Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday said hearing that Chief Justice John Roberts would not preside over former President Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial “crystalized” the GOP argument that the proceedings are unconstitutional.Paul emerged as a...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Jan. 13 announced to colleagues that he was open to voting to convict President Trump for inciting an insurrection, but since then he has taken steps behind the scenes to throttle the Democratic...
Republicans say the chances that former President Trump will be convicted in an impeachment trial are plummeting, despite lingering anger among some Republicans over his actions.Only five or six Republican senators at the most seem likely to vote...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) proposed on a call with Republican senators Thursday that former President Trump’s impeachment trial be delayed until February to give him enough time to mount a defense.McConnell told...
Senate Democrats are torn on the timing of an impeachment trial for President Trump, worried it could delay President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda for a week or longer.Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) has proposed that the Senate could...
Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa), a member of the Senate Republican leadership who won reelection in November, said Tuesday that she doesn’t think it would be constitutional to try President Trump on an impeachment charge after he leaves office.“My overall...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday said his top priority is to immediately move a COVID-19 relief package with significant funding for hospitals, health care providers and vaccine distribution and then consider an article of impeachment against...
Senate Democrats hope to conduct President Trump’s impeachment trial as swiftly as possible to avoid slowing the start of President-elect Joe Biden’s new administration, but Republicans have yet to show they will cooperate.Senate Democrats are...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), an influential conservative and possible contender for the White House in 2024, says the Senate lacks constitutional authority to hold an impeachment trial for President Trump once he leaves office.“The Senate lacks...
A trio of House Democrats close to leadership on Monday introduced a single article of impeachment against President Trump, charging him with inciting a mob of his supporters to carry out a violent attack on the Capitol in a bid to overturn Joe...
