Impeachment

WASHINGTON - A US military service member who called for President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance to be impeached is facing charges under the military justice system, his lawyer and the Air Force said on Aug 25. The active-duty officer, Major Jason Watson, denounced Trump and Vance in July…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. ANJALI KAMAT: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Anjali Kamat. We turn now to Florida, where the progressive state Representative Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning victory last week in the Democratic Senate primary. Nixon defeated Alexander…

Air Force Major Jason Watson—who was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building last month while calling for President Trump’s impeachment—has been arrested again. Watson was detained on Tuesday, just one day after an exclusive CNN interview in which he said the president was “violating the Constitution, breaking…

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WASHINGTON — Democrats seeking to retake control of Congress are planning broad investigations into President Trump and his family’s business dealings as part of an agenda focused on alleged corruption and economic harm, while keeping impeachment an option rather than an immediate priority. The strategy would use subpoenas, committee hearings, possible criminal…

WASHINGTON – US House Democrats preparing for a possible return to power are developing a broad investigative strategy targeting companies and financial firms surrounding President Donald Trump, instead of trying to impeach him immediately, according to four people familiar with the discussions. Senior Democrats in the US House of Representatives…

The Todd Blanche nomination mess in the Senate is truly one of those pass-the-popcorn moments for Democrats and liberals. One can sense that John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, the two outgoing Republican senators who have suddenly developed the backbone to maybe vote against the attorney general nominee now that they’re…

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) called Thursday night for President Donald Trump’s impeachment following a primetime address in which the president pressed Congress to pass the SAVE America Act and alleged foreign interference in past U.S. elections. The Massachusetts Democrat issued his demand in a statement shortly after Trump’s half-hour White…

An Air Force major was arrested in uniform on the steps of the Capitol after he called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. U.S. Capitol Police arrested Jason Watson, an active-duty service member, on Wednesday afternoon following remarks at a news conference where he said Trump and Vice President…

US Air Force Major Jason Watson cited “an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s authority” to justify his protest. The eastern facade of the United States Capitol Building. Getty Images Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A uniformed member of the…