Matt Gaetz pushes back on Crenshaw over Cheney impeachment vote defense

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Brie Stimson

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., pushed back against fellow Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Wednesday after the congressman defended Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the highest-ranking woman in the house, for her vote to impeach President Trump.

Cotton says he opposes Trump impeachment effort in Senate

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Edmund DeMarche

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said in a statement late Wednesday that he will oppose another Senate impeachment trial after the House passed an article of impeachment alleging President Trump incited the riot at the Capitol and is unfit for office.

What a Senate impeachment trial could mean for Trump – and why it might not happen at all

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Michael Ruiz

President Trump could face some unpleasant consequences from an impeachment trial if he is convicted, but the proceedings may never begin.

Trump says in post-impeachment message that ‘no true supporter’ of his could endorse political violence

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Sam Dorman

President Trump released a video Wednesday evening denouncing last week's riots at the U.S. Capitol and declaring that no true supporter of his could support political violence.

Swalwell compares Trump to Usama bin Laden: ‘He was responsible’

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Michael Ruiz

Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell, who remains on the House Intelligence Committee despite foggy ties to a spy for China and who will serve as an impeachment manager, associated President Trump with Usama bin Laden in an interview Tuesday.

Trump does not have future in Republican Party after Capitol riot: Rep. Nancy Mace

Posted on January 13, 2021 by David Rutz

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Wednesday that while she opposes the impeachment process in the closing days of President Trump's term, he does not have a future in the Republican Party after the events of the past week.

Trump ‘would have standing to challenge’ his impeachment trial: Turley

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Talia Kaplan

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that President Trump “would have standing to challenge” his impeachment trial potentially taking place after he is no longer in office “and the court could rule on it.”

GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse says he will vote to impeach Trump

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Tyler Olson

Rep. Dan Newhouse became the sixth Republican to say that they will vote to impeach President Trump on Wednesday afternoon as debate raged in the House over an impeachment article accusing the president of inciting an insurrection.

Lindsey Graham warns rushed impeachment ‘will become a threat to future presidents’

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Paul Steinhauser

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina – one of President Trump’s closest allies in the Senate – is warning that impeaching Trump over his comments before last week’s attack on the Capitol is a "rushed process" that will "become a threat to future presidents."

Senate won’t reconvene early to start impeachment trial before Trump leaves office: McConnell spokesman

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Tyler Olson

With President Trump likely set on Wednesday to become the only president ever impeached twice, Democrats were pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to invoke a 2004 resolution that could bring the Senate back quickly for what would essentially be an emergency session to begin the impeachment trial for Trump as soon as possible.