Impeachment

Ken Starr, the prosecutor who gained fame in the 1990s by leading an investigation into former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday at 76. He was also a member of Donald Trump’s defense team during the former president’s first impeachment trial. This archival photo shows him leaving the Capitol after the…

Lev Parnas, a Rudy Giuliani associate with ties to Ukraine, has his ankle bracelet checked by a member of the U.S. Capitol Police during the first impeachment trial of then President Donald Trump in January 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Lev Parnas, a…

“Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax, two Impeachments were a Hoax, the Mueller investigation was a Hoax, and much more," the embattled ex-president wrote on Truth Social last month Despite weeks of denial and deflection from both Donald Trump and his cadre…

No other figure in the history of American politics has enjoyed the invincibility of Donald Trump. His presidency survived two impeachments and a long list of scandals, offering a dizzying variety of peccadilloes, from the horrific to the ridiculous. There are inhuman scandals like the Trump administration’s separation of hundreds…

Data: Axios Research. Note: "Complicated" includes cases that are unclear, or where a former leader was temporarily detained (often following a coup) but never formally charged. Impeachments were not included. Map: Nicki Camberg/Axios Former President Trump and a number of his close allies have argued that the multiple investigations he's…

Rep. Jerrold Nadler won his Manhattan primary against fellow Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a walk on Tuesday. And in downtown Manhattan, the former federal prosecutor and lead counsel in Trump’s first impeachment inquiry, Dan Goldman, pulled out a victory in a crowded field. Elsewhere in the state, Democrats overperformed in…

NEW YORK — In a cluster of contentious Democratic primaries Tuesday, two New York incumbents were ousted from the US House after redistricting shuffled congressional districts in one of the nation’s largest liberal states. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a 15-term incumbent who chairs a powerful House committee, lost to longtime colleague…

Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict then-President Donald Trump after his 2021 impeachment trial, easily advanced out of an all-party primary Tuesday, along with Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka. The state's new election system had 19 Senate candidates of all parties on one…

Greg Nash Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) arrives to the Capitol for procedural votes regarding the nomination of Federal Reserve Board Member nominee Michael Barr on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Voters in Alaska head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on several primary contests, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R) bid…

In case you missed it, earlier today, former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during his deposition with New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ office: JUST IN: Trump says he has pleaded the Fifth in his deposition with the New York State AG. "Under the advice of…