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Trump impeachment: Republican splits emerge over looming Senate trial

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But small cracks in GOP unity have appeared, with two Republican senators criticising Mr McConnell’s pledge of “total coordination” with the White House during the impeachment trial. Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski said she was “disturbed” by the GOP leader’s comments, adding that there should be distance between the White House and the Senate on how the trial is conducted. In a Washington Post op-ed column, Mr Jones said that for Americans to have confidence in the impeachment process, “the Senate must conduct a full, fair and complete trial with all relevant evidence regarding the president’s conduct”. A moderate who’s respected by both parties as an old-school defender of senate prerogatives, Mr Alexander has called Mr Trump’s conduct “inappropriate”, but says he views impeachment as a “mistake”.

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9 months ago

Mayorkas impeachment trial set to start in Senate next week, but may be over before it starts

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Republicans will delay bringing their case against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate until next week, two months after impeaching the Homeland Security secretary. House Speaker Mike Johnson had planned to send the impeachment charges to the Senate on Wednesday, but said Tuesday he would wait until next week as Republicans try to make a case for a …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senate leaders likely to seek quick dismissal of Mayorkas impeachment case

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — For the third time in five years, senators will be sworn in as jurors for an impeachment trial. A look at next steps and the Senate’s options once the Mayorkas impeachment moves across the Capitol: CONVENING AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL Under impeachment rules, a group of House managers — members who act as prosecutors and are appointed by the …

1 year, 5 months ago

Trump wants to see Biden impeached, and other Republicans are quick to pile on

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump wants to see President Joe Biden impeached, and the former president’s allies in Congress and his 2024 GOP presidential rivals are eager to join that fight as his own legal challenges mount. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, also running for president, said Republicans would be “justified to do it.” And House GOP leaders aligned with Trump …

1 year, 5 months ago

Kevin McCarthy denies he made any deal with Trump to try to expunge his impeachments

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2 years, 2 months ago

‘They have something on him’: Trump calls for McConnell to be ‘impeached’ (which is not possible)

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Donald Trump, now relegated to a far-right streaming video website as larger right-wing outlets like Fox News distance themselves from him, is now calling for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to be impeached. A Real America's Voice host interviewing the former president, who is under several civil and criminal investigations, said, "Democrats are scheming, probably with some of the RINOs, …

2 years, 3 months ago

Mitch McConnell was 'very close' to convicting Trump after Capitol riots: new book

Raw Story

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell ultimately voted to acquit former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in the Senate -- but a new book claims he came much closer to voting in favor of it than many people realize. During a Wednesday morning CNN interview, reporters Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian discussed sections of their new book -- …

3 years, 10 months ago

Impeachment vote becomes defining moment for GOP senator

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Richard Burr stood and said “guilty” there were hushed gasps in the Senate chamber. Months before Trump would begin falsely claiming that the November election had been stolen from him, the Senate Intelligence Committee led by Burr warned that sitting public officials should use the “absolute greatest amount of restraint and caution if they are considering …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump rips McConnell as GOP divide deepens post-Capitol riot

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In the most caustic sign yet of deepening GOP divisions, former President Donald Trump blistered Mitch McConnell as a “political hack” on Tuesday, days after the Senate’s top Republican denounced him as the inciter of U.S. Capitol attack. “The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political ‘leaders’ like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm,” …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump Impeachment Trial Could Wrap Up on Saturday, Conviction Seen Unlikely

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Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial could conclude on Saturday, leaving a divided US Senate to decide whether the former president incited his supporters to attack the US Capitol on Jan. 6 in a last-ditch effort to stay in power after his November election defeat. Trump criticized Pence on Twitter as lacking “courage” shortly after Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville told Trump …

3 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal as Republicans gear up for 2022 midterm elections

Hindustan Times

Donald Trump took in the win at Mar-a-Lago, surrounded by friends and family. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who spoke with Trump on Saturday night, acknowledged that Trump is “mad at some folks,” but also “ready to move on and rebuild the Republican Party” and “excited about 2022." Graham said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who voted to acquit but then delivered …

