Congress Has All the Impeachment Evidence It Needs
55 years ago

Congress Has All the Impeachment Evidence It Needs

Slate  

Did President Donald Trump incite Wednesday’s assault on the U.S. Capitol? When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Biden’s election, Trump rebuked McConnell and replied that the “Republican Party must finally learn to fight.” On Dec. 19, Trump called on his followers to swarm Washington and pressure Congress to keep him in power. “Our Country has had enough, they won’t take it anymore!” On Wednesday, addressing his followers just before they marched on the Capitol, Trump gave them four reasons to seize power. “We’re going to have to fight much harder.” He said of Democrats, “They’re ruthless, and it’s time that somebody did something about it.” As he directed the crowd to march on the Capitol, he concluded: “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” Social media records show that as the president finished his speech, hundreds of his followers circulated messages to attack the Capitol. But he insisted that they had been provoked by enemies who “viciously stripped away” his “landslide election victory.” Trump didn’t just incite a riot on Wednesday.

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Jan. 6 hearings have become Trump’s third impeachment — and a road map for prosecuting him
2 years, 6 months ago

Jan. 6 hearings have become Trump’s third impeachment — and a road map for prosecuting him

LA Times  

The House’s Jan. 6 committee plays a video of former President Trump at one of several recent hearings on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Less prominent figures have described what it was like to become a target of the former president’s anger, like Ruby Freeman, the Georgia election worker whom Trump falsely denounced by name as “a professional …

Donald Trump Justifies Capitol Riot, Says Election Was The 'Real Insurrection'
3 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump Justifies Capitol Riot, Says Election Was The 'Real Insurrection'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday justified the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol, calling it a legitimate protest against a rigged election. In a statement, Trump targeted Congress’ bipartisan select committee investigating the attack, which involved a horde of his supporters storming the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 …

Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
3 years, 10 months ago

Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol riot for Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he’s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. He also had spent weeks spinning up supporters over his increasingly combative language and false election claims urging them to “stop the steal.” Trump’s impeachment lawyers said he didn’t do anything illegal. Atlanta prosecutors …

Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
3 years, 10 months ago

Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol riot for Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he’s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. He also had spent weeks spinning up supporters over his increasingly combative language and false election claims urging them to “stop the steal.” Trump’s impeachment lawyers said he didn’t do anything illegal. Atlanta prosecutors …

Trump impeachment acquittal not end of legal troubles
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump impeachment acquittal not end of legal troubles

Al Jazeera  

Legislators call for an independent commission, with Trump still facing possible criminal charges for US Capitol riot. Donald Trump’s acquittal in a Senate impeachment trial on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the United States Capitol violence does not spell an end to possible accountability – or legal troubles – for the former president. Notably, Republican …

Trump impeachment video: Trail opens with clip of former president telling supporters to march on Capitol
3 years, 11 months ago

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

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. “You ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our constitution,” said Democratic …

“If That’s Not an Impeachable Offense, Then There Is No Such Thing”
55 years ago

“If That’s Not an Impeachable Offense, Then There Is No Such Thing”

Slate  

Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was supposed to get underway on Tuesday with dry historical and constitutional arguments about the Senate’s jurisdiction, as the trial addressed Trump’s opening legal argument that the Framers hadn’t intended for impeachment to apply to former officials. Raskin opened by describing how Trump’s jurisdictional claim would open impeachment to a “secret January exception” never …

Takeaways from legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial
3 years, 11 months ago

Takeaways from legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The legal sparring around Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is underway, with briefs filed this week laying out radically different positions ahead of next week’s Senate trial. The Democrats contend that Trump was “singularly responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack by “creating a powder keg, striking a match, and then seeking personal advantage from the ensuing havoc.” They say …

Takeaways from legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial
3 years, 11 months ago

Takeaways from legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The legal sparring around Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is underway, with briefs filed this week laying out radically different positions ahead of next week’s Senate trial. The Democrats contend that Trump was “singularly responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack by “creating a powder keg, striking a match, and then seeking personal advantage from the ensuing havoc.” They say …

What Donald Trump's second impeachment and the Capitol riots tell us about the Republican party's loyalty to the President
3 years, 11 months ago

What Donald Trump's second impeachment and the Capitol riots tell us about the Republican party's loyalty to the President

