Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Friday that the impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump will begin on the week of Feb. 8. Schumer announced the schedule after reaching an agreement with Republicans to have the trial in February. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had proposed delaying the trial until February to give…
South Carolina Lawyer Butch Bowers To Be Lead Attorney In Trump’s Impeachment Trial
January 22, 2021
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South Carolina-based lawyer Butch Bowers will be a lead attorney in former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial over a charge that he incited insurrection. “Butch is well respected by both Republicans and Democrats and will do an excellent job defending President Trump,” adviser Jason Miller said in a tweet. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Trump is still pulling…
House Poised to Send Trump Impeachment Article to Senate
The House of Representatives will likely send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate by the end of the week, a top Senate Democrat said Thursday, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the House is “ready” to send the article. “They will be sending it over to us in…
House Poised to Send Trump Impeachment Article to Senate, Durbin Says
The House of Representatives will likely send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate by the end of the week, a top Senate Democrat said Jan. 21. “They will be sending it over to us in a day or two, I imagine. We have to decide how to work it…
Sen. Rand Paul: For America to Begin to Heal and Unite, Senate Must Halt Impeachment
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has said that for the United States to begin truly healing, President Joe Biden should publicly call on Senate leadership to halt the impeachment of President Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Paul said that “if [Biden] thinks he’s going bring the country together by impeaching a former president,…
Senator Questions Constitutionality of Post-Presidential Impeachment Trial
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said it is likely unconstitutional to carry out a Senate impeachment trial of a president after they leave office. President Donald Trump was impeached by the House earlier this month over his remarks that he made before the Capitol was breached on Jan. 6, despite the president calling on his supporters…
Pelosi Declines to Say When House Will Send Impeachment Resolution to Senate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is keeping secret for now when Democrats plan on sending the impeachment resolution to the Senate. “They’re now working on taking this to trial, and when they—you’ll be the first to know when we announce that we’re going over there,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington on Friday. The House on…
Video: Facts Matter (Jan. 13): Why Impeachment Will Likely Fail; State of Emergency Declared in DC
The House just passed a second impeachment against President Donald Trump. It will now head over to the Senate… which is in recess. So the earliest that the trial can start is on Jan. 20, which is after President Trump’s first term is over. So in theory, the whole thing is moot. However, Democrats are…
Conservatives Call for Liz Cheney’s Ouster From GOP Leadership for Supporting Impeachment
A growing number of Republicans are pushing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from the House GOP leadership team because she supports impeaching President Donald Trump. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told reporters in Washington that the conference should vote on whether to remove Cheney as Republican Conference chair in light of the support. “I think…
Sen. Manchin: Bid to Impeach Trump ‘Ill-Advised,’ House Knows ‘Votes Aren’t There’
The push to impeach President Donald Trump just days before he leaves office is “so ill-advised,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said late Monday. But Manchin left open the possibility of the Senate convicting Trump on articles of impeachment if, in fact, the president is impeached before Jan. 20. “I think this is so ill-advised for…
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