3 years, 10 months ago

After impeachment acquittal, Trump remains dominant in GOP

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump. And we can’t let that ever happen again.” Another Republican presidential prospect, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., voted to convict Trump on Saturday, declaring that Trump’s “lies” about widespread voter fraud endangered “the life of the vice president” and are “bringing us dangerously close to a bloody constitutional crisis.” While …

3 years, 10 months ago

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. _____________ TOP STORIES _____________ REPUBLICANS’ FUTURE — The Republican Party still belongs to Donald …

3 years, 10 months ago

Analysis: Impeachment proves imperfect amid US polarization

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Three Republican senators spent an hour talking strategy with lawyers for the accused. The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump laid bare the deep imperfections in the Constitution’s only process for holding a president accountable, for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” The proceedings packed an emotional punch and served as history’s first accounting of the Jan. 6 riots on …

3 years, 10 months ago

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. In a broadside against Trump every bit as brutal as that leveled by Democrats, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared the ex-president “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day” with his “unconscionable …

3 years, 10 months ago

After impeachment acquittal, Trump remains dominant in GOP

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3 years, 10 months ago

7 Republicans vote to convict Trump in impeachment trial

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Seven Republicans voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump in his Senate trial, easily the largest number of lawmakers to ever vote to find a president of their own party guilty at impeachment proceedings. Louisiana’s Republican Party said, “We condemn, in the strongest possible terms” Cassidy’s vote and said its executive committee voted unanimously to censure him. …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a current or former U.S. president but exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with the violence sparked by his defeated presidency. “What …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial Is Over. What Was Accomplished, And What's Next?

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Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial Is Over. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with House Impeachment Manager Stacey Plaskett, congresswoman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, about Saturday's last-second maneuvers and the former president's acquittal. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And with that, the fourth Senate impeachment trial in U.S. history and the second for Donald John Trump came to an end. It was a surprise …

3 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump says impeachment trial part of 'greatest witch-hunt in the history of our country'

ABC

Former US president Donald Trump says the Senate impeachment trial has been another phase of the "greatest witch-hunt in the history of our country". Key points: Donald Trump thanked his supporters in the US House and Senate Seven Republicans voted to convict him, making it the most bipartisan vote in the history of presidential impeachments Mr Trump's lawyers throughout the …

3 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump acquitted of incitement of insurrection in second Senate impeachment trial

ABC

The US Senate has voted to acquit former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Key points: The final vote was 57 guilty to 43 not guilty on the charge of incitement of insurrection The tally fell short of the two-thirds majority required to convict Mr Trump Mr Trump said the trial was part of the "greatest witch-hunt in …

3 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump impeachment trial updates: US Senate acquits former president of inciting insurrection at US Capitol

ABC

The Democrats are being grilled by journalists on whether calling witnesses in this trial would have led to a different result. You'll remember earlier that Lead House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin requested the Senate subpoena one witness, Republican Jamie Herrera Beutler, who said she overheard a January 6 phone call in which House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Donald Trump …

3 years, 10 months ago

GOP grapples with future in Congress and beyond after Trump impeachment trial

LA Times

Members of the National Guard stand in the Senate subway as Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrives ahead of the second impeachment trial of former President Trump in the Senate on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington. So we’re gonna find out, whoever leads.” When Trump faced his first impeachment trial in 2020, Senate Republicans rushed to defend him, deriding the House …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump remains dominant force in GOP following acquittal

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3 years, 10 months ago

Pelosi condemns ‘cowardly group of Republicans’ after Trump acquitted over Capitol riot

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3 years, 10 months ago

Trump acquitted: Senate votes 57-43 at impeachment trial

Hindustan Times

The Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the horrific attack on the US Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that exposed the fragility of America's democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with the violence sparked by his defeated presidency. Trump, unrepentant, welcomed the his second impeachment acquittal and said his movement “has only …

3 years, 10 months ago

Senate Votes To Acquit Donald Trump For Inciting Insurrection

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump on Saturday for the second time, letting him off the hook for inciting his supporters to march on the U.S. Capitol a little more than five weeks ago, leading to an insurrection that left five people dead and imperiled the lives of his vice president, countless lawmakers, staffers, …

3 years, 10 months ago

Which Republican senators are seen as possible votes against Trump?

