Category: impeachment

LIVE: Trump Impeachment Trial Day 5

Part 1: Senate Votes to Call Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial, Timeline Unclear


GOP Senators Say Trump’s Acquittal in Impeachment Trial Is Assured

With former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial expected to conclude on Saturday, a number of GOP senators have insisted that there is practically no way the former president will be convicted. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Thursday that it is “crystal clear” that Trump will be found not guilty. “I think the end result of…


Trump Defense Will Call Impeachment Witnesses If Democrats Do, Attorney Says

Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump will call on witnesses to testify at the Senate trial only in the event the Democrat impeachment managers do, according to Trump defense attorney Bruce Castor. Asked if the decision to call on witnesses rests on how the impeachment managers decide to proceed and if the Trump team would…


Sen. Cassidy: Trump’s Defense Team Must Answer ‘Very Intriguing Questions’ Raised By Impeachment Managers

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said on Friday that Democratic House impeachment managers asked “very intriguing questions” that former President Donald Trump’s defense team has to answer. One of the questions is “If this is not impeachable, what is?,” he said, according to the Washington Examiner. “Ted Lieu’s comment [that] we have to worry about somebody coming…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 12)

Former President Trump’s defense team debunks the Democrats’ case for impeachment, New York’s governor met with President Biden today to talk about the pandemic, and Lawmakers are trying to up the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour nationwide.


‘Hypocrisy:’ Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment Trial

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Friday accused legislators of hypocrisy as they played lengthy video montages of elected officials speaking about committing assault against Trump, threatening his supporters, and backing protests last year that regularly turned violent. Going on the offense in their first day of presentations during Trump’s second impeachment trial, the…


Trump Attorney: Impeachment Trial Is ‘Constitutional Cancel Culture’

One of the attorneys representing former President Donald Trump in the Senate trial accused the Democrats on Friday of using impeachment as a tool to disqualify their political opponents and warned that it sets a dangerous precedent for Congress taking control of which private citizens can run for office. “This would transform the solemn impeachment…


LIVE: Trump Team Delivers Defense—Impeachment Trial Day 4


Most Republicans Not Convinced as House Democrats Wrap Up Arguments Against Trump

House impeachment managers ended their arguments for convicting former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection on Thursday, but most Republican senators remain unconvinced and Trump will likely be acquitted soon. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead manager, told senators that they could vote to convict even if they believed Trump did…


Former Acting DNI Richard Grenell Says Impeachment Process Now a ‘Political Weapon’

Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has said the Democrats’ impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is “politicizing” a serious government institution. He called the current impeachment trial an “unserious process” that isn’t being presided over by a Supreme Court justice, setting a precedent for Republicans to use the same stunt for their…