Trump Impeachment - Page 88

January 30, 2020

Kennedy: John Bolton 'can't be a patriot and a compromiser at the same time'

"The Five" discussed the ongoing topic of whether witnesses should be called in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump Thursday and whether or not a resurfaced interview of former National Security Adviser John Bolton exonerates the president from claims Bolton reportedly made in the manuscript of his forthcoming book.

January 30, 2020

CNN anchor John King says Republicans make 'legitimate point' about whistleblower

CNN anchor John King defended Republicans on Thursday, arguing they made a "legitimate point" in asking why the intelligence community whistleblower -- who brought the complaint that prompted Trump's impeachment -- hadn't been questioned.

January 30, 2020

Schiff decries 'disgraceful' question after GOP asks about aide, alleged whistleblower

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., slammed an impeachment trial question by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., about the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint led to the investigation into President Trump, calling it “disgraceful” in a tense moment Thursday on the Senate floor.

January 30, 2020

Sen. Pat Toomey: Impeachment trial becoming a 'partisan attempt to discredit' Trump in an election year

Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., told Fox News on Thursday he was "absolutely certain that we don't need witnesses" as the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump built toward a dramatic vote on that issue.

January 30, 2020

Harvard law professors Dershowitz, Tribe square off over Trump impeachment defense

Renowned Harvard law professors Alan Dershowitz and Laurence Tribe traded jabs this week as the former defended President Trump from Democratic attempts to remove him from office.

January 30, 2020

Hogan Gidley: 'Not aware' of any White House effort to block Bolton's book

White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Thursday that he is “not aware of any effort” by the Trump administration to stop former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s book from being published.

January 30, 2020

Sen. Rand Paul fumes after Chief Justice Roberts refuses his whistleblower question

Chief Justice John Roberts shut down a question Thursday from Sen. Rand Paul that mentioned the name of the alleged Ukraine whistleblower, prompting Paul to storm out of the impeachment trial and hold an impromptu press conference to read the question anyway. 

January 30, 2020

Ben Domenech: Dems have 'botched' impeachment and have no path forward

The Democratic Party has completely "botched" the wrapping impeachment trial against President Trump, "The Federalist" Publisher Ben Domenech said Thursday.

January 30, 2020

Sen. Paul & Rep. Gaetz: In Trump's Senate impeachment trial Dems are the ones abusing power

Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of using the government to go after his political opponents, yet they are doing the very same thing right now on the floor of the U.S. Senate. 

January 30, 2020

Sen. Perdue hopes Senate will vote on impeachment articles Friday: 'We've heard all the evidence'

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., on Thursday said he hopes a vote on the impeachment articles happens Friday due to the House Democrats “failing” to prove that the charges “rise to the level of impeachment."