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Why Impeachment Failed

Posted on February 3, 2020 by David Harsanyi
House Democrats rushed through a botched process and then complained bitterly and endlessly that Senate Republicans wouldn’t do their work for them.
Posted in Democrats, Donald Trump, Impeachment, Politics & Policy, Republicans, Senate, U.S., White House

Senate Rejects Efforts to Call Additional Impeachment Witnesses in 51-49 Vote

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Tobias Hoonhout
The Senate voted Friday evening to decline the calling of additional witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, turning down Democratic-led efforts with a 51-49 vote and setting up a likely vote to acquit the president.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, Politics & Policy, Senate, White House

NYT Editorial Board Member Compares GOP Opposition to Impeachment to the Defense of Jim Crow

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Mairead McArdle
Mara Gay of the New York Times editorial board on Thursday compared Republicans's behavior during the impeachment trial of President Trump to twentieth century politicians' defense of the Jim Crow South.
Posted in GOP, Impeachment, Media, MSNBC, New York Times, Politics & Policy, Republicans, White House

Rubio Explains ‘Political Judgment’ in Impeachment Vote: ‘Voters Themselves Can Hold the President Accountable’

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Tobias Hoonhout
Senator Marco Rubio released a statement ahead of the Senate’s Friday vote on calling impeachment witnesses.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, Marco Rubio, White House

Murkowski to Vote ‘No’ on Calling Witnesses, Likely Ensuring Swift End to Impeachment Trial

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Zachary Evans
Murkowski is the second Republican who was considered a swing vote to come out against the admission of witnesses in the impeachment trial.
Posted in Politics & Policy, White House

There Is No Strict Legal Test of Impeachment

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Andrew C. McCarthy
On impeachment, the dispositive issue is always whether the acts in question are justifiable. If they are, a president cannot properly be impeached.
Posted in Alan Dershowitz, Constitution, Donald Trump, Impeachment, U.S., White House

Biden Claims Trump’s Trial is ‘Not a Partisan Impeachment’ While Clinton’s Was

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Tobias Hoonhout
Biden, speaking from Iowa, was challenged in an interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos over comments he had made in Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial.
Posted in Bill Clinton, Democrats, Donald Trump, Impeachment, joe biden, Republicans, White House

GOP Sen. Lamar Jackson, a Pivotal Swing-Vote, Comes Out against Calling Witnesses

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Zachary Evans
Alexander concluded that Trump's actions were "inappropriate," but that impeachment wasn't the answer.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, Law & the Courts, Politics & Policy, White House

Cipollone, Schiff Spar over Alleged Whistleblower-House Intel Coordination on Impeachment

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Tobias Hoonhout
Schiff was prompted by Sen. Ron Johnson and others asking about Schiff’s reported hiring of a contact of the whistleblower one day after President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Posted in Adam Schiff, Impeachment, Politics & Policy, Senate, White House

Pelosi: Trump ‘Cannot Be Acquitted’ Unless Senate Votes to Call Witnesses

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mairead McArdle
Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Trump 'cannot be acquitted' in his impeachment trial unless senators vote to introduce more evidence.
Posted in Donald Trump, Impeachment, Nancy Pelosi, White House

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