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December 16, 2019

Schumer panned Clinton impeachment testimony as ‘theater,’ now seeks 4 witnesses in Trump trial

During former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial in 1999, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., roundly dismissed the importance of witness testimony -- he's now taking a different view toward Trump.

December 15, 2019

John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney included in Senate Dems' wish list for impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Sunday sent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a letter outlining the parameters for a weekslong Senate impeachment trial, including the proposal that former National Security Adviser John Bolton and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney be subpoenaed to testify.

December 14, 2019

Trump attacks 'Cryin' Chuck Schumer after senator said US 'sold out' on China deal

President Trump forcefully denounced Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Saturday, apparently responding to the senator's criticism of Trump's trade negotiations with China.

December 9, 2019

Graham slams FBI methods after Horowitz report, says probe plunged into 'criminal enterprise'

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday slammed the FBI investigation into President Trump’s 2016 campaign as a “criminal enterprise” that got off the rails.

December 6, 2019

Martha MacCallum presses former Schumer aide about Trump quid pro quo claim

A former aide to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. maintained that President Trump was trying to hold up defense aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into political rival Joe Biden.

October 22, 2019

Schumer warns Trump's Syria move puts 'homeland in danger'

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned that President Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria "puts Americans here in the homeland in danger," he said Tuesday. 

October 17, 2019

Pelosi, Schumer say Trump 'is flailing' after cease-fire deal

Pelosi and Schumer released a statement Thursday saying President Trump is "flailing" in light of his decision to reverse sanctions against Turkey in exchange for a “sham” ceasefire. They asserted this would undermine American credibility and send a “dangerous message” to both allies and adversaries that the American word cannot be trusted. 

October 17, 2019

Top Democrat says Trump was 'not in a good mood' before Pelosi White House walkout

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., told Fox News Thursday that President Trump's mood soured a White House meeting on Syria that was capped by a walkout from three top congressional Democrats.

October 17, 2019

Kevin McCarthy: Top Democrats who walked out of White House meeting just 'infatuated' with impeachment

The top Republican in the House of Representatives gave his account of a White House meeting wherein House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. walked out.

October 16, 2019

Dems storm out of Syria meeting with Trump: 'We have to pray for his health'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced at a news conference outside the White House on Wednesday that they had just walked out of a meeting with President Trump on Syria policy, after he apparently called Pelosi a "third-rate politician" and angrily suggested the Democrats probably appreciated communist Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East.