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Democrats warn of 'whataboutism' ahead of Trump defense

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Mike Lillis
As Donald Trump's defense team prepares to take the stage Friday in the former president's impeachment trial, Democrats are rejecting one of the central arguments likely to emerge: that Trump's speech ahead of last month's assault on the Capitol was...
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Trial Day 3: Democrats to highlight Trump's 'lack of remorse' for Capitol riot

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Mike Lillis
House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment case intend to use the third day of the Senate trial to highlight what they cast as the former president's unabashed reaction to last month's deadly rampage at the Capitol.The Democratic...
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Democrats to offer new footage showing 'extreme violence' in Capitol attack

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Mike Lillis
House Democrats on Wednesday offered a small window into their Day Two impeachment argument before the Senate, promising to air new video footage providing an "extraordinary" glimpse of both the violence and heroics that accompanied the Jan. 6...
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Democrats say Trump impeachment defense 'wholly without merit'

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Mike Lillis
House Democrats on Monday categorically rejected the legal argument advanced by former President Trump's defense team, dismissing claims that he bears no responsibility for last month's deadly attack on the Capitol. In a legal brief...
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Pelosi mum on when House will send impeachment article to Senate

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Mike Lillis
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declined on Friday to reveal when the House will send its resolution of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, leaving the country — and her caucus — guessing on the timing of the trial in the upper...
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Pelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump's skin

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Mike Lillis
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has assumed many roles for Democrats in the Trump era, from top campaign strategist and party spokesperson, to impeachment chief and emblem of women's power. To that list, add another: leading agitator of the...
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'Liberated' Pelosi bashes Trump — and woos Democratic base

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Mike Lillis
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has dropped the gloves.The House Speaker hammered President Trump on Thursday, just a day after he was acquitted on two impeachment charges, accusing her White House rival of demeaning the office, insulting the Congress...
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Pelosi says Trump lawyers have 'disgraced' themselves, suggests disbarment

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mike Lillis
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday hammered the lawyers leading President Trump's impeachment defense, saying they've trampled on the Constitution while questioning how they've been allowed to keep their licenses."I don't know how they can...
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Democrats say Trump ceded right to block Bolton when he attacked him

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Mike Lillis
House Democrats say the White House has no power to block the testimony of John Bolton, President Trump's former national security advisor, who rattled the impeachment debate this week by validating the central charge against the president."There's...
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Democrats on Trump defense: 'You can expect a lot of lies'

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Mike Lillis
House Democrats prosecuting the impeachment trial of President Trump are sounding a warning on Saturday as the president's team is set to take the Senate stage in his defense: "Expect a lot of lies.""We can expect a masterclass in distraction,...
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