4 years, 11 months ago

Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is set to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are grounds for removal. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the chief justice would open the trial this week, but that the significant proceedings would launch next Tuesday, after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said the information shows Trump’s effort ‘’to coerce Ukraine into helping the President’s reelection campaign.” He said this and other new testimony must be included in the Senate trial. McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday scoffing at what he called the “bizarro world” of Pelosi’s impeachment strategy that delayed transmitting the charges for weeks. He rejected Pelosi’s recent suggestions that whatever the Senate verdict, Trump will be “impeached forever.” “It will fall to the Senate to end it with seriousness and sobriety,” he said.

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House will vote Wednesday on formalizing impeachment inquiry into President Biden

NPR

House will vote Wednesday on formalizing impeachment inquiry into President Biden The House will vote Wednesday on formalizing the impeachment inquiry into President Biden that Republicans began earlier this year. The president's son refused to attend the closed-door deposition that Republicans demanded as they conduct an impeachment investigation into his father. MCDANIEL: Comer said that a contempt of Congress vote …

1 year, 5 months ago

House Republicans Lurch Toward Impeachment Inquiry Against Joe Biden

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― House Republicans may soon pull the trigger on the ultimate weapon they can wield against President Joe Biden: impeachment. “When you move to an impeachment inquiry, it empowers Congress, Republicans and Democrats, within their subpoena to be able to get the answers they need,” McCarthy said Monday in an interview on Fox News. The group …

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

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 the election had been stolen, 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 publicly calling the validity …

3 years, 10 months ago

Impeachment Over, Congress Shifts Focus To Security Failures

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — In the still shaken and heavily guarded U.S. Capitol, thousands of National Guard troops still wander the halls. Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Brent Stirton/Getty Images “Security is the order of the day,” Pelosi said in a …

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

Donald Trump acquitted in historic impeachment trial; ex-US president says his movement has 'only just begun'

Firstpost

Seven Republicans joined all Democrats to convict the former US president, but it was far from the two-third threshold required Washington: Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the US 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 …

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

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

The Independent

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. Following the vote on the floor of the US Senate, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck …

3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's speedy impeachment trial heads toward Senate vote,

The Independent

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. House prosecutors have argued that Trump's rallying cry to go to the Capitol and …

3 years, 10 months ago

Senate Acquits Trump In Impeachment Trial — Again

NPR

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

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

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

All eyes turn to GOP senators as impeachment nears vote

The Independent

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3 years, 10 months ago

Trump impeachment trial 2021 timeline

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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. The trial comes almost a month after Congress was besieged by his supporters, who …

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

Dems implore senators to use ‘common sense’ in impeachment vote

Al Jazeera

The third full day of arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump concluded on Thursday. 11 Feb 2021 - 21:31 GMT House Democratic prosecutors rest their case against Trump Representative Jamie Raskin said “common sense” shows former President Donald Trump committed the high crime of incitement of insurrection and urged senators acting as jurors to weigh …

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

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

Huff Post

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

Watch Live: Senate Votes To Acquit Trump In Historic 2nd Impeachment Trial

NPR

Watch Live: Senate Votes To Acquit Trump In Historic 2nd Impeachment Trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Updated on Saturday at 6:20 p.m. Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial came to a close on Saturday, with Democrats falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict the former president. As Congress began counting the …

3 years, 11 months ago

Democrats drop the ball on Trump's second impeachment before the trial even begins

Salon

While most Senate Republicans are complicit with Donald Trump's insurrection and are thus unwilling to convict the former president whose second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, Democrats still have a chance to make a powerful case to the nation about the dangers of the Republicans' embrace of right-wing radicalism. It appears that Democrats in the Senate are more interested in the …

3 years, 11 months ago

Senate votes that Trump impeachment trial is constitutional

The Telegraph

Donald Trump's impeachment trial will begin with a four hour debate about whether the proceedings are allowed under the constitution, writes Nick Allen in Washington. This is what it says in Article II Section 4 - "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump’s second impeachment trial: What to watch

Al Jazeera

No president has ever faced two impeachment trials. The historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump gets under way on Tuesday as the US Senate hears arguments about whether he is guilty of inciting last month’s US Capitol riot. That being said, House impeachment managers, serving as the prosecution in the trial, will try to convince senators, serving …

