Expert: There's one argument for Trump's impeachment that will solidify public support against the former president
4 years, 1 month ago

Expert: There's one argument for Trump's impeachment that will solidify public support against the former president

Raw Story  

Constitutional law expert Laurence Tribe revealed why he predicts public opinion will solidify against Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial. The Harvard Law professor was interviewed by CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday, one day before the start of the Senate impeachment trial. "As to the proof, it is absolutely compelling and when the nation watches in chilling detail how the president exulted in the mob that crushed and killed cops and threatened to take the life of the vice president and threatened to assassinate the Speaker of the House," he explained. "And I use that word carefully, because he was waging war against the United States, what Article III defines as treason.," Tribe explained.

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How Donald Trump’s legal team is trying to get his Jan. 6 case dismissed.
1 year, 5 months ago

How Donald Trump’s legal team is trying to get his Jan. 6 case dismissed.

Slate  

With alleged accomplices flipping left and right, it’s been a rough week for Donald Trump. Bowman summed up this legal claim: “There is, apparently, no such thing as reality.” Trump’s premise here is that because he used the bully pulpit to convince large segments of the country of the lie that he won the 2020 election, which he lost, the …

Trump Impeachment Trial Could Wrap Up on Saturday, Conviction Seen Unlikely
4 years, 1 month ago

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

News 18  

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 …

Donald Trump says impeachment trial part of 'greatest witch-hunt in the history of our country'
4 years, 1 month 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 …

‘The unconstitutional impeachment is underway’: How far-right media covered the first day of Trump’s trial
4 years, 1 month ago

‘The unconstitutional impeachment is underway’: How far-right media covered the first day of Trump’s trial

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 Stalin show trials all seem a little bit too familiar, and seem to …

Trump impeachment trial as it happened: US Senate votes trial is constitutional after chilling video of Capitol riot shown on first day
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump impeachment trial as it happened: US Senate votes trial is constitutional after chilling video of Capitol riot shown on first day

ABC  

The Democrats are getting into the finer legal points of their argument so I'll save you the dryness and give you a big ol' summary in a second. The House Impeachment Managers asked him to testify, but Trump's legal team, doubling down on their assertion that the trial is unconstitutional, called the move a "publicity stunt". So, yeah, I think …

Trump impeachment defence: 5 key takeaways from memo defending the president
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump impeachment defence: 5 key takeaways from memo defending the president

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 Donald Trump’s impeachment defence team has once again denied the …

Key arguments by Trump's lawyers ahead of impeachment trial
4 years, 1 month ago

Key arguments by Trump's lawyers ahead of impeachment trial

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. ____ ARGUMENT: HIS SPEECH IS PROTECTED The Trump legal team plans to lean on …

Key arguments by Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial
4 years, 1 month ago

Key arguments by Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump stands trial before the Senate this week on an impeachment charge that accuses him of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. They accuse House impeachment managers of cherry-picking Trump’s statements from an hourlong speech by highlighting only those that Democrats see as helpful to their case, pointing out repeatedly that …

Senate votes that Trump impeachment trial is constitutional
4 years, 1 month 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, …

Trump’s second impeachment trial: What to watch
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Key arguments by Trump's lawyers ahead of impeachment trial
4 years, 1 month ago

Key arguments by Trump's lawyers ahead of impeachment trial

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. ____ ARGUMENT: HIS SPEECH IS PROTECTED The Trump legal team plans to lean on …

Key arguments by Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial
4 years, 1 month ago

Key arguments by Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump stands trial before the Senate this week on an impeachment charge that accuses him of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. They accuse House impeachment managers of cherry-picking Trump’s statements from an hourlong speech by highlighting only those that Democrats see as helpful to their case, pointing out repeatedly that …

Democrats fire back at Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial, saying he ‘betrayed the American people’
4 years, 1 month ago

Democrats fire back at Trump’s lawyers ahead of impeachment trial, saying he ‘betrayed the American people’

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 Democratic impeachment managers have responded to a brief filed on …

The 3 impeachment defenses of Donald Trump (opinion)
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Trump impeachment lawyers blast ‘brazen political act’ as Senate lays out trial agenda
4 years, 1 month 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 …

READ: Trump's Impeachment Defense Brief
4 years, 1 month ago

READ: Trump's Impeachment Defense Brief

NPR  

READ: Trump's Impeachment Defense Brief Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump's lawyers dismiss the impeachment case against him as "political theater," rejecting the premise that he incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. In a brief filed on Monday, the team said Trump did …

Constitutional scholars pen letter saying Trump’s impeachment defence does not add up
4 years, 1 month ago

Constitutional scholars pen letter saying Trump’s impeachment defence does not add up

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 Former president Trump can’t use the First Amendment to shield …

EXPLAINER: How Trump’s second impeachment trial will work
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: How Trump’s second impeachment trial will work