ABC  

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US Congress races to oust Donald Trump; impeachment move 'causing anger' in America, claims president
3 years, 11 months ago

US Congress races to oust Donald Trump; impeachment move 'causing anger' in America, claims president

Firstpost  

Already scheduled to leave office next week, Trump is on the verge of becoming the only president in history to be impeached twice Washington: The US House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. He said that it would …

House Impeaches Trump For Insurrection With Support From These GOP Members
3 years, 11 months ago

House Impeaches Trump For Insurrection With Support From These GOP Members

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A growing chorus of congressional Republicans announced their support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump this week, a remarkable turn for a party that has been marching in lockstep with him for years. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler Herrera Beutler said Trump directly “incited a riot aiming to halt the peaceful transfer of power” and said she, …

Trump was rightly impeached. Now the Senate must convict
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump was rightly impeached. Now the Senate must convict

LA Times  

In voting Wednesday to impeach President Trump — for a second time — the House responded in the only responsible way it could to Trump’s outrageous encouragement of the domestic terrorists who invaded the Capitol last week. Trump committed an impeachable act when he exhorted loyalists on their way to the Capitol to “fight like hell” and “stop the steal,” …

Opinion: Congress took an important first step, but it must go even further
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: Congress took an important first step, but it must go even further

CNN  

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Donald Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot
3 years, 11 months ago

Donald Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

In historic vote, Trump becomes first US president to be impeached a second time for inciting mob that attacked the Capitol. The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection” after a mob of his supporters stormed the United States Capitol last week, marking the first time in US history that a president has been …

U.S. House races to oust Donald Trump; he blames accusers for U.S. ‘anger’
3 years, 11 months ago

U.S. House races to oust Donald Trump; he blames accusers for U.S. ‘anger’

The Hindu  

The U.S. House pressed forward toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his Vice-President to push him out first. “All of us have to do some soul searching,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., during a House rules debate, pleading for a change of heart among colleagues still backing Mr. Trump. …

Trump’s Second Impeachment Will Be An Impeachment Like No Other
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump’s Second Impeachment Will Be An Impeachment Like No Other

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Three U.S. presidents have been impeached by the House. Trump’s actions make him “an imminent threat,” perpetrating an “ongoing assault on our democracy” that demands an “immediate need for action,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote in a letter to the House Democratic Caucus. “You have to show strength and be strong.” He added that “if you don’t fight …

House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol ‘insurrection’
3 years, 11 months ago

House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol ‘insurrection’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joined GOP …

Capitol violence: Top Republican says Trump committed ’impeachable offenses’
4 years ago

Capitol violence: Top Republican says Trump committed ’impeachable offenses’

Live Mint  

Democrats' momentum for a fresh drive to quickly impeach outgoing President Donald Trump has gained support, and a top Republican said the president's role in the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters was worthy of rebuke. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said Saturday he believed Trump had committed “impeachable offenses.” But he did not explicitly …

Republican Sen. Toomey says Trump committed ‘impeachable offenses’
4 years ago

Republican Sen. Toomey says Trump committed ‘impeachable offenses’

LA Times  

President Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington prior to a riot at the Capitol by his supporters on Wednesday. Sen. Patrick J. Toomey said he believed Trump had committed “impeachable offenses.” But he stopped short of saying whether he would vote to remove the president from office at the conclusion of a Senate trial if the House …

US Capitol chaos: Donald Trump faces calls for removal, possible impeachment after violence
4 years ago

US Capitol chaos: Donald Trump faces calls for removal, possible impeachment after violence

Hindustan Times  

President Donald Trump faced the threat on Thursday of a second impeachment, a day after his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in a stunning assault on American democracy as Congress was certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. defend democracy" rally a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New …

Lawmakers Call To Impeach Trump, Accuse Him Of Inciting Capitol Riot
4 years ago

Lawmakers Call To Impeach Trump, Accuse Him Of Inciting Capitol Riot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several Democratic lawmakers and one Republican called for President Donald Trump to be impeached for a second time over his efforts to encourage rioters who took over the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the presidential election. “President Trump has orchestrated a campaign to cause an insurrection that overturns the results of a free, fair and …

The Donald Trump impeachment vote is over: Now, the road to November's election can begin in full earnest
4 years, 11 months ago

The Donald Trump impeachment vote is over: Now, the road to November's election can begin in full earnest

