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Senate impeachment trial: Managers outline the case for removing Trump
WASHINGTON DC –House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and the other impeachment managers detailed the House’s case for removing President Donald Trump from office as the Senate’s trial on Wednesday shifted to opening arguments following a contentious debate over subpoenas and witnesses. The seven impeachment managers took turns...
Senate impeachment trial: Managers outline the case for removing Trump
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and the other impeachment managers detailed the House’s case for removing President Donald Trump from office as the Senate’s trial on Wednesday shifted to opening arguments following a contentious debate over subpoenas and witnesses. The seven impeachment managers took turns laying out in detail...
John Roberts scolds legal teams after tense exchange: ‘Those addressing the Senate should remember where they are’
Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, scolded both the Democratic House managers and the President’s defense team early Wednesday morning after a contentious exchange on the Senate floor. The extraordinary moment capped an acrimonious opening to Trump’s impeachment trial,...
Senate passes impeachment trial rules to punt on witnesses in early Wednesday morning vote
The Senate early Wednesday morning approved rules for the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on a party-line vote that delays the question of whether the Senate should subpoena witnesses and documents until later in the trial. The rules resolution from Senate Majority Mitch McConnell was approved 53-47 after Republicans defeated a...
Impeachment guide: Voting on the trial rules
The Senate will consider, and vote on, the rules of the road for the opening stages of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. It is partisan. The fight over it will be heated. Democrats will try to change it and highlight its deficiencies. Every single Republican will vote for it, and it will be locked into place. If the Senate was...
Impeachment resolution shortens trial’s opening arguments to two days per side
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to give House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s legal team each 24 hours divided over two days for their opening arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial, a move that indicates Senate Republicans are pushing to finish the trial as quickly as possible — ahead of the...
Impeachment resolution shortens trial’s opening arguments to two days per side
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to give House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s legal team each 24 hours divided over two days for their opening arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial, a move that indicates Senate Republicans are pushing to finish the trial as quickly as possible — ahead of the...
Trump’s Senate trial defense: Abuse of power is not impeachable
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team will go into his Senate trial on Tuesday arguing that he should never have been impeached because his conduct over Ukraine does not amount to a criminal offense. First details of the President’s counter-argument are emerging from a document the White House sent to Capitol Hill on...
Facebook removes pages reported to have coordinated posts defending Robert Hyde
Facebook removed a network of pages Friday night that were reported to be sending coordinated posts defending Connecticut congressional candidate Robert Hyde, who this week was implicated in the Ukraine scandal. The pages first came under public scrutiny in November, months before Hyde came to national attention. A BuzzFeed News investigation...
Prosecutor: Revoke bail for impeachment figure Robert Hyde of Simsbury
MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge is considering whether to revoke bail in a protective order case against a Connecticut man who has emerged as a figure in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. A prosecutor made the request to revoke Robert F. Hyde’s bail during a hearing in Malden District Court on Thursday,...
