Impeachment

Posted February 12, 2021 at 8:59pm Lawyers for Donald Trump channeled the former president’s pugnacious partisan style in his defense Friday, even blaming Democrats as the reason they spent fewer than three hours on their presentation. They called the House case for impeachment a “witch hunt.” They accused the House…

Posted February 12, 2021 at 8:48pm On the fourth day in the chamber for the second presidential impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, senators grew antsy and animated as they listened to Trump’s attorneys mount their defense. They huddled and strategized what questions to ask the Trump legal team…

Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is the lead house impeachment manager that is a new favorite of the mainstream media. Laura Ingraham of “The Ingraham Angle” referred to him as Adam Schiff but with “better hair”. Ingraham pointed out the Raskin was one of many Democrats that objected to the certification of…

President Trump’s defense in the Senate impeachment trial is expected to wrap up sometime Friday. Trump attorney Bruce Castor was asked about the defense and if he believed arguments would last 3 hours, to which he replied, “probably longer.” “Trump’s attorneys are expected to argue that Democrats are being hypocritical in…

Watching the House managers present their case in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial reminded me less of an actual criminal trial and more of the conclusion of the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. In the final episode, the beleaguered Soviet physicist Valery Legasov, played by Jared Harris, also takes part in a…

House prosecutors wrapped up their case against former President Trump on Thursday, arguing that rioters on Jan. 6. thought they were acting on Trump’s orders and that he has shown no remorse or culpability for his role, and warning that if he isn’t held accountable, Trump could try to use…

For the second time in a little over a year, House Democrats laid out evidence that former President Donald Trump had committed a crime against the Constitution. For hours, senators again sat as the impeachment managers hammered home that Trump had tried to swing the outcome of the presidential election.…

Noting the actions and remarks from Sens. Hawley and Graham on Day 2 of Trump's second impeachment trial, MSNBC's Brian Williams asks A.B. Stoddard about the nihilism we're seeing from some in the Republican Party.Feb. 11, 2021 Read More

Rep. Stacey Plaskett cited reports by NBC News and other sources that showed the violent threats that were being spread on internet forums ahead of the Capitol riot, showing the violence that occurred was public information to former President Trump.Feb. 10, 2021 Read More

Even Trump knows his defense is a joke — but most Senate Republicans are pathetically pretending it's gold In this screenshot taken from a congress.gov webcast, Bruce Castor Jr. defense lawyer for former President Donald Trump speaks on the first day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at…