Six Republicans voted to go ahead with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, joining all members of the Democrats caucus in saying it is constitutional. The final vote was 56-44 on Tuesday, with the trial starting on Wednesday at around 1 p.m. Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah),…
6 Republican Senators Join Democrats to Vote for Trump Impeachment Trial
Senate Authorizes Impeachment Trial
The U.S. Senate voted on Feb. 9 to authorize the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, overruling an argument by the defense alleging the Senate does not have jurisdiction to try Trump because he is now a private citizen. Over the course of four hours, the House impeachment managers and Trump’s attorneys presented their arguments…
Senate Impeachment Trial Starts, as Democrats Argue It’s Constitutional
As the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump started in earnest on Tuesday afternoon, House Democratic impeachment managers said that the Senate has the full constitutional authority to put Trump on trial—coming after his lawyers argued that it is unconstitutional to try a former president. Trump “refuses to accept responsibility for his…
Trump Jr. Preparing Trip to Wyoming to Campaign Against Cheney
Donald Trump Jr. is gearing up for a trip to Wyoming to campaign against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. The president’s son told Politico he is preparing to travel to the state. “I hear it’s lovely during primary season,” he told the news outlet….
Lindsey Graham Threatens to Call Democrats as Witnesses During Senate Impeachment Trial
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that he and other Republicans would call up top Democrats as witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Should Democrats vote to call witnesses, Republicans would call up Democratic senators, he said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday night. “If the House managers want to…
Republican Ineptitude and Democratic Ruthlessness Put Liberties in Danger
Let’s start with this: the disturbance at the Capitol on January 6, as Donald Trump and his supporters made a last-ditch attempt to somehow overturn the results of the 2020 election, was neither an “insurrection” nor a “siege,” nor was it conducted by “seditionists.” At best, it was an ill-advised, unsupervised, possible provoked demonstration in…
Video: Live Q&A: Evidence Brings Doubt to Impeachment Narrative; DOJ Had Double Standard On Trump
The Senate impeachment trials of Donald Trump are set to begin, and the question of whether the Capitol breach was pre-planned will be among the key issues. And in other news, Peter Navarro is alleging that the Department of Justice had a double standard on how it handled Trump’s executive orders, compared to how it…
Trump Impeachment Is ‘Performance Art,’ Similar to CCP’s Public Shaming Methods: Historian
February 9, 2021
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The impeachment effort against former President Donald Trump is nothing more than “performance art,” similar to public shaming methods used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the country’s Cultural Revolution, according to historian Victor Davis Hanson. “When you impeach a president, you only need 51 percent of the vote of the House. And it’s…
Group Led by Longtime Trump Attorney Argues Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional
A group led by former President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney Jay Sekulow on Monday submitted a legal analysis arguing that the impeachment trial violates the U.S. Constitution. The American Center for Law and Justice submitted the 45-page legal memorandum (pdf) to the Senate a day before the trial is expected to begin, urging the upper chamber…
Trump Attorney Withdraws Request to Suspend Impeachment for Sabbath
One of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial withdrew his request to pause the trial from Friday night to Sunday morning in observance of Sabbath, according to a copy of a letter obtained by several reporters. “I am advised that your response to my letter was to graciously accommodate my Sabbath…
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