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January 21, 2020

CNN's Joe Lockhart mocked for calling on Twitter to investigate Cruz for tweeting during impeachment trial

CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart was the butt of the joke on Twitter for sounding the alarms on Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., for tweeting during the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. 

January 21, 2020

Rush Limbaugh says Democrats are 'looking for four Jeff Flakes' in Trump Senate impeachment trial

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that part of the Democrats' strategy during President Trump's Senate impeachment trial is to find "four Jeff Flakes" within the Republican caucus to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposed rules for the trial.

January 21, 2020

Schiff, on floor at Senate impeachment trial, quietly fumes at Trump lawyers' allegations

President Trump's lawyers invoked Rep. Adam Schiff’s name over and over again on Tuesday, accusing him of hiding documents, conducting an unfair impeachment inquiry and fabricating the text of the July 25 phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine.

January 21, 2020

Alan Dershowitz: 'I retract' 1998 claim no 'technical crime' required for impeachment

Member of President Trump's impeachment defense team, Alan Dershowitz, sought to set the record straight on Twitter Tuesday regarding statements he made about former President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in 1998. 

January 21, 2020

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin praises Schiff, Dems: 'I don't want to sound like a partisan,' but they've been 'so much better'

CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin showered House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif, and other Democrats with praise over their handling of the impeachment trial, declaring they're "so much better" than President Trump's defense team. 

January 21, 2020

Dana Perino: Schumer risks losing public, Senate interest with amendments to Trump impeachment trial

"The Five" host Dana Perino said Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. risks losing the public's -- and the U.S. Senate's -- attention if he continues to offer "amendments" to debate and then vote on in regard to the parameters of the Trump impeachment trial.

January 21, 2020

Trump lawyer needles 2020 Dems on Senate floor: 'You should be in Iowa right now'

President Trump’s lead attorney took a shot Tuesday at the Democratic senators who have been forced to take time off the campaign trail, as they vie for their party’s presidential nomination, in order to attend the Senate impeachment trial.

January 21, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: How both sides in Trump impeachment trial are undermining their own cases

Both sides in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump are undermining their cases with their lofty rhetoric, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said Tuesday.

January 21, 2020

Chris Wallace: Mitch McConnell 'backed down' at the last minute in dispute over trial rules

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to change the rules surrounding President Trump's impeachment trial at the last minute indicates concerns from some Republican senators over the original framework, Chris Wallace argued Tuesday.

January 21, 2020

Schumer unveils amendment listing documents he wants for Senate impeachment trial

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., released the text of his amendment to the Senate's impeachment rules that would subpoena a wide variety of documents from the White House before House impeachment managers begin their opening statement.