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McConnell in new ad hits opponent Amy McGrath for supporting Trump impeachment, calls her ‘extreme’

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reelection team launched an advertising campaign on Monday slamming his Democratic challenger Amy McGrath as an “extreme liberal politician.”

Lawmakers clash over whether Trump impeachment trial distracted government’s coronavirus response

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hit back at Senate Major Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., over his claims that the Democrat-led impeachment of President Trump distracted the federal government from handling the coronavirus outbreak during the nascent days of the pandemic.

GOP introduces resolution to condemn Pelosi for ripping up Trump’s State of the Union speech

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Just hours after their colleagues in the Senate voted to acquit President Trump on the two articles of impeachment brought against him, Republican lawmakers in the House introduced a resolution to condemn House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for ripping up a copy of Trump’s State of the Union address.

White House claims ‘full vindication’ after Trump acquittal, slams Romney as ‘failed’ candidate

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The White House on Tuesday released a statement calling the Senate’s vote to acquit President Trump of the two articles of impeachment brought against him a “full vindication and exoneration.”

Romney the only senator to defect from party in impeachment vote

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Mitt Romney was the lone senator to defect from either party's line on Tuesday when the upper chamber of Congress voted to acquit President Trump of the two articles of impeachment brought against him by the House.

Schiff on Senate impeachment trial: Nothing Dems could have done differently

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Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the lead House impeachment manager, said on Sunday that he believes the Democrats “proved” their case against President Trump and that there was nothing they could have done differently.

Dershowitz: Pelosi, House Dems didn’t impeach Trump for a ‘legitimate crime’

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One of the lawyers representing President Trump in his impeachment trial said it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats’ fault for failing to charge Trump with an impeachable offense while praising the Senate for rejecting a call for more witnesses in the trial.

GOP senator says Trump was ‘wrong’ to withhold Ukraine aid, but action was ‘long way from treason’

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said that President Trump delaying almost $400 million in aid to Ukraine in an attempt to force the country to investigate the Bidens was “crossing the line,” he doesn’t believe that it met the constitutional threshold for impeachment.