Hindustan Times

Most every senator has pledged to listen to the evidence in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, but most minds were likely made up before the trial began. Sasse said that Trump had “lied to” Americans and the “consequences are now found in five dead Americans and a Capitol building that’s in shambles.” In a recent video, he said Republican …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's speedy impeachment trial heads toward Senate vote,

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3 years, 10 months ago

As impeachment trial ends, GOP senators face big decision

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Most every Senate juror has said they will listen to the evidence in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, but most minds were likely made up before the trial began. Sasse said that Trump had “lied to” Americans and the “consequences are now found in five dead Americans and a Capitol building that’s in shambles.” In a recent …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump Celebrates His Acquittal, Says The Impeachment Was Part Of A 'Witch Hunt'

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Trump Celebrates His Acquittal, Says The Impeachment Was Part Of A 'Witch Hunt' Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP Former President Donald Trump is responding to Saturday's Senate vote acquitting him of an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection. In a statement released shortly after the vote, the former president described the now concluded proceedings as part …

3 years, 10 months ago

US Senate reaches deal to avert impeachment trial delay

Al Jazeera

Closing arguments kick off after legislators agree to enter into evidence details of Trump call during Capitol riot. Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate headed off a prolonged impeachment trial for Donald Trump on Saturday with an agreement to enter into evidence details of the former president’s remarks in a call with a top Republican during the deadly Capitol …

3 years, 10 months ago

7 Republicans vote guilty, but Senate acquits Trump in attack on Capitol

LA Times

Bruce Castor, left, and Michael van der Veen, lawyers for former President Trump, talk during a break in the Senate impeachment trial. The Senate acquitted former President Trump on Saturday in his second impeachment trial, even as seven members of his own party delivered a historic rebuke by joining Democrats in voting to convict him of inciting the deadly insurrection …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump found ‘not guilty’ at impeachment trial

Al Jazeera

US Senate acquits former President Donald Trump of ‘incitement of insurrection’ in 57-43 vote. “I think on Twitter, for example, and in social media, you’re seeing a lot of outcry about it, particularly because since so much of this is not about the conviction … but showing the American people what happened.” 13 Feb 2021 - 18:30 GMT The ripple …

3 years, 10 months ago

Senate Republicans vote to acquit Trump in second impeachment trial; GOP downplays Capitol riot

Salon

Republicans in the Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump in the former president's second impeachment trial. Seven Republican senators did join with all 50 Democrats to find Trump guilty, including Richard Burr of North Carolina; Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who surprised observers when he switched his earlier vote to declare the trial constitutional; Susan Collins of Maine; Lisa Murkowski of …

3 years, 10 months ago

Senate Acquits Trump In Impeachment Trial — Again

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Senate Acquits Trump In Impeachment Trial — Again Enlarge this image toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images Jon Cherry/Getty Images The U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection. The Democratic House impeachment managers argued that the former president, who addressed a rally outside the White House ahead of the insurrection, was …

3 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: Trump’s acquittal is no vindication — and his enablers should be shamed and shunned

LA Times

The Senate’s failure to convict former President Trump for inciting a deadly insurrection is a miscarriage of justice. The 43 Republican senators who voted to acquit Trump — some of them hiding behind specious constitutional objections and ignoring the precedents for convicting a former officeholder — have shamed themselves rather than offend Trump’s base. Trump’s lawyers seized on a throwaway …

3 years, 10 months ago

All eyes turn to GOP senators as impeachment nears vote

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3 years, 10 months ago

'Your Republican Party everybody': GOP senators slammed after violating oaths by meeting with Trump lawyers

