WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last month after he urged hundreds of his supporters to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost last November’s election to Democrat Joe Biden. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict the former U.S. […]
The Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump on the single charge of inciting an insurrection against the United States government, with 43 Republicans voting to let the former president off the hook for his role in the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol Building last month. The largely party-line vote—with every Democrat and just seven […]
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky informed colleagues in an email Saturday morning that he will vote to acquit Donald Trump on the charge of inciting a deadly insurrection, despite admitting less than two weeks after the January 6 assault that the former president “provoked” the right-wing mob. McConnell hid behind a procedural justification for his decision, […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted Saturday morning to subpoena witnesses in the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. Five Republican senators voted with all 50 Democrats to hear testimony from witnesses. The vote was a somewhat surprising development, as the Senate was expected to hear closing arguments from each side, and possibly hold […]
WASHINGTON – Impeachment prosecutors contended Thursday that there was “clear and overwhelming” evidence that former President Donald Trump incited insurrection by sending a mob of his supporters to the U.S. Capitol last month to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden. In closing arguments, the […]
Given the “extraordinarily good job” by Democratic impeachment managers the past few days, said Sen. Dick Durbin, “I’d imagine they’re pretty desperate to come up with a good defense strategy.” Provoking criticism that ranged from “jury tampering” and “another violation of their oath” to “such bullshit,” multiple Republican senators met with Donald Trump’s attorneys late […]
The new footage, said one Democratic aide, “shows a view of the Capitol that is quite extraordinary.” Hours after the Senate reaffirmed the constitutionality of the impeachment trial in a largely party-line vote, House Democrats on Wednesday are set to present their case for convicting former President Donald Trump for inciting a violent and deadly insurrection against […]
WASHINGTON – With little more than a week before the start of his second Senate impeachment trial, former U.S. President Donald Trump has a legal team in apparent disarray. Two prominent South Carolina lawyers, Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, had been expected to be Trump’s lead lawyers. However, media reports Saturday said there was a […]
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to officially send its articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, charging former President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in connection with the storming of the Capitol by a mob of his supporters earlier this month. The trial in the Senate is set to begin the week […]