3 years, 11 months ago

US Senate votes for Trump impeachment trial to go ahead

Al Jazeera

In a 56-44 vote largely along party lines, the US Senate sets the stage for Trump’s second trial to begin on Wednesday. 9 Feb 2021 - 22:30 GMT Analyst: House Democrats likely to focus on Trump’s refusal to accept election results While House Democratic impeachment managers’ opening video juxtaposing Trump’s speech leading up to the US Capitol riot, followed by …

3 years, 11 months ago

Senate Declares That Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional

NPR

Senate Declares That Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional Enlarge this image toggle caption Handout/Getty Images Handout/Getty Images The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will move forward after the Senate voted Tuesday that the trial of a former president is constitutional. The Louisiana Republican told Capitol Hill reporters that he thought Trump's legal team did "a terrible job" on Tuesday. …

3 years, 11 months ago

Senate votes that Trump impeachment trial is constitutional

LA Times

After a widely panned opening-day performance by the legal team of former President Trump, the Senate voted Tuesday that the Constitution allows for his impeachment trial to proceed for actions he committed while in office. They did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand.” Watching the proceeding Tuesday, Trump was “livid” when Castor complimented House impeachment …

3 years, 11 months ago

Senate Ready To Speed Through Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING One year after his acquittal in the Senate for abuse of power, former President Donald Trump is set to face his second impeachment trial over inciting the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said last week that the trial would be “fair and speedy,” with both House managers and Trump’s attorneys …

3 years, 11 months ago

US Senate sets speedy timeline for Trump impeachment trial

Al Jazeera

House managers and Trump’s defence team will each have 16 hours across two days to present their arguments. Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Senate have agreed to a timeline for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump beginning on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced. The timeline provides for four days of arguments evenly …

3 years, 11 months ago

The 3 impeachment defenses of Donald Trump (opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Anne Milgram is a CNN contributor and a distinguished scholar in residence at New York University’s School of Law. These votes should carry enormous weight, as the Constitution grants the Senate “the sole Power to try all Impeachments.” Their next argument is that Trump’s fiery statements to the crowd – “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not …

3 years, 11 months ago

Senate readies Trump impeachment trial for a divided nation

LA Times

Rioters loyal to then-President Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Less than five weeks after his riotous supporters stormed the Capitol, Donald Trump is set to go on trial a second time in the Senate — an impeachment proceeding that will give the public the fullest accounting so far of the former president’s role in the attack but …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump impeachment lawyers blast ‘brazen political act’ as Senate lays out trial agenda

LA Times

Lawyers for former President Trump criticized the impeachment case against him as “political theater” in their final brief before the beginning of the Senate trial Tuesday. House impeachment managers rejected Schoen and Castor’s calls to dismiss the case in a brief Monday, stating that Trump “willfully incited violent insurrection” to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, an act they call …

3 years, 11 months ago

Analysis: Trump’s Senate trial matters regardless of outcome

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — This matters. Senators will review Trump’s call that morning to “fight like hell” before the mob of loyalists showed up to Capitol Hill to do just that. Lee Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana who served during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, said a trial could be a “distraction” from larger priorities. “American democracy is obviously limping on …

3 years, 11 months ago

Analysis: Trump's Senate Trial Matters Regardless Of Outcome

News 18

The outcome may seem preordained in the unprecedented second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. But the potential of an acquittal doesn’t mean the trial should be abandoned before it begins, said Rep. Val Demings, who was an impeachment manager in Trump’s first trial. Lee Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana who served during President Bill Clintons impeachment, said a …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Impeachment Trial Confronts Memories of Capitol Siege

News 18

WASHINGTON: The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is more than an effort to convict the former president of inciting an insurrection. Even Republican critics of Trump, who watched in horror as he encouraged a rally mob outside the White House to make its way to the Capitol, have cooled their outrage with the passage of time and as the reality …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump lawyer: Impeachment case ‘undemocratic,’ ill-advised

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Democrats are using the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump as a political “weapon” to bar the former president from seeking office again and are pursuing a case that is “undemocratic” and unconstitutional, one of his lawyers says. The House passed a single article of impeachment against Trump one week before he left office, triggering a trial …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump, Democrats set impeachment arguments ahead of Senate trial

Al Jazeera

Democrats say Trump is ‘personally responsible’ for the US Capitol riot as Trump’s lawyers deny the charges. With former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial set to begin next week, House Democrats and Trump’s legal team filed dueling briefs Tuesday outlining their arguments regarding the US House’s article of impeachment charging Trump with inciting an insurrection. However, the brief submitted Tuesday …

