Impeachment Is Heading to the Supreme Court. Trump’s Lawyers Will Be Happy.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Jabin Botsford/Zuma Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump are in a stand-off over impeachment, with Democrats requesting documents and interviews from the executive branch and the administration defying those requests by citing executive privilege and declaring Congress’ investigations invalid. It’s a constitutional clash with one all-but-inevitable end point: The Supreme…
Impeachment Liveblog: 51 Percent of Registered Voters Want Trump Impeached, Says Fox News Poll
Mother Jones illustration; Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA Welcome back to our impeachment liveblog. Follow along for all the latest. 8:26 p.m. ET: It’s official: Former South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy, who oversaw the two-yearlong Benghazi probe, is finding a second life as an outsider attorney for President Donald Trump in the wake of the House impeachment inquiry, the…
Here’s Another Impeachable Offense: Trump’s War on the Constitution
Mother Jones illustration; Getty, Drew Angerer/Getty Resolved, the president of the United States ought to be impeached for “interfering or endeavouring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation…and Congressional Committees.” That’s a line from the first article of impeachment against Richard…
Trump Ally Sen. Ron Johnson Had a Meltdown on “Meet the Press”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) talks with reporters in the Capitol on September 25.Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) gave a wild performance on “Meet the Press” Sunday, refusing to answer questions posed by host Chuck Todd, instead peddling unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2016 election. The bizarre interview is a demonstration of…
Columnist at the Center of Ukraine Scandal Joins Fox News
Conservative columnist John Solomon appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on August 20, 2019.Fox News For months, opinion columnist John Solomon has played a central role in stoking right-wing conspiracies about Ukraine’s role in the 2016 election and Joe Biden’s involvement with the country as vice president. Now, Solomon is making his alliance with…
A Second Whistleblower Is Coming Forward in Ukraine Scandal, Attorneys Say
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Young Black Leadership Summit 2019 at the White House on Friday. Tasos Katopodis/CNP via ZUMA The lawyers representing the first whistleblower, whose complaint about Donald Trump’s behavior provoked an impeachment inquiry, said Sunday that they now representing another whistleblower with knowledge of the Ukraine scandal. The second whistleblower…