Trump Impeachment - Page 49

January 13, 2021

Trump 'would have standing to challenge' his impeachment trial: Turley

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that President Trump “would have standing to challenge” his impeachment trial potentially taking place after he is no longer in office “and the court could rule on it.”

January 13, 2021

GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse says he will vote to impeach Trump

Rep. Dan Newhouse became the sixth Republican to say that they will vote to impeach President Trump on Wednesday afternoon as debate raged in the House over an impeachment article accusing the president of inciting an insurrection. 

January 13, 2021

Lindsey Graham warns rushed impeachment ‘will become a threat to future presidents’

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina – one of President Trump’s closest allies in the Senate – is warning that impeaching Trump over his comments before last week’s attack on the Capitol is a "rushed process" that will "become a threat to future presidents."

January 13, 2021

These House Republicans support Trump's impeachment

A handful of House Republicans have said they will vote to impeach President Trump on Wednesday.

January 13, 2021

Pelosi denounces Trump as 'clear and present danger' in impeachment push: 'He must go'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on members of Congress to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of being a danger to the republic who needed to be removed.

January 13, 2021

Senate won’t reconvene early to start impeachment trial before Trump leaves office: McConnell spokesman

With President Trump likely set on Wednesday to become the only president ever impeached twice, Democrats were pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to invoke a 2004 resolution that could bring the Senate back quickly for what would essentially be an emergency session to begin the impeachment trial for Trump as soon as possible.

January 13, 2021

House nears final impeachment vote as GOP splinters over rebuke to president

As the House of Representatives is on the verge of impeaching President Trump for the second time, Republicans in both chambers of Congress are split on whether or not to support the effort in the tumultuous final days of the Trump presidency. 

January 13, 2021

Andy McCarthy: Trump’s conduct is impeachable, but impeachment trial should not be rushed

Former U.S. Attorney Andy McCarthy says Trump’s statements leading up to the Capitol riot could be considered “impeachable conduct,” but he is cautioning Congress against speeding through impeachment proceedings.

January 13, 2021

In breaking with Trump, Pence does ‘what he believes in,’ strategist says

After breaking with his boss last week and certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence this week quickly shot down a push by House Democrats urging him to invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to remove Trump from the presidency.

January 13, 2021

Flashback: Nadler's Clinton impeachment comments from 1998 surface as he leads Trump efforts

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is pushing for President Trump to be impeached just days before his term ends, despite warning years ago about "divisiveness and bitterness" during the 1998 Clinton impeachment hearings.