Category: fox-news/politics/senate

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."

Republican senator blasts Dems’ impeachment efforts as ‘odd political strategy’

Posted on by Andrew O'Reilly
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., blasted the House impeachment managers on Sunday for wanting to drag out President Trump’s trial, even while admitting that Republicans prefer to rush the trial to a conclusion.

Dershowitz changes his mind on impeachment requirements, argues crime must be committed

Posted on by Andrew O'Reilly
As President Trump’s impeachment trial moves into the defense phases, Alan Dershowitz on Sunday said that he has changed his mind on whether a crime is needed to remove a president from office in a reversal of his stance during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1999.