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McConnell will vote to acquit Trump in second impeachment trial, as day five gets underway

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, Fox News has learned, as day five of the trial is now underway.

Vote on conviction could come Saturday as impeachment trial arguments and Senators’ questions conclude

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
The second impeachment trial for former President Trump wrapped up a key phase Friday night and could head for a vote on conviction as soon as Saturday.

Impeachment manager Stacey Plaskett suggests Trump defense videos homed in on ‘people of color’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Stacey Plaskett, one of the House impeachment managers, called out former President Trump's defense team for focusing on "Black women like myself" in their video montages during the impeachment trial.

Trump’s impeachment defense rests after three hours: ‘There was no insurrection’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Former President Trump's legal team took just about three hours Friday of their 16-hour allotted time to mount a defense for his impeachment charge of "incitement of insurrection" for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Trump impeachment defense team puts Democrats on trial for past hot rhetoric: ‘Stop the hypocrisy’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Former President Trump's legal team tried to put Democrats on trial Friday by repeatedly playing clips of their past hot rhetoric and accusing liberals of setting a new "dangerous double standard" when it comes to Trump.

Trump impeachment trial overshadows hot topics, controversies in early weeks of Biden admin

Posted on by Tyler Olson
As the Senate considers for the second time in barely over a year whether to convict former President Donald Trump of an impeachment charge, he continues to dominate the political world even as he's remained mum through the process. 

Biden ‘anxious to see’ if Republicans will vote to convict Trump in impeachment trial

Posted on by Paul Steinhauser
President Biden says he’s “anxious” to see how Senate Republicans will vote in the impeachment trial of former President Trump and whether they will “stand up” and support convicting the former president.

Trump lawyers expected to allege Dem hypocrisy Friday as defense gets its turn at impeachment trial

Posted on by Tyler Olson
The legal team for former President Donald Trump makes their opening arguments in his second impeachment trial on Friday -- and they are expected to allege that Democrats are being hypocritical by saying that Trump incited the Capitol mob by telling his followers they have to "fight" against a "stolen election."

Lead impeachment manager Raskin reveals questions he would have asked Trump if he testified

Posted on by Ronn Blitzer
Former President Donald Trump will not testify in his own defense during his Senate impeachment trial, but lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., revealed what he would have asked Trump if he had chosen to appear.

Democratic impeachment prosecutors use rioters’ words against Trump at trial: ‘We were invited here’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
House impeachment managers Thursday sought to directly connect former President Trump to the Jan. 6 violence at the Capitol by playing statements of the rioters who said they were acting on Trump's request.