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    Impeachment trial to begins with rules fight, long days
    Jan21

    Impeachment trial to begins with rules fight, long days

    President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding to render judgment on his Ukraine actions as Americans form their own verdict at the … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    Buckle Up: What to Watch as Impeachment Trial Takes Off
    Jan21

    Buckle Up: What to Watch as Impeachment Trial Takes Off

    Senators like to float above messy politics in what’s known by some as the dignified “upper chamber,” home of Congress’ cooler heads and lofty rhetoric. But as a court of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, the Senate beginning Tuesday might seem more like the economy cabin of an oversold flight on an especially...

    The Case Against the Slippery Slope Case Against Impeachment for “Abuse of Power”
    Jan21

    The Case Against the Slippery Slope Case Against Impeachment for “Abuse of Power”

    The first of the two articles of impeachment on which Donald Trump is about to be tried by the Senate focuses on “abuse of power.” In my view, Trump’s scheme to withhold aid from Ukraine in order to pressure that country’s government into investigating a political adversary is also a violation of the Constitution and...

    Ukrainian Monitors Record 137 Episodes Of Violence, Confrontation By Ultraright Groups
    Jan21

    Ukrainian Monitors Record 137 Episodes Of Violence, Confrontation By Ultraright Groups

    There were 137 recorded incidents of confrontation and violence committed by ultraright groups in Ukraine over a one-year period from October 14, 2018, a monitoring report by a Ukrainian public advocacy organization stated. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Trump Impeachment Trial Ready to Begin
    Jan21

    Trump Impeachment Trial Ready to Begin

    The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump begins in full Tuesday in the U.S. Senate — only the third time in U.S. history a president faces removal from office for allegedly violating his oath.One of the first pieces of business for the Senate is a vote on Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed timeline for the...

    Ukrainians React to Iran’s Admission of Guilt in Shooting Down Airliner
    Jan21

    Ukrainians React to Iran’s Admission of Guilt in Shooting Down Airliner

    KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians of all generations know what it’s like to have a war in their homeland. In World War II, Ukraine was the deadliest battlefield of the deadliest war in human history. And today, just 400 miles southeast of Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv, Ukrainian soldiers remain hunkered down in trenches and improvised forts,...

    Impeachment resolution shortens trial’s opening arguments to two days per side
    Jan21

    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...

    No impeachable offense: Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz says Dems have nothing criminal to allege or ‘they would have done it already’
    Jan21

    No impeachable offense: Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz says Dems have nothing criminal to allege or ‘they would have done it already’

    On the “Glenn Beck Radio Program” Monday, Harvard Law professor and lawyer on President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team Alan Dershowitz explains the history of impeachment and its process, why the framers did not include abuse of power as criteria for a Constitutional impeachment, why the Democrats are framing their case...

    ‘He’s the whistleblower’: Judicial Watch president tells Eric Bolling the REAL reason for Democrats’ push to impeach
    Jan21

    ‘He’s the whistleblower’: Judicial Watch president tells Eric Bolling the REAL reason for Democrats’ push to impeach

    In this episode of “America with Eric Bolling,” Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton explains what he calls the real reason behind the Democrats’ never-ending impeachment drama.It was never about Russia or Ukraine, Fitton asserted. President Donald Trump was targeted to protect then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, former...

    Trump Lawyers: President Did ‘Absolutely Nothing Wrong’ on Ukraine
    Jan21

    Trump Lawyers: President Did ‘Absolutely Nothing Wrong’ on Ukraine

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday assailed the impeachment case against him as a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution,” asserting he did “absolutely nothing wrong” in pressing Ukraine to launch investigations to benefit himself politically.The lawyers for the U.S. leader said Democratic lawmakers...