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January 31, 2020

Dem leaders signal they won’t accept Trump acquittal as legitimate

Democrats signaled in the run-up to the looming conclusion of President Trump's impeachment proceedings that they'll simply refuse to accept his all-but-certain acquittal because his "sham" trial lacked proper witnesses and evidence. 

January 29, 2020

Lev Parnas makes a scene at impeachment trial, telling senators: 'Call me'

President Trump's impeachment trial continued Wednesday with a media spectacle as Lev Parnas, an indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, showed up at the Capitol volunteering himself as a trial witness to senators.

January 29, 2020

David Bossie: In Trump impeachment trial, Senate Republicans should block testimony by Bolton and others

President Trump’s defense team in his Senate impeachment trial rested its case Tuesday after a forceful, convincing and professional presentation of the facts that showed the president committed no crime and did absolutely nothing rising to the level of an impeachable offense.

January 28, 2020

Rand Paul blasts 'scurrilous' Schumer for defaming Trump family: 'They ought to sue him'

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that President Trump's children should sue Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for defamation of character after he accused both them and their father of illegally making money off of politics. 

January 24, 2020

GOP senator says Schumer using impeachment as tool to become majority leader

Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso on Friday accused Sen. Chuck Schumer of using the impeachment trial of President Trump as a cudgel against swing-state Republican senators to further his aspiration to serve as Senate majority leader.

January 22, 2020

Michael Goodwin: Dems' handling of Senate impeachment trial must have Founding Fathers rolling in their graves

Schumer picked up exactly where the House left off, injecting venom into every sentence and inflating his accusations far beyond what is contained in the actual articles of impeachment.

January 22, 2020

Schumer says impeachment trial starting under ‘cloud of unfairness’

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that President Trump’s impeachment trial begins under a “cloud of unfairness,” after the GOP-led Senate rejected all 11 of his amendments to allow for witnesses and documents in a marathon late-night session.

January 22, 2020

Chief Justice Roberts admonishes both sides at Senate impeachment trial, after marathon session erupts into shouting match

An ongoing, marathon first day in the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump erupted into a shouting match well after midnight early Wednesday morning, as Trump's legal team unloaded on Democratic impeachment manager Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. -- in an exchange that prompted a bleary-eyed Chief Justice John Roberts to sternly admonish both sides for misconduct in the chamber.

January 22, 2020

Tucker Carlson: Even if Trump's Senate impeachment trial ends quickly, Democrats may never stop

Democrats like Maxine Waters have vowed to continue to try to get President Trump out of office, even after impeachment fails.

January 21, 2020

Rep. Andy Biggs: Flawed Trump impeachment articles should be dismissed by Senate, ending his trial

As the impeachment trial of President Trump got underway in the Senate Tuesday, it was obvious that House Democrats can’t present a plausible case for removing the duly elected president from office. As a result, justice requires that the Senate should simply dismiss the two badly flawed articles of impeachment against the president and move on to more important business.