3 years, 11 months ago

READ: House Impeachment Managers' Brief Outlines Arguments For Senate Trial Of Trump

NPR

READ: House Impeachment Managers' Brief Outlines Arguments For Senate Trial Of Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Melina Mara/AP Melina Mara/AP The House impeachment managers who will argue in front of the Senate that former President Donald Trump should be convicted of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol have filed a brief that outlines their evidence. It is impossible to …

3 years, 11 months ago

Biden ‘wants Democrats to keep Trump trial short so his agenda isn’t derailed’

The Independent

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. Read our privacy policy US president Joe Biden wants the Senate’s second impeachment trial …

3 years, 11 months ago

Donald Trump impeachment: Republican senators vote to dismiss trial for 'incitement of insurrection'

Firstpost

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump is likely to be acquitted in his impeachment trial as the Democrats failed to garner enough support required from Republican Senators. The Democrats who have impeached Trump in the House charging him with “incitement of insurrection,” needs two-thirds of the vote for the Senate impeachment. I think that was a test vote,” Republican Senator …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump likely to be acquitted in impeachment trial as Democrats lack numbers in Senate

India TV News

Former US President Donald Trump is likely to be acquitted in his impeachment trial as the Democrats failed to garner enough support required from Republican Senators. I think that was a test vote,” Republican Senator John Boozman said after 45 of the 50 Republican Senators voted for the motion that the impeachment trial of Trump after he left the presidency …

3 years, 11 months ago

Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio lead the GOP senators blasting Trump's second impeachment

Daily Mail

Republicans have blasted Democrats for pushing ahead with Donald Trump's second impeachment, after 45 GOP senators effectively signaled ex-president will be acquitted after voting the trial 'unconstitutional'. 'It's a farce, and it's not constitutional, and it shows the double standards because Democrats have had much more hateful speech, much more specifically inciting violence, and no one said a peep about …

3 years, 11 months ago

US House delivers article of impeachment against Donald Trump to Senate, testing his sway over GOP

Firstpost

Arguments in the Senate trial will begin the week of 8 February, and the case against Trump, the first former president to face an impeachment trial, will test Republican Party Washington: House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the …

3 years, 11 months ago

Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, asked if Congress starts holding impeachment trials …

3 years, 11 months ago

US House delivers Trump impeachment article to Senate

Al Jazeera

Move formally sets in motion Senate trial against Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ related to Capitol riot. The US House of Representatives has presented its article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate, a step that formally sets in motion the Senate trial against the former United States president, which is expected to start next month. Representative Jamie …

3 years, 11 months ago

Most Republican Senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump

Al Jazeera

Nearly all Senate Republicans have voted in favour of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, in a show of party unity that some cited as a clear sign the former US president will not be convicted of inciting insurrection at the Capitol. “Forty-five votes means the impeachment trial is dead on arrival.” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck …

3 years, 11 months ago

Early Procedural Test Shows Where Senate GOP May Stand On Convicting Trump

NPR

Early Procedural Test Shows Where Senate GOP May Stand On Convicting Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Edelman/Pool/Getty Images Alex Edelman/Pool/Getty Images Updated 5:40 p.m. ET After senators were sworn in Tuesday afternoon as jurors in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Sen. Rand Paul quickly pressed for a vote to force lawmakers on the record over …

3 years, 11 months ago

Nancy Pelosi to send impeachment article against Donald Trump to US Senate today, triggering trial

Firstpost

Washington: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to send the Senate a single article of impeachment Monday accusing Donald Trump of inciting the Capitol riot, formally triggering the first-ever impeachment trial of a former president. Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, vowed last week that the trial, already scheduled to open in the second week of February, should proceed, …

3 years, 11 months ago

Republican opposition to Trump impeachment trial grows

Al Jazeera

More Republican Senators say they oppose the trial, to begin next month, but Mitt Romney says he supports proceedings. The Senate impeachment trial of former United States President Donald Trump, who stands accused of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, continues to drive a wedge within the Republican Party. Meanwhile, several …

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

Associated Press

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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Former law review editors lay out roadmap for not certifying Trump's win

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump should be disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment's Insurrection Clause when Congress gathers to certify the results of the 2024 election, wrote Evan Davis and David Schulte for The Hill. The two former Ivy League law review editors, who also previously clerked for Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, freely acknowledge the odds of this happening are basically nil …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

