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Key impeachment witness sues Mike Pompeo over $1.8M in legal fees
Sondland alleges in the lawsuit that Pompeo had committed to reimburse his legal expenses after he was subpoenaed by House Democrats. Read more
Sondland alleges in the lawsuit that Pompeo had committed to reimburse his legal expenses after he was subpoenaed by House Democrats. Read more
Cassidy joined six other Senate Republicans in voting with Democrats on Feb. 13 to convict Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in an impeachment trial. Read more
They played dozens of out-of-context clips showing Democrats, some of them senators now serving as jurors, also telling supporters to “fight,” aiming to establish a parallel with Trump’s overheated rhetoric. Read more
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In videos, some posted to social media by rioters themselves, invaders talked about how they were doing it all for Trump. Read more
He is having trouble finding top-tier help when he might need it most. Read more
Trump is the first president to face an impeachment trial after leaving office and the first to be twice impeached. Read more
Senators in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial have agreed to consider the case, rejecting an attempt by the former president’s defense team and some Republican allies to halt the trial because he is no longer in office. Read more
Lawyers for the former president leveled a wide-ranging attack on the case, foreshadowing the claims they intend to present when arguments begin Tuesday. Read more
Hours after the letter was released, Trump adviser Jason Miller said that “the president will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding.” Read more
The legal brief forcefully linked Trump’s baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Read more
The 55-45 procedural vote to set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul puts the Senate on record as declaring the proceedings constitutional. Read more
President Donald Trump is predicting a GOP Senate victory in Alabama following Democrat Doug Jones’ vote at the impeachment trial. Read more
Trump, triumphantly waving a newspaper front page — “ACQUITTED” — declared the impeachment proceedings a “disgrace” and portrayed himself as a victim of political foes he labeled “scum,” “sleaze bags” and “horrible” people. Read more
Now, she’s leading House Democrats out of impeachment’s shadow, through regular legislative business and toward Election Day in November. Read more
President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal today in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history. Read more
He dismissed the argument of Trump’s defenders that the Senate should acquit the president and leave the judgment to voters in November. Read more
If there was any doubt where she stood, Hawaii U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono put it to rest with a speech on the Senate floor this morning in which she said President Donald Trump is a danger to the nation. Read more
In remarks on the Senate floor, Jones said the sum of the evidence produced “a picture of a president who has abused the great power of his office for personal gain, a picture of a president who has placed his personal interest well above the interest of the nation.” Read more
McConnell said the two impeachment charges against Trump are “constitutionally incoherent” and don’t “even approach a case for the first presidential removal in American history.” Read more
He calls the Senate’s refusal to call witnesses an “affront to the basic idea of a trial.” Read more
Key Republicans have decided the president’s actions do not rise to the level of impeachable offenses that warrant removal from office. Read more
