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Key swing-vote GOP Sen. Alexander comes out against witnesses ahead of pivotal impeachment trial vote

Posted on by Gregg Re
The Senate impeachment trial question-and-answer phase wrapped up Thursday night, setting up a pivotal vote Friday on whether or not to subpoena additional witnesses and documents, or to hold a final vote on whether to impeach or acquit President Trump -- and all indications are that the final roll call on the witness question will come down to the wire.

Biden opposed additional witnesses during Clinton impeachment trial

Posted on by Joseph Wulfsohn
Former Vice President Joe Biden opposed additional witnesses during the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, a revelation that may set back the efforts of Democrats to land former National Security Adviser John Bolton as a new witness in the ongoing impeachment trial of President Trump. 

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

Posted on 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.

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

Posted on 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 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. 

Dershowitz mounts unconventional defense of Trump as Senate impeachment trial enters new phase

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
President Trump's defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued Wednesday that a president can’t be impeached for using the levers of his power to stay in office, because he may believe his reelection is in the national public interest.

Chief Justice Roberts takes on new role in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial: Strict timekeeper

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Chief Justice John Roberts exerted his unique authority as a timekeeper Wednesday by cutting off long-winded answers from lawyers as President Trump’s impeachment trial heads into the question phase.

Democratic Sen. Manchin says Hunter Biden is ‘relevant witness’ for impeachment trial

Posted on by Tyler Olson
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., one of the most moderate Democrats in Washington, said Wednesday morning that he would be open to calling Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, as a witness in the impeachment trial of President Trump. 

Rep. Collins predicts bipartisan vote to acquit Trump in impeachment trial

Posted on by Tyler Olson
Republican Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, one of the numerous House members on President Trump's legal defense team, predicted Wednesday that the Senate will vote on a bipartisan basis to acquit the president.

Trump scorches Bolton, says ‘fired’ hawk would have started ‘World War Six’

Posted on by Tyler Olson
In a pair of white-hot tweets Wednesday morning, President Trump slammed John Bolton over the recent leak of details from his forthcoming book that complicated the president's ongoing impeachment trial -- and needled his former national security adviser over his notoriously hawkish reputation on foreign policy.