Raw Story

Provoking criticism that ranged from "jury tampering" and "another violation of their oath" to "such bullshit," multiple Republican senators met with Donald Trump's attorneys late Thursday—the third day of the former president impeachment trial over his incitement of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The meeting comes after three days of damning presentations from Democratic prosecutors, which included …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump impeachment trial 2021 timeline

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3 years, 10 months ago

'Chilling' Riot Footage of US Politicians Fleeing for Their Lives Dominates Trump Impeachment Trial

News 18

Impeachment prosecutors at Donald Trump’s Senate trial Wednesday aired terrifying, never-before-seen footage of senior US politicians fleeing for their lives during last month’s assault on Congress, a riot they argued was deliberately incited by the former president. “The vice president, the speaker of the house — the first and second in line to the presidency — were… put in danger …

3 years, 10 months ago

Republicans Unswayed By Evidence Trump 'Incited' Mob Against U.S. Capitol

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Despite Democratic impeachment managers laying out a methodical case on Wednesday, Senate Republicans seem intent as ever on acquitting Donald Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The former president was “no innocent bystander,” lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin said, adding that he “surrendered his role as commander …

3 years, 10 months ago

Here Are GOP Senators' Excuses For Blowing Off Trump's Impeachment Trial

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING We all saw it. As a response to her view that Donald Trump demeaned the Office of the President, the House Speaker is now making a mockery of Congress and one of the most serious institutions in our country.” Sen. Rand Paul “The trial is of dubious merit and even more dubious constitutionality,” Paul wrote in a …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump impeachment video: Trail opens with clip of former president telling supporters to march on Capitol

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3 years, 11 months ago

GOP senator flips on impeachment trial, rips Trump lawyers

Associated Press

— Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana joined Democrats in voting against ending Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Tuesday, a surprise reversal that Cassidy said was a response to the former president’s lawyers doing “a terrible job” of arguing their case. The Republican Party of Louisiana quickly issued a statement Tuesday criticizing Cassidy for his vote and praising Louisiana’s junior GOP …

3 years, 11 months ago

How will Trump’s second impeachment trial affect US politics?

Al Jazeera

Senate has voted to go ahead with the trial, rejecting defence lawyers’ argument that the move is unconstitutional. It took almost four hours of debate in a divided US Senate but Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is going ahead after senators found it constitutional. Trump’s lawyers argued he could not be tried after leaving the White House but Trump has …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump In A 'Great' Mood Watching The Impeachment Trial, Adviser Says

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Trump In A 'Great' Mood Watching The Impeachment Trial, Adviser Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A senior adviser to Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the former president was confident in his legal team's representation of him in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial, despite Trump's displeasure with their performance …

3 years, 11 months ago

What To Watch As Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial Kicks Off

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, a solemn proceeding that will force lawmakers to relive the violent events of Jan. 6 as House Democrats prosecute their case for “incitement of insurrection.” The nine Democratic impeachment managers for the House, which impeached Trump last month, argue that he alone was responsible for …

3 years, 11 months ago

What to watch as Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial kicks off

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, a solemn proceeding that will force lawmakers to relive the violent events of Jan. 6 as House Democrats prosecute their case for “incitement of insurrection.” The nine Democratic impeachment managers for the House, which impeached Trump last month, argue that he alone was responsible for inciting the mob …

3 years, 11 months ago

First up at Donald Trump's impeachment: Can a former president stand trial?

Firstpost

The Democratic House impeachment managers are expected to broadly assert that a president can be put on trial for offences committed in office, no matter when the trial is held The first issue that will be debated in the opening hours of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday will be the question of whether it is constitutional to …

3 years, 11 months ago

GOP Senator: Trump's Lawyers Did A 'Terrible Job' On 1st Day Of Trial

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GOP Senator: Trump's Lawyers Did A 'Terrible Job' On 1st Day Of Trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Bill Cassidy on Tuesday said former President Donald Trump's legal team did a "terrible job" defending Trump when arguing against the constitutionality of moving forward with a Senate impeachment trial. Cassidy's …

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Congress is ready to certify Trump’s election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day

