Category: fnc/politics

Graham calls on McConnell to ‘unequivocally’ denounce second Trump impeachment effort

Posted on by Angelica Stabile
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is fighting efforts to convict President Trump in the Senate after he was impeached for a second time by the House of Representatives, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., should do the same, Graham told Fox News’ "Hannity" Tuesday.

Omar demands McConnell start trial, but Pelosi hasn’t sent impeachment articles to the Senate

Posted on by Paul Best
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., urged Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to "do [his] job and start the impeachment trial," but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still has not sent the impeachment articles to the Senate. 

McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ the Capitol riot as Senate weighs another impeachment trial

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., placed blame on President Trump for the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer.

Wyoming Republicans censure Cheney over Trump impeachment vote

Posted on by Evie Fordham
Wyoming's Carbon County Republican Party voted unanimously to censure Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., for voting with nine other House Republicans to impeach President Trump on charges of "incitement of an insurrection."

Kamala Harris could preside over Trump impeachment trial if John Roberts doesn’t

Posted on by Tyler Olson
The Constitution says that in impeachments for presidents, the chief justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding officer. For lesser impeachments, the presiding officer has been the same as for other Senate business —  either the vice president or a senator. The Constitution is not clear on who should preside over impeachments for former presidents. 

Senate considering Biden nominees Tuesday, with no announcement yet on handling impeachment, other business

Posted on by Tyler Olson
The Senate is back in town Tuesday for a slate of confirmation hearings on Biden Cabinet nominees, even as there are not yet clear agreements on how the body will handle the impending Trump impeachment trial or its new 50-50 party split. 

Freshman Republican lawmaker describes her first 100 hours in Congress as ‘hell’ after riot, impeachment

Posted on by Charles Creitz
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., described her first 100 hours on Congress as "hell" Monday, telling "The Story" that the deadly Capitol riot, the fight over the Electoral College vote count and the second impeachment of President Trump represented an unbelievable series of events.

Eric Swalwell, prolific tweeter who had ties to Chinese spy, brings political baggage as impeachment manager

Posted on by Tyler Olson
When House Democrats present their case to senators about why they should vote to convict President Trump of the impeachment charge that he incited an insurrection in the Capitol, some say their case may be hampered by the presence of Rep. Eric Swalwell as an impeachment manager.

Value of impeachment trial after president leaves office is ‘unresolved issue’: Turley

Posted on by Talia Kaplan
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley argued on Monday that there is some value to impeachment trials in terms of dialogue and addressing the issues raised, but there are also significant countervailing costs.