Commentary Discussing the Democrats’ impeachment trial in legal terms is a ludicrous waste of time. Anyone literate in the English language can see that the concept of impeaching a post-president is entirely absent from the U.S. Constitution. Removing someone from office who is no longer in office in the first place is a serio-comic oxymoron…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 8)
Trump’s legal defense team laid out their argument ahead of the former president’s impeachment trial; a survey suggests the GOP can’t risk losing the diverse coalition Trump built over the past four years; and journalist and author Andy Ngo gives an update on Antifa.
Trump Team Lays Out Impeachment Defense Ahead of Senate Trial
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Feb. 8 set out their defense for his Senate impeachment trial, arguing that the Senate has no jurisdiction to try a former official, that the charge against the 45th president is deficient, that their client was deprived of due process and had his right to free speech violated…
Impeachment Managers: Trump Violated His Oath of Office, Incited Insurrection
House Democrats on Monday asserted overwhelming evidence exists showing former President Donald Trump violated his oath of office and incited an insurrection against the U.S. government. Democrats and 10 Republicans impeached Trump last month. House impeachment managers are going to try to convince senators of the charges laid out in a single article of impeachment…
Trump’s Lawyers Say Impeachment Is Constitutionally Flawed, ‘Selfish’ Ploy by Democrats
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday argued that the House impeachment managers’ article of impeachment against him for allegedly inciting the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6 is constitutionally flawed, will not result in a conviction, and infringes on his First Amendment rights. In a 78-page court filing, Trump attorneys David Schoen, Bruce…
Trump Impeachment Trial Begins This Week
Former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial begins Tuesday, and while an acquittal is near certain as 17 Republicans would have to join all Democrats in voting to convict, testimony will be presented in the upper chamber seeking to prove Trump’s role in “incitement to insurrection” in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Last month, the…
Rep. Waters Says She Didn’t Encourage Violence as Trump Lawyer Plans to Show Video
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Sunday claimed she did not encourage people to commit violence when she said three years ago that people were going to “absolutely harass” members of the Trump administration. “As a matter of fact, if you look at the words that I used, the strongest thing I said was tell them…
Trump Impeachment Trial Has ‘Zero’ Chance of Conviction: Sen. Rand Paul
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that the looming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump has virtually no chance of success. “If we’re going to criminalize speech, and somehow impeach everybody who says, ‘Go fight to hear your voices heard,’ I mean really we ought to impeach Chuck Schumer then,” Paul told Fox News on…
Trump Lawyer’s Request to Pause Impeachment Trial During Sabbath Granted
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said his office will accommodate former President Donald Trump’s request to halt the Senate impeachment trial during the Jewish Sabbath. “We respect their request and of course will accommodate it. Conversations with the relevant parties about the structure of the trial continue,” said Justin Goodman, a spokesman for Schumer,…
Trump Lawyers to Use Videos of Democrats Inciting Violence During Impeachment Defense
Former President Donald Trump’s lead impeachment defense attorney Bruce Castor said he will use video clips of top Democrats inciting violence during the coming impeachment trial. Castor said the defense team will adhere to the strategy outlined in the brief they submitted to the Senate on Tuesday. The Trump defense team argued in the brief…
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