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From Trump’s impeachment trial to Hunter Biden: The biggest political scandals of 2020

Posted on by Adam Shaw
As 2020 comes to a close, the news has been dominated by a global pandemic, statewide lockdowns and a presidential election. Amid all that, it’s easy to forget about political events, including scandals and controversies, that otherwise would have been more in the spotlight.

Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland dead at 87

Posted on by FOX News
Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, who represented Maryland for 30 years in the Senate and helped write a landmark anti-fraud legislation and draft the first article of impeachment against Republican President Richard Nixon as a congressman, has died, his son said. He was 87.

Trump’s pick for Ukraine ambassador vows to report election interference: ‘Sounds reasonable to me’

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
President Trump's pick for the next Ukraine ambassador was put on the spot Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearing on whether he'd stand up to interference in U.S. elections, an issue at the core of Trump's impeachment proceedings.

Trump fires Michael Atkinson, intelligence IG who told Congress about Ukraine phone call: report

Posted on by Dom Calicchio
President Trump has reportedly fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the U.S. intelligence community who alerted Congress to concerns about a Trump phone call with the president of Ukraine – a matter that led to the president’s impeachment last year.

Moderate Dems call impeachment ‘rock bottom,’ hope Congress can regroup

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday offered themselves up as the “antidote” to a bitterly divided Washington and pledged to continue to pass meaningful legislation after the impeachment saga.

Schumer says impeachment has ‘been a positive’ for Democrats

Posted on by Brooke Singman
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said impeachment has "been a positive” for Democrats, despite last week’s vote to acquit President Trump.

After impeachment acquittal, Senate advances another Trump court pick over Dem objections

Posted on by Tyler Olson
Minutes after Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled out President Trump's impeachment trial, which had consumed the Senate for almost three weeks, Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., got right back to what he's said is his top priority -- confirming judges. 

House impeachment managers say Trump, Senate permanently stained by trial

Posted on by Tyler Olson
The House impeachment managers for President Trump's now-completed trial in the Senate penned an op-ed Thursday arguing that Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate will be permanently stained by what they argued was an unfair process, leading to "not guilty" verdicts on both articles of impeachment. 

White House claims ‘full vindication’ after Trump acquittal, slams Romney as ‘failed’ candidate

Posted on by Andrew O'Reilly
The White House on Tuesday released a statement calling the Senate’s vote to acquit President Trump of the two articles of impeachment brought against him a “full vindication and exoneration.”