Schiff warns that Trump could sell Alaska to Russia if unchecked

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Edmund DeMarche

Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, warned on Monday that if President Trump's dealings with Ukraine are not impeachable offenses, then nothing would stand in his way from attempting bolder power grabs -- going so far to claim Trump could use Alaska as a bargaining chip with "the Russians" for support in 2020.

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

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

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.

GOP blocks witnesses in Senate impeachment trial, as final vote could drag to next week

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Alex Pappas

Republicans in the Senate cobbled together enough votes Friday evening to reject Democratic efforts to extend the Trump impeachment trial and call new witnesses, as the final vote on whether to remove President Trump from office is now not expected until next week.

Dems work to draw out impeachment finale, potentially pushing final vote into next week

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Marisa Schultz

The Senate impeachment trial is increasingly expected to drag out until next week -- and potentially through President Trump's planned State of the Union address -- despite the widespread expectation of acquittal in the end.

Schiff decries ‘disgraceful’ question after GOP asks about aide, alleged whistleblower

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., slammed an impeachment trial question by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., about the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint led to the investigation into President Trump, calling it “disgraceful” in a tense moment Thursday on the Senate floor.

Schiff says Obama would have been impeached if he asked Russia to investigate Mitt Romney

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Brie Stimson

House manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Wednesday said former President Obama would have been impeached if he had done what Trump has been charged with in the first article of impeachment.

‘GAME OVER,’ Trump declares, as old Bolton, Schiff videos surface amid impeachment trial

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Gregg Re

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has a distinct "lack of credibility" and is prone to "conspiracy theories." Those assertions weren't made this week by Republican lawmakers seeking to prevent the lawmaker from testifying in President Trump's Senate impeachment trial. Instead, they were made in recent years by Democratic impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff -- who is now saying Bolton must urgently testify in the trial as an important and believable witness.

Schiff, in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, denies knowing whistleblower

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Nick Givas

House impeachment manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., denied knowing the identity of the Trump whistleblower during the president's trial on Wednesday and claimed that no one from the House Intelligence Committee was ever involved in coaching them.

Senate impeachment trial moves into questioning: Here’s how it works

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Marisa Schultz

The question phase of the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump kicks off at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday with senators getting their first chance to weigh in formally on the six days of opening arguments they’ve sat silently through.

Schiff on impeachment: Not calling witnesses ‘deprives public of fair trial’

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

Rep. Adam Schiff, the leader House manager in President Trump’s impeachment trial, said Sunday that the president’s defense team’s main strategy is to argue against calling witnesses to testify before the Senate and to “deprive the public of a fair trial.”