Forty-four Republicans voted against proceeding with the trial against former President Donald Trump, the clearest signal yet that the Senate will ultimately acquit the president of the impeachment charge against him for a second time. Three Republican senators signaled on Tuesday that the vote is a barometer for how many senators will vote to acquit the…
Exclusive: Victor Davis Hanson on Impeachment and the ‘Cancer’ of Woke Ideology
February 9, 2021
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Tonight, we sit down with classicist and historian Victor Davis Hanson to discuss the rise of critical social justice and woke ideology, growing limits on freedom of speech, and his take on the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. “It’s like a public-shaming like the Communist Party used to make people wear dunce…
Leahy Vows to Conduct Senate Impeachment Trial With ‘Fairness to All’
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who serves as president pro tempore and is presiding over the impeachment trial, said on Tuesday he would conduct the proceedings “with fairness to all.” “My intention and solemn obligation is to conduct this trial with fairness to all,” Leahy wrote in a letter (pdf) addressed to his colleagues. “I will adhere, as…
6 Republican Senators Join Democrats to Vote for Trump Impeachment Trial
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),…
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…
Trump Lawyers’ Opening Argument: ‘Majority in the House’ Afraid of Facing Trump in the Future
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday made their opening argument in the Senate impeachment trial, asserting that House Democrats impeached Trump because they are fearful of facing him as a political opponent in 2024. “You will never hear anybody representing former President Trump say anything at all other than, what happened on January 6…
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…
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…
Trump Impeachment Trial to Kick Off: Democrats Claim ‘Grievous Constitutional Crime,’ Defense Says ‘Political Theater’
Former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to kick off in the Senate on Tuesday, with Democrat prosecutors alleging Trump incited an insurrection and committed the “most grievous constitutional crime,” while lawyers for the former president have dismissed the trial as “political theater.” With senators gathered as the court of impeachment, the trial will…
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