The Senate Impeachment Vote Is “Truth Matters” Vs. “Nothing Matters”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks during impeachment proceedings on February 3, 2020Senate Television via Getty Images The lead spokesmen advocating and opposing President Donald Trump’s removal from office wrapped up their cases Monday by asking senators to decide if truth matters or if nothing matters. We know how the Senate will answer on Wednesday. White…
Senate Republicans Are Betting That Voters’ Anger Will Fade by November
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the Capitol on January 31, 2020.Mario Tama/Getty Images Republicans were always going to acquit President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, no matter of how much damning information they received. So why consider new evidence that would only confirm his guilt? That is the logic of Sen.…
Trump Says John Bolton Is Lying. Put Them Both on the Stand.
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019.Alex Wong/Getty The New York Times reported Friday that former national security adviser John Bolton in an unpublished book manuscript says President Donald Trump personally asked him to help pressure Ukraine to launch investigations that would help Trump politically. According to the paper, Bolton wrote that Trump…
Trump Lawyer Says Bolton Bombshell, Even If True, Isn’t an Impeachable Offense
Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz speaks at the Senate impeachment trial.Senate Television via AP President Donald Trump’s lawyers spent most of Monday avoiding the topic of John Bolton’s leaked manuscript, which reportedly alleges Trump’s direct involvement in improperly holding up aid to Ukraine to pressure that country’s leaders into digging up dirt on Joe Biden. Alan…
Pick Which GOP Explanation for Why Bolton Shouldn’t Testify Is the Craziest
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019. Alex Wong /Getty Images President Donald Trump, GOP lawmakers, and White House lawyers presenting their case for Trump’s acquittal in the Senate spent Monday publicly workshopping a series of arguments for why the president’s ongoing impeachment trial should not include testimony from former national security adviser John…
Fox News Is Losing Its Mind Over John Bolton
For hours upon hours on Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers presented their case against removing the president from office over the Ukraine scandal. In doing so, they have danced around a major new revelation—that, in a draft of a forthcoming book, former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly wrote that Trump told him he wanted to…