Category: fnc/politics

Eliminating Trump from being elected again one motivator in impeachment push, Pelosi says

Posted on by Edmund DeMarche
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday night that one of the motivating factors for some in the new effort to impeach President Trump and remove him from office is to eliminate any chance that he has of being elected president in four years.

‘Congress is obligated’ to impeach Trump after Capitol riot: Rep. Cicilline

Posted on by Talia Kaplan
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., who is one of the representatives taking the lead on an impeachment resolution targeting President Trump's alleged efforts to incite the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, argued on Sunday that Congress is “obligated” to impeach the president.

Pelosi says lawmakers moving forward with impeachment, calls Trump ‘imminent threat’ to ‘our Democracy’

Posted on by Bradford Betz
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the House will be moving forward with a resolution to impeach Donald Trump, whom she referred to in a letter to her colleagues as an “imminent threat” to both the U.S. Constitution and Democracy.

Rep. Van Drew calls on Biden to oppose Trump impeachment: ‘Let’s try to come together’

Posted on by Angelica Stabile
Democrats are pushing to remove President Trump from office after Wednesday’s riots on Capitol Hill but Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., is urging President-elect Joe Biden to oppose impeachment, saying it would divide the country.

Dershowitz calls Trump impeachment a ‘loaded weapon’ that would be ‘so dangerous to the Constitution’

Posted on by Ronn Blitzer
Harvard Law professor emeritus and constitutional law scholar Alan Dershowitz said that while he does not believe it would result in a Senate trial, impeaching President Trump over what he said in an address prior to protesters storming the Capitol building on Wednesday would provide a "loaded weapon" to both parties to use at their will in the future.

Trump speech before Capitol riot not enough for impeachment charges: Turley

Posted on by Angelica Stabile
Democrats are moving to remove President Trump from office after Wednesday's U.S. Capitol riot, but George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said he doesn’t believe Trump committed an impeachable offense.

Clyburn says Trump impeachment vote ‘will happen this week’ as 195 lawmakers cosponsor articles

Posted on by Ronn Blitzer
House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said Sunday that the article of impeachment against President Trump that was drafted will go to a vote this week, while Trump's former Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said that unlike last year's impeachment, Republicans may be on board this time.

Calls to impeach Trump gain momentum, Republicans ask Biden to intervene

Posted on by Caitlin McFall
Congressional calls for the impeachment of President Trump are gaining traction on both sides of the aisle, as lawmakers announced Saturday that impeachment would be introduced in the House Monday.