'House Democrats are doing something I've never seen before' amid chaos: Congress reporter

Raw Story

As Republicans try to work out a deal to both appease Donald Trump and fund the government, Democrats are taking unprecedented steps, according to one reporter. Axios congressional reporter Andrew Solender, who previously reported on U.S. Capitol Police evacuating the Cannon House Office Building, flagged a novel notice on Democrats' Friday congressional agenda. "House Democrats are doing something I’ve never …

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

Raw Story

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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3 weeks, 1 day ago

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

Raw Story

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

Raw Story

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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3 weeks, 4 days ago

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

ABC

When the opposition-controlled South Korean parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over a short-lived attempt to impose martial law, it ended days of political paralysis in the country. South Korean president impeached Photo shows A man in a suit with black hair looking solemn A defiant South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has faced a second impeachment vote …

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Live updates: Trump presidential transition, Cabinet picks

CNN

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

Raw Story

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

Politico

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

The Independent

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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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1 month, 3 weeks ago

"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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'Defy the president?' Analyst claims Trump loyalty test could backfire in his face

Raw Story

Donald Trump has demanded that Republican senators step aside and allow his controversial Cabinet nominees to waltz into their positions unimpeded — but they're privately bristling at the challenge to their authority, according to a new report. "That's the open question, and I think, you know, all of us reporters, it's incumbent upon us to kind of get a sense …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

'She needs to take a seat': Pelosi reportedly wearing thin with some Dems

Raw Story

Some Democrats reportedly aren't thrilled with House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi as she continues to publicly criticize her party's performance in this year's election. Axios reported Friday that Democrats have said they feel Pelosi needs to let House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries lead the caucus. One senior Democratic lawmaker told the outlet, "She needs to take a seat" and that …

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Senate Republicans Signal They Want Gaetz Ethics Probe Details

Live Mint

-- Pressure is rising in the US Senate for details on the House’s sexual misconduct probe into Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for attorney general, as even some members of the president-elect’s own party view the nomination warily. Lawmakers were stunned Wednesday when Trump tapped Gaetz, a polarizing and embattled House lawmaker, to be the nation’s top law enforcement …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

How the Senate Filibuster Will Force Trump to Negotiate With Democrats

Bloomberg

With President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans winning control of the White House plus both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 5 election, the Democrats will have one important tool for checking the power of the majority party: the filibuster. That’s the prerogative enjoyed by the minority party in the Senate to demand never-ending debate to thwart legislation, which …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

MAGA congresswoman turns on McConnell on Fox News: He's done 'more harm' than Schumer

Raw Story

A MAGA congresswoman turned on a senior member of her party Monday night when asked on Fox News about the state of the race to become the next Senate majority leader. After fending off a challenge for her seat in November, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna joined "The Ingraham Angle" and was asked by host Laura Ingraham her thoughts on the …

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2 months ago

Column: Don't fall into total despair, Harris supporters

LA Times

Supporters wait for Vice President Kamala Harris to deliver her concession speech in the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. A majority voted for a former president described as a “fascist” by his own former staff members, who has promised “mass deportations” of the millions of undocumented immigrants, who has vowed to …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans likely to seize control of the Senate this fall, new polling shows

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nancy Pelosi blasts Mike Johnson on CNN: 'Wed himself' to Trump's 'fake conspiracy theory'

Raw Story

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore into current Speaker Mike Johnson for capitulating to former President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories and refusing to commit to respecting the results of the election. "If we have a free, fair and safe election, we're going to follow the Constitution, absolutely," said Johnson earlier in the day. Trump has repeatedly refused to commit …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch: Dem lawmaker taunts Comer in hearing with lengthy list of his impeachment flops

Raw Story

Rep. Jared Moskowitz rubbed salt in Rep. James Comer's wounds on Thursday when he recounted his failed efforts to impeach President Joe Biden. During a House Oversight Committee hearing that was intended to highlight "failures and incompetencies" of the Biden administration, Moskowitz delivered a lengthy list of all the mistakes he said Comer made during his impeachment probe of the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Take your medication and leave!' James Comer erupts as Democrat cites failed impeachment

Raw Story

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer lashed out at Rep. Jared Moskowitz after he brought up a lackluster investigation into President Joe Biden. "You know, I could see it right now, right, Trump would come out and say, it's going to be raining cats and dogs today, please don't eat them," he explained. Moskowitz then turned to Comer's "failed impeachment" …

