Sen. Lamar Alexander said late Thursday that he will oppose calling witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, deflating Democrats. The Tennessee Republican’s decision means the trial could end in acquittal as early as Friday night. Alexander, who is retiring, said in a statement that Trump’s request that Ukraine investigate Democrats including Joe Biden was “inappropriate”...
Critical swing-vote Sen. Lamar Alexander says he will announce Thursday night whether he’s voting to call witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial. The retiring Tennessee Republican’s stance could dictate the outcome of a high-stakes vote on Friday and determine if Trump’s trial ends quickly or is extended weeks with witnesses. Republicans are optimistic that Alexander...
Sen. Rand Paul is poised to roil the Senate impeachment trial Thursday as he attempts again to publicly name the person who filed a whistleblower complaint against President Trump. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial, blocked Paul on Wednesday from offering a question containing the name of a CIA...
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republican senators on Tuesday that he lacks the votes to block a Democratic request for witnesses at President Trump’s impeachment trial. McConnell (R-Ky.) carried a list of yes and no vote commitments at the meeting of fellow Republican senators, according to reports. Some senators sought to sway their colleagues at...
President Trump’s impeachment defense team late Monday painstakingly scrutinized Hunter Biden’s high-paying job at Burisma, arguing that President Trump was right to be concerned about corruption involving the Ukrainian energy company for giving such a position to the then-vice president’s under-qualified son. Trump lawyer Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, linked Joe Biden’s official...
Republican senators say Rep. Adam Schiff’s closing argument that they may fear their “heads on a pike” could end up being a turning point in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Democrats concede it’s unlikely 51 senators will vote to call Democrat-requested witnesses — a key unsettled issue in the trial. And Trump allies say the “insulting”...
The Senate spectator gallery was at least half-empty throughout the first week of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and senators serving as the jury in the marathon sessions are taking notice — some stunned that there aren’t more people watching history unfold, while others understand the public avoiding the repetitive proceedings. “I’m really surprised at...
Trump's decision to amplify allies during his Senate impeachment trial helped him easily pass his prior presidential record of 123 tweets in one day, set in December.
