Sen. Lisa Murkowski, swing-vote Republican, says she ‘cannot vote to convict’ Trump

Posted on February 3, 2020 by FOX News

Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, considered one of the swing votes in the impeachment trial, announced on the Senate floor Monday night that she "cannot vote to convict" President Trump.

Manchin, swing-vote Dem, urges censure over removal for Trump’s Ukraine actions

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Gregg Re

Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, speaking on the Senate floor about the impeachment efforts Monday, urged his colleagues to formally censure President Trump -- saying that while the president's dealings with both Ukraine and Congress were "simply wrong," he is "struggling" over whether to vote to convict and remove him from office and potentially "tear the country apart."

Ken Starr references Deflategate, Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal in Trump defense arguments

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Tyler Olson

Ken Starr, one of President Trump's lawyers, compared House Democrats' handling of impeachment to two of the most prominent cheating scandals in recent American sports history.

Trump impeachment trial nears end with closing arguments

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Ronn Blitzer

The impeachment trial of President Trump drew closer toward its almost-inevitable conclusion Monday, with Democratic House impeachment managers and Trump’s defense team presenting closing arguments on the Senate floor.

Trump, in Super Bowl interview with Sean Hannity, predicts fall of Pelosi: ‘Radical left is gonna take over’

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Gregg Re

In an exclusive interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity during the Super Bowl LIV pregame show, President Trump said the State of the Union would go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday -- just a day before the Senate is set to acquit him after a months-long impeachment process.

Schiff on Senate impeachment trial: Nothing Dems could have done differently

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the lead House impeachment manager, said on Sunday that he believes the Democrats “proved” their case against President Trump and that there was nothing they could have done differently.

Dershowitz: Pelosi, House Dems didn’t impeach Trump for a ‘legitimate crime’

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

One of the lawyers representing President Trump in his impeachment trial said it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats’ fault for failing to charge Trump with an impeachable offense while praising the Senate for rejecting a call for more witnesses in the trial.

GOP senator says Trump was ‘wrong’ to withhold Ukraine aid, but action was ‘long way from treason’

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Andrew O'Reilly

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said that President Trump delaying almost $400 million in aid to Ukraine in an attempt to force the country to investigate the Bidens was “crossing the line,” he doesn’t believe that it met the constitutional threshold for impeachment.

Senate impeachment punt sets up jampacked, unprecedented week in Washington

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Marisa Schultz

The GOP-led Senate may have blocked new witnesses from testifying, but a deal struck with Democrats to delay the ultimate impeachment acquittal vote of President Trump until Wednesday sets up a wild week ahead in politics.

CPAC declares Mitt Romney ‘NOT invited’ after Senate impeachment witness vote

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Sam Dorman

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) made clear on Friday that Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who formerly won the event's straw poll in 2012, would not be welcome at the conference in February -- an apparent response to the senator's refusal to follow his party in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.