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WASHINGTON — As Congress convenes amid a winter storm to certify President-elect Donald Trump ‘s election, the legacy of Jan. 6 hangs over the proceedings with an extraordinary fact: The candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time, and is legitimately returning to power. “Whether we’re in a blizzard or not, we are going to be in …

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'They have to get their act together': Senate Republicans turn on House GOP lawmakers

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In interviews with NOTUS, several Republican Party senators expressed dismay and disgust with their GOP counterparts in the House over fears they will once again spiral into chaos trying to pick the next speaker. As Riley Rogerson of NOTUS wrote, House Republicans are trying a "shake off a close call with a government shutdown and prepare for Donald Trump’s first …

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Chuck Schumer let Senate leave without confirming 10 key judge positions — so Trump will

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Chuck Schumer let Senate leave without confirming 10 key judge positions — so Trump will

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Just a few weeks ago, panic spread through the progressive movement about Democrats in the U.S. Senate confirming as many judicial nominees as possible before Republicans take over the new Congress. King noted that lawmakers' empty promises ultimately led to 10 judicial nominees that will go unfilled, thanks to Sen. Chuck Schumer letting the Senate break. “I wish we could …

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Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

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Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

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WASHINGTON — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria. “It’s not about putting yeses on the board, it’s about keeping …

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Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate

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The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria. “It’s not about putting yeses on the board, it’s about keeping nos off the …

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‘It’s clear he’s in charge now’: Lawmakers react to Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ involvement ahead of inauguration

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7 GOP Senators Who Could Be On Donald Trump’s Naughty List

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is making a naughty list and checking it twice. “Everybody toe the line, everybody line up,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said at a conference earlier this month, characterizing Trump’s approach. “If they’re unreasonable, if they’re opposing somebody for political reasons or stupid reasons… I would say they probably would be primaried,” Trump said of …

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'Rubber-stamped absolute zealots': GOP senator melts down as Biden breaks Trump record

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President Joe Biden surpassed President-elect Donald Trump's judicial nominee record on Friday, leading to a chorus of cheers from Democrats in Congress — and a forceful boo from at least one firebrand Republican. He's set to depart office after appointing one Supreme Court justice, 45 appeals court judges, 187 district court judges and a pair of International Trade Court judges, …

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'That is the story': Writer says 'GOP senators should be hounded mercilessly' on one issue

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Donald Trump has made clear he wants the FBI to target his enemies – Liz Cheney, in particular – and a columnist called on fellow journalists and Democratic lawmakers to force Republicans to confront these threats. GOP lawmakers like Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Rick Scott have waved away the president-elect's threats as merely bluster, but The New Republic's Greg …

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Democratic senator says Trump’s plans to undermine democracy have already begun

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As Trump makes fresh threats against Liz Cheney, Republican senators look the other way

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'It's just a fact!' Brutal CNN interview ends with James Comer being hit with fact check

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CNN's Pamela Brown was taking no nonsense when she interviewed Rep. James Comer's Wednesday after the star witness in the Joe Biden impeachment probe pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators. Comer insisted the inquiry had been a success, but though the Judiciary, Oversight and Ways and Means committees accused the president of "impeachable conduct," they did not directly call …

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James Comer throws fellow GOP lawmaker under bus for witness who lied about Biden bribery

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Rep. James Comer downplayed using a witness who pleaded guilty to lying about a fake bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. "This was Chuck Grassley's witness," Comer said, shifting the blame to the Republican senator from Iowa. "I understand you're now trying to distance yourself, saying he wasn't a big part of the investigation, but I …

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Trump nominees hitting walls as GOP senators start 'testing their limits': NYT analyst

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Reacting to reports that several of Donald Trump's key cabinet nominees are facing more resistance than expected, a member of The New York Times editorial board claimed GOP lawmakers are seeing how far they can go opposing the president-elect. According to the NYT's Mara Gay, that could be a problem for Trump and his allies who have been ramping up …

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In his final days as Republican leader, Mitch McConnell tries to put pressure on Trump

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Mitch McConnell warns Trump against four years of ‘right-wing isolationism’

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President Yoon Suk Yeol has been impeached. What's the likelihood the court will uphold the impeachment?

