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WATCH: Trump’s team offers opening arguments during impeachment trial

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Acknowledging the horrors of the January day is meant to blunt the visceral impact of the House Democrats' case and quickly pivot to what Trump's defenders see as the core -- and more winnable -- issue of the trial: Whether Trump can be held responsible for inciting the deadly Jan. 6 riot.
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Trump’s lawyers blast impeachment trial as ‘political theater’

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press
In a brief filed on the eve of the impeachment trial, lawyers for the former president leveled a wide-ranging attack on the case.
Posted in Uncategorized

WATCH LIVE: Trump’s second impeachment trial begins in Senate

Posted on February 5, 2021 (Updated February 9, 2021) by Eric Tucker, Associated Press
House Democrats prosecuting the case told senators they were presenting "cold, hard facts" against Trump, who is charged with inciting the mob siege of the Capitol to overturn the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, second trump impeachment, U.S. CAPITOL ATTACK

House Democrats ask Trump to testify under oath in Senate trial

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press
The Senate impeachment trial starts in earnest on February 9. Trump is charged with inciting a mob of supporters that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, U.S. CAPITOL ATTACK

McConnell concedes he lacks votes to block witnesses at impeachment trial

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Mitch McConnnell's statement, in a closed-door meeting of senators, was an acknowledgment of the extent to which revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton have scrambled the trial's schedule
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, Mitch McConnell

Bolton revelations increase pressure for impeachment trial witnesses

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters it's "increasingly likely" that other Republican senators will now join the push for former national security adviser John Bolton to testify after the revelations from his book about Trump's reasoning for withholding Ukraine aid.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, joe biden, John Bolton

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