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump’s first impeachment trial, in which he was acquitted on charges that he abused power by pressuring Ukraine to …

Trump will not testify at impeachment trial next week
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump will not testify at impeachment trial next week

Al Jazeera  

Democrats want to grill Trump about their allegation that he incited a riot, but his lawyers are declining the request. Former President Donald Trump will not testify next week in his impeachment trial with his attorneys on Thursday calling the request “a public relations stunt”. Also calling the impeachment proceedings “unconstitutional”, attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen, told Raskin and …

Trump lawyer: Impeachment case ‘undemocratic,’ ill-advised
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Trump, Democrats set impeachment arguments ahead of Senate trial
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Donald Trump impeachment: Republican senators vote to dismiss trial for 'incitement of insurrection'
4 years, 2 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 …

What to watch as House moves to impeach Trump for 2nd time
4 years, 2 months ago

What to watch as House moves to impeach Trump for 2nd time

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s fiery speech at a rally just before the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol is at the center of the impeachment charge against him, even as the falsehoods he spread for months about election fraud are still being championed by some Republicans. THE DEMOCRATIC CASE FOR IMPEACHMENT Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of …

'Divided Republicans, Saving America': All You Need to Know as US House Set to Impeach Trump
4 years, 2 months ago

'Divided Republicans, Saving America': All You Need to Know as US House Set to Impeach Trump

News 18  

The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his encouragement of supporters who violently stormed the US Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached twice. READ | Trump Blames Impeachment for ‘US Anger’ as House Rushes to Ouster Him After Pence Rejects 25th Amendment REPUBLICAN SUPPORT Late Tuesday, three …

Donald Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot
4 years, 2 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 …

Trump’s Second Impeachment Will Be An Impeachment Like No Other
4 years, 2 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 …

Read full House impeachment article against Donald Trump
4 years, 2 months ago

Read full House impeachment article against Donald Trump

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 the full resolution below: Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, …

Trump Faces 'Incitement Of Insurrection' Impeachment Charge
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Faces 'Incitement Of Insurrection' Impeachment Charge

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — As the House prepares for impeachment, President Donald Trump faces a single charge — “incitement of insurrection” — over the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a draft of the articles obtained by The Associated Press. The four-page impeachment bill draws from Trump’s own false statements about his election defeat to Democrat Joe …

Read the House article of impeachment against President Trump
4 years, 2 months ago

Read the House article of impeachment against President Trump

LA Times  

The U.S. Capitol, where heightened security measures are in place after a pro-Trump mob breached the building. President Trump is facing the possibility of a second impeachment after he incited a mob of supporters to storm the Capitol last week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this weekend that the House would vote on impeachment if Vice President Mike Pence did …

AOC: Trump should be impeached and barred from ever running for office again
4 years, 2 months ago

AOC: Trump should be impeached and barred from ever running for office again

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez believes …

Explainer: Why Critics Are Calling For Trump’s Impeachment Again, 2 Weeks Before He Steps Down
4 years, 2 months ago

Explainer: Why Critics Are Calling For Trump’s Impeachment Again, 2 Weeks Before He Steps Down

News 18  

US President Donald Trump is creating ripples even as he has only two weeks to leave office. And there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated.” Reports suggest that Trump, during the phone call, asked Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn his defeat, and said “I just want to find 11,780 votes”. The US President took to …

Impeachment takeaways: Trump’s iron grip, McConnell delivers
5 years, 1 month ago

Impeachment takeaways: Trump’s iron grip, McConnell delivers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate acquitted President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges Wednesday amid Republican complaints about what they called a rushed process and Democratic claims that Trump is a threat to democracy. Even Republicans who disapproved of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine — the heart of the House impeachment charges — said his conduct did not merit making him …

The Donald Trump impeachment vote is over: Now, the road to November's election can begin in full earnest
5 years, 1 month 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 …

Dershowitz distances himself from impeachment argument he made on Senate floor
5 years, 1 month ago

Dershowitz distances himself from impeachment argument he made on Senate floor

CNN  

Washington CNN — Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, on Thursday answered criticisms of an argument he had made on the Senate floor the previous day about impeachable conduct by distancing himself from the remarks. “I have never said that a president can do anything if he believes that his election is in the public …

Trump Team Argues Anything Goes As Long As It's In Service Of Reelection
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump Team Argues Anything Goes As Long As It's In Service Of Reelection

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The president of the United States can essentially do whatever he wants to get himself reelected if he believes that his own reelection would be in the public interest, a lawyer for President Donald Trump argued on Wednesday in a sweeping claim of executive power. “Every public official that I know believes that his election …

Fox News legal analyst shames 'unworthy' Republicans who have already decided to acquit Trump
5 years, 2 months ago

Fox News legal analyst shames 'unworthy' Republicans who have already decided to acquit Trump

