Sylvia Garcia and Jerrold NadlerMatt Rourke/AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday announced the seven members of Congress who will serve as managers in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial: Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Val Demmings (D-Fla.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Sylvia…
Report: Trump Ordered Iran Strike Because of Impeachment Fears
Tasos Katopodis/Getty To justify its drone strike against Qassem Soleimani, the White House claimed last week that the top Iranian military leader had been preparing “imminent” attacks against American diplomats in the region. That claim has since evolved, as various Trump administration officials struggled on multiple occasions to explain what exactly defines an “imminent” threat.…
John Bolton Says He’s Willing to Testify at Impeachment Trial
Yuri Oreshkin/Zuma After months of reticence, former national security adviser John Bolton announced Monday on his PAC website that should the Senate subpoena him, he would be willing to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. In November, Bolton conditioned his participation in House impeachment proceedings on the outcome of a lawsuit filed by his former…