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'Grotesquely hypocritical': McConnell buried by columnist for finally fretting over Trump

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Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin took Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to task for recently giving a speech where he took a swipe at Donald Trump "America first" policies he plans to implement after he is sworn in next year. As Rubin explained, "Without minimizing the many factors responsible for reelecting the most unfit presidential candidate in U.S. history, we …

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Live updates: Trump presidential transition, Cabinet picks

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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, who stood by his criticism of Donald Trump’s character but acknowledged in a CNN interview that the party has been reshaped in the president-elect’s image, says it’s up to Congress to weigh the suitability of some of Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks. Trump’s picks are “an unusual collection of individuals, not the people that I would have …

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Trump is 'already a lame duck' as first cracks appear in GOP leadership: WaPo reporter

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During an appearance on CNN early Saturday morning, Washington Post reporter Toluse Olorunnipa stated that Donald Trump will have to tread carefully now that outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fired a warning shot across his bow over his cabinet nominees. According to the Washington Post reporter, the fact that McConnell felt free to make a major statement on one …

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Mitt Romney’s Senate exit may create a vacuum of vocal, conservative Trump critics

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SALT LAKE CITY — With Mitt Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Donald Trump when the president retakes the White House in the new year. The retiring senator will reflect on his two-decade political career, which included the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a term as Massachusetts governor and …

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How Trump is hammering Congress ‘on every issue’ — with a clear focus

Politico

“Did you hear we have another member? “My impression is he’s been very focused on what’s happening next and what he’s about to inherit,” Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, an incoming member of Senate GOP leadership, said in an interview. Johnson told reporters he will talk with Trump this weekend before the Army-Navy game in Maryland about the party’s budget …

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GOP senators targeted by Trump allies keep door open to controversial picks

CNN

CNN — Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota is the kind of Republican who has been willing to clash with Donald Trump in the past and could be seen as wavering on some of the president-elect’s more controversial choices for his Cabinet. Rounds told CNN on Wednesday he doesn’t see himself opposing any of Trump’s selections, short of “a very …

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Senior Republican plots 'scheme' to derail 4 Trump nominations: MSNBC's Katty Kay

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According to MSNBC contributor Katty Kay, incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune is working behind the scenes with his GOP colleagues to cripple the nominations of at least four of Donald Trump's nominees to his cabinet. With Rep. Matt Gaetz already having withdrawn his name for consideration to be the next attorney general, Kay reported to the "Morning Joe" panel …

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GOP lawmakers said to fear 'bloodletting' as they grow tired of bullying by Trump allies

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The massive push by allies of Donald Trump to make sure that his Cabinet nominees get rubber-stamped by Republican senators is starting to rankle some lawmakers who are growing weary of being bullied. According to Politico's Ally Mutnick, "Following her initial hesitance toward Pete Hegseth, Trump’s embattled Defense Secretary pick, Sen. Joni Ernst came in for a raft of criticism …

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For Trump’s allies, RINO-hunting season is in full swing

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“The pressure valve is now pointed in the direction of the Senate,” said Steve Deace, an Iowa-based radio talk show host who is considering challenging Ernst. Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski vowed: “There will be no resource that we won’t” use to target senators who stymie Trump’s nominations. Bird, unlike Ernst, backed Trump through the primary process — and Trump allies …

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Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans teed up a vote this week on bipartisan legislation to gradually expand by 66 the number of federal judgeships across the country. Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, explained the timing this way: “We just didn’t get to the legislation.” The change of heart about the bill from some Democrats and …

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New California Sen. Adam Schiff wants to be more than a Trump antagonist

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Democrat Adam Schiff stood on the Senate floor almost five years ago as a House impeachment manager and made a passionate case that Donald Trump should be removed from office for abusing the power of the presidency. He says those priorities will frequently be at odds in the era of Trump, “and so I’ll have to try to …

