Impeachment

Washington Donald Trump's first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to see. Trump's…

Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Former President Trump emerged victorious from his second impeachment trial on Saturday afternoon,…

February 13, 2021 4:13 PM ET Seven Republicans voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. Trump was acquitted in a 57-43 vote, with just seven Republicans voting with Democrats to convict Trump. In order to have convicted Trump in the Senate, Democrats would have…

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks on the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by congress.gov via Getty Images) Democrats had a bombshell witness against former President Trump. And they had…

Posted February 13, 2021 at 10:54am, Updated at 11:24am The Senate on Saturday voted 55-45 to allow witnesses to be subpoenaed or deposed in President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial. The surprise twist comes after the House managers said they want to depose a witness who has new information about…

The Senate was preparing to conclude former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial Saturday and hand him another acquittal. But then news broke late Friday of a damning statement Trump made to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol the House is charging him…

Topline Trump defense attorney Michael van der Veen’s driveway was marked with graffiti on Friday, hours after the Pennsylvania-based personal injury lawyer first appeared in the Senate chamber to defend former President Donald Trump against impeachment — it’s the latest act of vandalism to hit a U.S. political figure in…

Topline The Senate on Saturday voted to call witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, elongating a process that had been headed towards a swift conclusion until new details emerged Friday night of a phone call between Trump and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12:…

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…