Raw Story  

Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano's latest column explains why President Donald Trump's actions are worthy of impeachment -- and he shames any Republican senators who have already made up their minds. Napolitano starts by making the case that there is enough evidence to credibly charge the president with crimes, even though Democrats in the House only impeached him for …

Trump impeachment trial: What’s next for the Democrats’ case?
5 years, 2 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, …

AP FACT CHECK: Distortions in Trump’s legal defense
5 years, 2 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Distortions in Trump’s legal defense

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s defense against impeachment charges, as laid out in his legal argument released Monday, has distortions at its core. A look at some statements by Trump and his legal team as opening arguments approach in the Senate impeachment trial: TRUMP’s legal brief: “Anyone having the most basic respect for the sovereign will of the American people …

Trump defenders push ‘no crime’ as Democrats seek removal
5 years, 2 months ago

Trump defenders push ‘no crime’ as Democrats seek removal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a position rejected by Democrats as “nonsense” as both sides sharpened their arguments for trial. “Criminal-like conduct is required,” said Alan Dershowitz, a constitutional lawyer on Trump’s defense team. But the “no crime, no impeachment” approach …

Donald Trump’s Senate trial defense: Abuse of power is not impeachable
5 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump’s Senate trial defense: Abuse of power is not impeachable

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump’s legal team will go into his Senate trial on Tuesday arguing that he should never have been impeached because his conduct over Ukraine does not amount to a criminal offense. Harvard Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz, who has just joined Trump’s legal brain trust, told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that he would borrow arguments …

The courts could decide if Trump was impeached (opinion)
5 years, 3 months ago

The courts could decide if Trump was impeached (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Scott Douglas Gerber is a law professor at Ohio Northern University and an associated scholar at Brown University’s Political Theory Project. Courtesy Scott Gerber The decision to delay was influenced by the most famous constitutional law professor in America, Harvard’s Laurence Tribe, who had penned an op-ed two days before the House adopted the Articles that insisted waiting …

Trump impeachment: I was a DC correspondent during the Clinton vote and this time it’s different
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump impeachment: I was a DC correspondent during the Clinton vote and this time it’s different

The Independent  

This time, the American public seems less interested. Punctuated by ever more salacious leaks, the impeachment hearings took place in a highly charged atmosphere in which Clinton’s survival as president really seemed in peril. When the recording of Clinton’s grand jury testimony was televised on 21 September 1998 – he was questioned in the Map Room at the White House …

Democratic presidential candidate criticised for abstaining in Trump impeachment vote
5 years, 3 months ago

Democratic presidential candidate criticised for abstaining in Trump impeachment 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. Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii congresswoman, gave two “present” votes on whether the US president …

Trump impeachment: Thousands rally ahead of Wednesday’s votes
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump impeachment: Thousands rally ahead of Wednesday’s votes

Al Jazeera  

Thousands rally across US as House of Representatives prepares for Wednesday votes on Trump impeachment. Thousands rallied across the United States on the eve of the House of Representatives’ landmark votes on whether to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump has denied any wrongdoing, and on Tuesday, sent a blistering letter to House …

Trump impeachment: More than 700 scholars write letter calling for president’s removal
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump impeachment: More than 700 scholars write letter calling for president’s removal

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 A group of more than 700 historians, legal scholars and …

After impeachment will come Trump’s wrath (opinion)
5 years, 3 months ago

After impeachment will come Trump’s wrath (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael D’Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” and co-author with Peter Eisner of “The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. This time he pressured Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce investigations into his Democratic rival Joe …

Fox News Legal Analyst: I 'Certainly Would' Vote To Impeach Donald Trump
5 years, 3 months ago

Fox News Legal Analyst: I 'Certainly Would' Vote To Impeach Donald Trump

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano on Wednesday said if he were in Congress, he would “certainly” vote to impeach President Donald Trump. “On that, reasonable minds cannot disagree without rejecting history and without rejecting constitutional norms.” Host Bill Hemmer then asked Napolitano, “If you were in the House, would you vote for impeachment?” “I certainly …

‘It’s not defensible what the president has done’: Curious argument against Trump’s impeachment given short shrift
5 years, 3 months ago

‘It’s not defensible what the president has done’: Curious argument against Trump’s impeachment given short shrift

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. “It seems like his thought process on holding presidents who abuse their power accountable …

Judiciary hearing recap: Three legal experts make case for impeaching Trump
5 years, 3 months ago

Judiciary hearing recap: Three legal experts make case for impeaching Trump

CNN  

CNN — A trio of legal scholars argued at the first House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s unprecedented conduct was evidence of impeachable offenses, amid vocal protests and procedural roadblocks thrown up by Republicans to challenge the impeachment proceedings. Those three professors, Harvard University’s Noah Feldman, Stanford University’s Pamela Karlan and the University of North Carolina’s …

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