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Schiff opposes a preemptive pardon from Biden as Trump again threatens sending him to jail

LA Times

Then-Rep. Adam B. Schiff served on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. “Honestly, they should go to jail,” Trump said of elected officials who led the investigation, speaking in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.” One of those investigators, former Rep. Adam B. Schiff, was sworn in Monday as California’s junior U.S. senator. Schiff said he …

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'Undergrad level of knowledge': Reporter dismantles claim perpetuated by House Republicans

Raw Story

Politico reporter Jonathan Martin on Sunday dispelled a claim — perpetuated by House Republicans — that President-elect Donald Trump "dragged" the Senate "into the majority," as GOP infighting takes center stage leading up to Trump’s second term. CNN on Sunday reported a rift between Senate and House Republicans over the “sequencing” of Trump’s agenda. Rep. Eric Burlison on Thursday tweeted …

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The Case Against Joe Biden Pardoning Everyone on Trump’s Enemies List

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It is reported that President Joe Biden is considering issuing a significant number of what might be called preemptive pardons to current government officials and others who may be targets of the incoming administration’s promised campaign of “retribution” against …

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Scandals Are Sinking Some of Trump’s Cabinet Picks. But a Big Question Remains for the Senate.

Slate

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, has spent his week crisscrossing Senate office buildings as he tries to save his nomination. After Trump’s initial Cabinet picks were stocked with more traditional selections, like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to lead the State Department, Hegseth was the first in a slew of controversial nominations. Within a matter …

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'Heartburn': Divided Republicans reportedly bicker over how to pass Trump's agenda

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'Heartburn': Divided Republicans reportedly bicker over how to pass Trump's agenda

Raw Story

Republicans haven't even assumed unified control of Congress yet, and are already arguing over how they want to proceed in passing Donald Trump's policy agenda, Politico reported Wednesday. The problem fundamentally stems from whether they want to do Trump's tax plan first or his immigration priorities — and the fact that the GOP has a razor-thin majority, hindering its ability …

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Democrats win final seat in US House, cutting into Republican majority

Al Jazeera

Republicans hold a 220-215 majority in House of Representatives but will have to deal with three early vacancies. Washington, DC – Democrats have won the last race to be called in the United States House of Representatives, leaving their Republican rivals with a razor-thin majority in the chamber after the November 5 elections. The Republicans’ narrow edge in the chamber …

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'Loath to come out hot': MSNBC guest hears GOP senators are sweating over opposing Trump

Raw Story

Senate Republicans are hoping to block some of Donald Trump's more extreme or unqualified nominees without angering the president-elect, but his picks for defense secretary and FBI director are causing them to sweat, according to reports. FBI nominee Kash Patel has promised to target individuals he claims stole the 2020 election from Trump based on the same lies that caused …

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Republican senator stands up to Trump on live TV — and gets hit by MAGA fury

Raw Story

A senior Republican stood up against president-elect Donald Trump’s plan to fire FBI director Christopher Wray on Sunday — and was immediately hit by the wrath of MAGA. Sen. Mike Rounds appeared on ABC’s This Week and said Wray was a “very good man” and he didn’t have “any complaints about the way that he’s done his job right now.” …

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Trump allies promise revenge as Dems ram through Biden judges

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Something strange has been happening in the U.S. Senate this month: Senators have been working. But former President Donald Trump’s win has awoken Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s slumbering Senate, as he’s been ramming through a slate of outstanding, Democrat-approved judicial nominees before Republicans take over Washington in January. “It’s been a busy week” Before senators flew home last …

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The five Republican senators who could thwart Trump’s agenda and nominees

The Independent

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Trump's plan for retribution against DOJ prosecutors gets GOP senator's backing: analyst

Raw Story

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to go after the career prosecutors who worked under special counsel Jack Smith in the two federal cases against him — which legal experts have called a gross violation of precedent. Sen. Eric Schmitt said on last weekend's "Meet the Press," that "First and foremost, the people involved with this should be fired immediately," and …

