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Trump rates his legal team’s performance in Senate impeachment trial

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
A pleased President Trump views his lawyers’ forceful two-hour defense presentation Saturday as a “mandate to end” the impeachment trial swiftly, sources familiar with Trump’s thinking told Fox News.

Schiff refers to CBS ‘head on pike’ story, infuriating GOP: ‘Every one of us knows it is not true’

Posted on by Brie Stimson
Senate Republicans -- including potential swing-voters -- expressed outrage Friday after lead House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., referred in his closing remarks at President Trump's Senate impeachment trial to a report that GOP members were told they'd face dire consequences if they voted to convict the president.

Nadler calls Trump a ‘dictator’ as Dems wrap opening arguments in Senate impeachment trial

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
The Democrats prosecuting the case against President Trump in the Senate impeachment trial wrapped up three exhausting days of opening statements Friday evening, insisting the president tried to “cheat” in the 2020 election through his dealings with Ukraine and, therefore, should be removed from office.

New Ukraine charges fly amid Giuliani ‘evidence,’ secret Trump tape

Posted on by Brooke Singman
The Ukraine saga took several new turns in the thick of Senate impeachment proceedings on Friday, as reports surfaced of a private recording of President Trump venting about his since-ousted Ukraine ambassador, and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani made a litany of accusations about the Biden family’s dealings in the country. 

Senators play with fidget spinners, stress balls to pass time during impeachment

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Stuck in the chamber for hours on end without cell phones or laptops, senators have turned to fidget spinners, books, yoga techniques and an array of snacks to stay alert during the impeachment trial of President Trump.

Sekulow accuses Schiff of taking Hamilton quote out of context in Trump impeachment trial

Posted on by Tyler Olson
One of the lawyers on President Trump's impeachment trial defense team, Jay Sekulow, charged that Democratic members of Congress were taking a quote from Alexander Hamilton out of context as they tried to lay out the standard for removing a president from office.

Trump’s Senate impeachment trial: GOP leadership tries to avoid defections on possible witness vote

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Senate GOP leaders are trying to avoid defections in an anticipated vote next week on whether or not to allow for new witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial and remain in close talks with those potential swing votes, according to Republican aides.

Dem impeachment witness Vindman unloads on Blackburn as Dems wrap 3rd day of Trump’s trial

Posted on by Gregg Re
As the third day of the ongoing impeachment trial of President Trump wrapped up and some senators played with fidget spinners, most of the drama was elsewhere -- with one Democratic witnesses accusing a Republican senator of "defamation" and "slander," and Republicans vowing to highlight alleged corruption by Hunter Biden.

Democrats, in impeachment trial arguments, charge that Trump’s conduct was worse than Nixon’s

Posted on by Marisa Schultz
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler Thursday accused President Trump of putting his own personal interests above national security and American democracy and charged that Trump is the only president in history to violate his oath of office so flagrantly.

Schiff warns of Russian attack on US mainland, as Day 2 of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial concludes

Posted on by Gregg Re
House Democrats launched into lengthy arguments that broke little ground, if any, in President Trump's impeachment trial Wednesday -- as the head impeachment manager, California Rep. Adam Schiff, suggested that Russians could attack the U.S. and insisted that removing Trump from office was necessary because the integrity of the 2020 election could not be "assured."