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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. 

Lev Parnas’ plan to show up at Trump’s Senate impeachment trial prompts even more confusion

Posted on by Gregg Re
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has been granted permission to attend the Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday -- but there are just a few small problems, Fox News has learned.

Feinstein stirs confusion with comments on impeachment vote

Posted on by Sam Dorman
A story in the Los Angeles Times caused an uproar on social media after it characterized comments from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to say she is leaning "toward acquitting Trump" -- causing the Democratic senator to fire back that the paper “misunderstood what I said.”

Trump defense team takes on Hunter Biden directly, as Dershowitz offers constitutional defense

Posted on by Gregg Re
Pam Bondi, in a methodical presentation Monday at President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, took the fight directly to Hunter Biden -- underscoring, again and again, how even media outlets with a left-wing "bias" questioned the younger Biden's lucrative service on the board of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings while his father oversaw Ukraine policy as vice president.

Republicans call Bolton leak Kavanaugh ‘2.0,’ as publisher denies coordination

Posted on by Tyler Olson
Republican defenders of President Trump on Monday likened the 11th-hour revelations that John Bolton's forthcoming book alleges a quid pro quo concerning the matter at the heart of impeachment to the bombshell allegations that surfaced near the end of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation proceedings -- as Bolton and his publishers adamantly denied coordinating with the media on the story. 

Nadler misses part of Senate impeachment trial because of wife’s pancreatic cancer

Posted on by Danielle Wallace
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., will skip out on part of the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump Monday in order to remain by his wife’s side as she battles pancreatic cancer.

Romney, Collins say Bolton claims strengthen case for witnesses in impeachment trial

Posted on by Tyler Olson
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said Monday it is more likely other Republicans will vote to hear witness testimony from former National Security Adviser John Bolton as part of impeachment proceedings following reports on new allegations in his forthcoming book -- as Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, also said the reports strengthened "the case for witnesses."