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Pelosi implies Democrats could get rid of the filibuster if they win in November

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4 months, 1 week ago

Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump 'Domestic Enemy' In New Jan. 6 Footage

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING New footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and its aftermath follows then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she’s evacuated from the building and grappling with how to respond. The clips, obtained by CNN, show Pelosi fully understood the gravity of the moment as they evacuated, telling her staffers and security detail to “consider …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Top Republicans fear GOP impeachment effort 'could hurt their campaigns'

Raw Story

According to an exclusive Axios report, House GOP leaders are not happy with the few hard-right Republicans pushing for an impeachment vote against President Joe Biden. Per the report, sources say top Republicans are worried that the "last-minute" effort "could hurt their campaigns." One GOP member told Axios that the "only thing we should be focused on is the issues …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Enough!' Dem strategist accuses 'backstabbing' Pelosi of shifting attention to herself

Raw Story

A Democratic strategist blasted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, accusing her of being a backstabber and shifting attention off Vice President Kamala Harris onto herself. Chris Jackson took to the social media site X on Wednesday, ahead of day three of the Democratic National Convention, to air his grievances over a Washington Post report headlined "Pelosi makes no …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

'What a joke': Even MAGA influencers aren't buying GOP's Biden impeachment report

Raw Story

House Republicans released a long-awaited report, hours before the Democratic National Convention is set to begin, accusing president Joe Biden of impeachable conduct, but conservatives were disappointed. "Republicans releasing a report on impeachable offenses by Biden a month after Democrats kicked him to the curb, and WHILE THEY ARE STILL ON VACATION, is the most Republican thing that ever Republicaned," …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nancy Pelosi Is A Genius At This Controversial Workplace Habit

Huff Post

DAMIR SENCAR via Getty Images There are takeaways from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s book that you can use to navigate workplace politics like a pro. “ never took anything to the floor she didn’t think she could get through,” Debbie Walsh, the director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, told HuffPost. As a woman …

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5 months ago

Nancy Pelosi says it's her life goal to ensure ‘that man’ Trump never steps in the White House again

Hindustan Times

Nancy Pelosi's influence can be seen all across the Democratic Party shakeup that in a few short, agonizing weeks has reengineered the 2024 presidential ticket and the race for the White House. For the House speaker emerita the upheaval is less about Biden, a friend of 40 years, and more about Republican Donald Trump, the former president she refers to …

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5 months ago

Pelosi says it’s her life goal to ensure ‘that man’ Trump never steps in the White House again

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi’s influence can be seen all across the Democratic Party shakeup that in a few short, agonizing weeks has reengineered the 2024 presidential ticket and the race for the White House. For the House speaker emerita the upheaval is less about Biden, a friend of 40 years, and more about Republican Donald Trump, the former president she …

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5 months ago

'I had nothing to do with that': Pelosi grilled by CNN host over Biden exit

Raw Story

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once again denied any direct involvement in the pressure to force President Joe Biden out of the presidential race in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash on Monday evening. Pelosi, who also discussed the contest for Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate and the relationship she and Harris have as fellow San Francisco politicians, was …

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Pelosi details 20-minute conversation with Trump ahead of first impeachment

CNN

CNN — Hours before former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally launched the first impeachment investigation into former President Donald Trump in 2019, she received a call from the subject of the probe himself. During the September phone call, Pelosi said Trump claimed she would be impressed with his “lack of pressure,” that he “didn’t threaten anyone” and “there’s no reason” …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

James Comer: Launching impeachment inquiry 'didn't have anything to do with impeachment'

Raw Story

Rep. James Comer's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden appeared to be on shaky ground even before President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential election. As reported by Politico's Jordain Carney, Comer revealed that he has finished his portion of the Biden impeachment inquiry report, although he said he's unsure about whether it will be …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ nomination, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi’s maneuvers: The biggest political stories of the week.