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump’s acquittal after a fiery three-week Senate impeachment trial provided him a moment of triumph, a sense of validation, a shot of momentum — anything but the finality that he might want Washington: When the history books are written about this day, they will surely record it as the culmination of a monumental three-year political battle that tested …

Impeachment will help Dems in November (opinion)
4 years, 11 months ago

Impeachment will help Dems in November (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Aisha Moodie-Mills, a CNN political commentator and former president and CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund, was formerly a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC. CNN — Republican lawyers did little Saturday to refute the case against Donald J. Trump laid out earlier this week by House …

Trump impeachment trial: What’s next for the Democrats’ case?
4 years, 11 months ago

Trump impeachment trial: What’s next for the Democrats’ case?

Al Jazeera  

House managers to outline constitutional rationale for impeachment, removal from office as they resume opening arguments Washington, DC – Managers for the US House of Representatives impeachment case against President Donald Trump plan to present the constitutional grounds for removing Trump from office on the second day of their opening arguments before the Senate. “We will go through the law, …

Trump impeachment: All the latest updates
5 years ago

Trump impeachment: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

The US House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Pelosi: Power of gavel means Trump is ‘impeached forever’ Speaking to the Associated Press, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said no matter what the Senate does, Trump “will be impeached forever”. “Leader McConnell claimed that the impeachment of President Trump is illegitimate because the …

Trump impeachment: All the latest updates
5 years ago

Trump impeachment: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

The US House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Pelosi: Power of gavel means Trump is ‘impeached forever’ Speaking to the Associated Press, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said no matter what the Senate does, Trump “will be impeached forever”. “Leader McConnell claimed that the impeachment of President Trump is illegitimate because the …

U.S. House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power
5 years ago

U.S. House impeaches Donald Trump for abuse of power

The Hindu  

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House impeaches President Trump
5 years ago

House impeaches President Trump

LA Times  

Supporters cheer President Trump at a rally at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Mich., on the night he was impeached. “Taken together, the two articles charge that President Trump placed his private, political interests above our national security, above our elections, and above our system of checks and balances,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on the floor. “Every …

READ: Articles Of Impeachment Against President Trump
5 years, 1 month ago

READ: Articles Of Impeachment Against President Trump

NPR  

READ: Articles Of Impeachment Against President Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 11:43 a.m. In his conduct of the office of President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of …

Trump on likely impeachment: ‘Do it now, fast’
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump on likely impeachment: ‘Do it now, fast’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Just get on with it. After months of fighting the House impeachment inquiry, blocking witnesses and ignoring subpoenas, the White House is now publicly embracing a strategy it has privately signaled for weeks: It will accept the reality that President Donald Trump will likely be impeached by the House and focus instead on a made-for-TV trial on friendlier …

US Congress votes to formalise impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump; chamber splits largely on party line
5 years, 2 months ago

US Congress votes to formalise impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump; chamber splits largely on party line

Firstpost  

Washington: Congress formally opened a new, public phase of its corruption investigation into Donald Trump on Thursday as US lawmakers voted for the first time to advance the impeachment process targeting the US president. “What is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy.” The top Democrat and Trump’s chief nemesis in Congress addressed fellow lawmakers …

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation
5 years, 3 months ago

Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to “look into” Joe Biden, Trump’s potential 2020 reelection rival, as well as the president’s lingering grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of a summer phone call that is now at the center of Democrats’ impeachment probe. At one point in the July conversation, Trump said, …

Trump erupts over impeachment as congressional proceedings loom: 'You can’t impeach'
5 years, 8 months ago

Trump erupts over impeachment as congressional proceedings loom: 'You can’t impeach'

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. The baseless claim Democrats committed unspecified crimes related to the Russia investigation comes following …

Trump vents anger over impeachment as congressional leaders deliberate removing him as president
5 years, 8 months ago

Trump vents anger over impeachment as congressional leaders deliberate removing him as president

The Independent  

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Congress should initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump (opinion)
5 years, 8 months ago

Congress should initiate impeachment proceedings against Trump (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. CNN — Congress should launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump for welcoming Russian interference in the 2016 election and trying to obstruct the Mueller investigation. Jeffrey Sachs Courtesy Jeffrey Sachs Trump welcomed Russian interference in the 2016 election while signaling his readiness …

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