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Key Informant who lied in Biden impeachment indicted on 10 tax fraud charges

Raw Story

A key informant for House Republicans' impeachment case against President Joe Biden has been indicted again, reported NBC News — this time on 10 charges of tax fraud. According to the report, federal prosecutors said that Alexander Smirnov received more than $2 million in income from "multiple sources in 2020, 2021, and 2022” and bought “a $1.4 million Las Vegas …

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Trump’s McConnell problem

Politico

Trump’s McConnell problem Presented by Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the preparations, personnel decisions and policy deliberations of Donald Trump’s transition. “You’ve got to get more aggressive about calling out Mitch McConnell as the problem,” STEVE BANNON, a Trump ally who served as White House chief strategist during the president-elect’s last term, told West Wing Playbook. …

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Trump 'heading for a real horror show' and GOP 'will be held accountable': Dem senator

Raw Story

Sen. Richard Blumenthal predicted that President-elect Donald Trump would not have a very long honeymoon while in office. Appearing on CNN, Blumenthal argued that Trump's threats to slap America's largest trading partners with massive tariffs should be taken very seriously and predicted it would cause immediate tension with his campaign promise to end inflation. "I think he's heading toward a …

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Senators took down one Trump Cabinet pick. But the fight over their authority is just beginning

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It’s a short phrase in the Constitution, mentioned in passing. The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz as Trump’s nominee for attorney general dramatically affirmed that the Senate still maintains its “advice and consent” powers when it comes to vetting and installing a president’s Cabinet. “From what I’m hearing from my Republican colleagues on everything from defense secretary to other …

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Rebel GOP senators begin to stand up against Trump plan

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to use a process known as "recess appointments" if GOP senators give him a hard time with his more controversial administration picks, who range from anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard — whose critics consider her an apologist for …

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Some GOP senators are 'eager to crawl' for Trump amid looming loyalty test: Dem

Raw Story

Donald Trump has given the Republican Senate caucus a test designed to humiliate them in selecting former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and demanding they either confirm him or go into recess to allow him to bypass a vote, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday. "I mean, it seems like so far, Republican senators seem mostly …

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Here Are the GOP Senators Best Positioned to Take on Trump

Politico

Not that this is the Hollywood version of the Senate. Yes, it’s those senators who may never have to face Republican primary voters again and are therefore immune from Trump’s greatest power — his control of the GOP base. It’s worth watching, though, because this same bloc of Republican lawmakers would also be the most likely to reemerge later in …

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"No excuse": Trump fumes on Truth Social after Senate confirms Biden judges — thanks to GOP absences

Salon

Republican senators are urging some of their colleagues, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Donald Trump's Secretary of State pick Marco Rubio, R-Florida, to get back to the office and block Democrats from confirming judges during the lame-duck session while they still have the majority and the White House. “Particularly on some of the circuit court judges.” Related Amid …

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"You can't just get rid of them": Experts say Trump's "power grab" may already be doomed

Salon

As President-elect Donald Trump rolls out his controversial Cabinet picks, he has demanded the Republican-led Senate take extended breaks to allow him to make recess appointments rather than subject his nominees to an extensive public vetting process and upper chamber approval. Trump's demand not only tests congressional Republicans' willingness to uphold checks and balances over bending to the president-elect's wishes …

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GOP senators divided on release of Gaetz ethics report as Trump pressures them to move quickly

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As President-elect Donald Trump digs in on his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Republican senators are divided over how much information they will demand to move his confirmation — and how much to push back on Trump as he demands that they quickly rubber stamp his Cabinet once he takes office in January. House …

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Trump can bypass Mitch McConnell to force through recess Cabinet hires: expert

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Trump can bypass Mitch McConnell to force through recess Cabinet hires: expert

Raw Story

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that Donald Trump will not be successful in pushing the Senate into recess so that his Cabinet nominees can bypass the confirmation process. Sargent noted that Trump has appointed "profoundly unqualified people" to serve as the heads of top agencies like Fox host Pete Hegseth, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Gov. "So, the …

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