Slate

Nancy Pelosi was still the most powerful House speaker in history less than two years ago, and she reached that position after years of earning the trust of generations of members. While she has, technically, returned to the backbench to focus on bridge repairs in San Francisco, she’s still the one Democrats will turn to for leadership in a crisis—and …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pelosi and Democratic leaders try to guide their party through Biden uproar

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi’s phone lit up the night of President Joe Biden’s debate performance with a question that has yet to be fully resolved: Now what? Pelosi as the former House speaker, along with Rep. Jim Clyburn, a veteran leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, are playing oversized roles as generational allies of the 81-year-old president but also trusted …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans get into 'tussle' over release of Biden impeachment report

Raw Story

House Republicans won't let Rep. James Comer release a 400-page impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden that has left him political limbo, a new report claims. The House Oversight Committee chair is reportedly "eager" to show the nation this week a report that fellow Republicans admit is unlikely to result in any impeachment effort, Punchbowl News reported Thursday. "Napoleon …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pelosi has told people Biden 'should step aside': report

Raw Story

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is privately telling House Democrats that she believes President Joe Biden should step aside as the party's 2024 nominee. Politico reports that Pelosi believes that Biden's debate performance and his subsequent attempts at damage control have left him in a deep hole from which he cannot recover. "She’s suggested to people that Biden won’t win …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pelosi hints at something big coming

Raw Story

The Times stepped in it this morning when it reported that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, on “Morning Joe,” that the president should “reconsider” his decision to keep running. According to the paper, she said Joe Biden “should continue to weigh the matter, after he made it clear this week that he’s committed to staying in the race.” “Reconsider” …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Thomas and Alito

The Independent

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. Read our privacy policy Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced articles of impeachment against conservative …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Meet the Republican members of the Trump 'resistance' who are skipping the GOP convention... and the Donald's coronation as their candidate

Daily Mail

As Donald Trump's Milwaukee convention shapes up to be a full-on MAGA pep rally, prominent Republican dissenters in the Senate are saying they plan to skip it entirely. That comes a few months after Romney, his party's 2012 nominee who became a prominent Trump critic in the Senate, revealed he won't be voting for the man who has staged a …

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Impeach, expand, investigate: How Democrats in Congress are trying to rein in the Supreme Court

The Independent

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. Read our privacy policy Two centuries after the constitution’s authors warned against an “elected …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Jury deliberates in state case against man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — A judge on Tuesday expelled from court the former partner of the conspiracy theorist charged with breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022, banning her from the public gallery as the man’s state trial wrapped up. “You have been trying to corruptly influence one or more jury members,” San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans subpoena ex-Capitol Police intel head for Jan. 6 inquiry

Raw Story

Julie Farnam, who supervised intelligence gathering for the U.S. Capitol Police at the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has received a subpoena to appear for a deposition by a Republican-controlled House subcommittee investigating security failures that day. Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia speaks on the last day of the annual "Road To Majority Policy Conference" held by …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Fizzling' Biden impeachment probe picked apart by conservative paper

Raw Story

The conservative Washington Examiner newspaper this week lambasted Republican House members for failing to fully implement former President Donald Trump's demands. Trump was impeached twice by a Democratic-led House and "has sought to wield House Republicans," the report says, to do the same to Biden. "These efforts have come to naught, however, despite an enormous effort from House Republicans, who …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Two weeks after hush money verdict, Trump to meet with Senate Republicans

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him. The invitation was issued by Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the chairman of the GOP conference, and Trump has accepted, according …

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7 months ago

House Republicans issue criminal referrals against James and Hunter Biden, alleging false testimony

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Republicans issued criminal referrals Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s son and brother, accusing them of making false statements to Congress as part of the GOP’s yearlong impeachment inquiry. The Republican leaders of the House Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary and Ways and Means committees sent a letter to the Justice Department recommending the prosecution of Hunter Biden and …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Federal prosecutors request 40-year sentence for man who attacked Pelosi's husband with hammer

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Federal prosecutors are asking a …

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8 months, 1 week ago

The Biden impeachment is over despite 'the best efforts of the House GOP’s worst people'

Raw Story

Based upon the fact that the Fox News daily drumbeat about President Joe Biden's impeachment being right around the corner has gone noticeably silent, House Republicans have seemingly admitted defeat. The only ones humiliated were the bush-league Javerts of the GOP," Waldman wrote while pointing the finger at former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for loading the investigating committees, including the …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Hapless House Republicans weaponized impeachment. It backfired

LA Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas testified at a Senate hearing Thursday, the day after the Senate dismissed articles of impeachment against him. As the Biden impeachment effort foundered, the Mayorkas impeachment took center stage, doubling as Republicans’ platform to stoke voters’ anger about migrant surges at the border. Vance of Ohio said Democrats “will come to regret” dismissing the …

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