Tag: Impeachment Trial

Trump Lawyers Dismiss Request for Former President to Testify During Impeachment Trial

Former President Donald Trump’s team dismissed a request for the former president to testify under oath at the pending Senate impeachment trial. House Democratic impeachment managers led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sent a letter to Trump calling on him to testify at his second impeachment trial and said that if he doesn’t, they would…


Trump Attorney: Congress Democrats Trying to ‘Rush’ Impeachment Trial

One of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers, David Schoen, said House managers are trying to “rush” the trial “before the evidence really comes out.” “We are now six days away from this trial,” Schoen told Fox News on Wednesday. “We have absolutely no guidance as to the rules that will apply. We know it’s…


Trump Attorney: Congressional Democrats Trying to ‘Rush’ Impeachment Trial

One of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers, David Schoen, said House managers are trying to “rush” the trial “before the evidence really comes out.” “We are now six days away from this trial,” Schoen told Fox News on Wednesday. “We have absolutely no guidance as to the rules that will apply. We know it’s…


Democrats Ask Trump to Testify at Impeachment Trial

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead impeachment manager for the Democrats, invited former President Donald Trump to testify at or before his Senate trial. “Two days ago, you filed an Answer in which you denied many factual allegations set forth in the article of impeachment. You have thus attempted to put critical facts at issue…


House Impeachment Brief Against Trump Threatens Freedom of Speech of All Americans: Dershowitz

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Thursday that the House impeachment brief against former President Donald Trump, which seeks to undermine Trump’s First Amendment-based argument in his defense, amounts to a dangerous broadside against the freedom of speech of all Americans. Writing in an op-ed for The Hill, Dershowitz made a case against…


C-SPAN Calls on Senate Leader to Allow Cameras to Cover Impeachment Proceedings

Nonprofit public TV service C-SPAN called on Senate leaders on Tuesday to grant the network the right to cover the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. “We respectfully request that when the Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Trump on February 9th, you allow C-SPAN to position our camera in the Senate Chamber…


Rep. Gaetz Says He’d Resign Seat If Asked to Defend Trump at Trial

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), an outspoken ally of former President Donald Trump, said he would give up his House seat if he was asked to defend Trump at the impeachment trial, which is slated to begin next week. In a Feb. 3 interview on the “War Room” podcast, Gaetz said some House colleagues had discussed…


Trump Impeachment Lawyer: ‘Stolen’ Election Claims Won’t Be Brought up During Trial

An attorney for former President Donald Trump said he won’t bring up claims about election fraud while defending the former president during the upcoming impeachment trial. “There are plenty of questions about how the election was conducted throughout the country, but that’s for a different forum, and I don’t believe that’s important to litigate in…


Democrat Senator Drops Proposal to Censure Trump as Alternative to Impeachment

A Democrat senator on Tuesday said he was dropping his proposal to censure former President Donald Trump as an alternative to an impeachment trial, which a number of lawmakers have painted as a waste of time because he’s likely to be acquitted. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who floated the alternative path, told reporters in Washington that…


Trump Team, Impeachment Managers Lay Out Arguments for Senate Trial

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and Democrat impeachment managers filed trial memorandums on Feb. 2 outlining their arguments for the Senate trial expected to begin next week. The Democrat memo alleges that Trump incited a mob that breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by sowing doubt about the integrity of the 2020 presidential…