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Impeachment
3 Ways Trump Landed His Acquittal
By Brian Bennett
Mitt Romney’s Honorable Stand Reaffirmed the Wisdom of Impeaching Trump
By David French
The Dangerous Idea at the Heart of Trump's Acquittal
By Philip Bobbitt
Donald Trump Has Been Acquitted. But Our Government Has Never Seemed More Broken.
By Tessa Berenson and Alana Abramson
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Impeachment
'An Appalling Abuse of the Public Trust.' Read Mitt Romney's Speech on Voting to Convict Donald Trump
The Utah Senator called it "the most difficult decision I have ever faced"
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 5, 2020
Romney Breaks With Party, Votes to Convict Trump
President Donald Trump wanted universal Republican opposition to impeachment. Mitt Romney wouldn’t give it to him. Instead, he handed Democrats the gift of a bipartisan conviction. The Utah Senator and 2012 Republican Presidential nominee on...
By Alana Abramson
February 5, 2020
Trump Makes His Own Case to America
It’s Donald Trump’s moment to not screw up. As Trump wrapped up the final State of the Union address of his term on Tuesday, he was close to having survived impeachment, the greatest challenge to...
By Brian Bennett
February 4, 2020
Trump’s Acquittal Would Be a Dangerous Transfer of Power From Congress to the President
The central question built in to any form of government is how to control the government itself after we give it power over our lives. The Romans summed it up with a simple question, Quis...
By Angus King
February 4, 2020
As Impeachment Vote Nears, House Democrats and Trump Defense Get a Last Chance to Make Their Case in Trial
With the outcome all but decided, House managers and President Donald Trump’s defense lawyers stood before the Senate for what will almost certainly be the final time at the impeachment trial on Monday, advancing two...
By Tessa Berenson and Alana Abramson
February 3, 2020
GOP Blocks New Evidence in Impeachment Trial
In a 51-49 vote, Senate Republicans on Friday evening succeeded in blocking new witnesses and documents from being considered in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, paving the way for a likely speedy acquittal. Throughout the...
By Vera Bergengruen
January 31, 2020
Republicans Fall Into Line
President Donald Trump could be headed for a speedy acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial after Republicans secured assurances from two key lawmakers that they would not break with the party to request additional evidence...
By Alana Abramson and Vera Bergengruen
January 30, 2020
Why the Impeachment Fight Is About More Than Trump
As the Senate considers whether to remove Donald Trump from office, there's more at stake in his impeachment trial than just one man's political fate. The power of the presidency itself will expand or shrink...
By Tessa Berenson
January 30, 2020
Will He or Won't He? John Bolton's Potential Testimony Hangs Over First Day of Questions in Trump's Impeachment Trial
Senators had their first chance to ask questions of the prosecution and defense in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, and while their queries covered topics from executive privilege to American foreign policy, the outcome...
By Tessa Berenson and Vera Bergengruen
January 29, 2020
These Republican Senators May Decide Whether Trump's Impeachment Trial Includes New Witnesses
In order to call more witnesses — like John Bolton — four Republicans will need to break from McConnell and vote for Friday’s measure
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 29, 2020
If the Senate Doesn't Hold Trump Accountable, the Damage Will Go Far Beyond This Presidency
On Sunday morning, the President of the United States tweeted: “Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done...
By Joyce White Vance
January 29, 2020
GOP Divisions Up Stakes for Dems
The stakes just got higher for the Democratic lawmakers prosecuting the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. With fresh fractures emerging among Senate Republicans on whether new evidence should be allowed in the trial, the...
By Alana Abramson
January 28, 2020
Trump's Defense Team Wraps Up Impeachment Arguments
Donald Trump’s lawyers made their final pitch to the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, imploring senators to consider the stakes of removing a president from office for the first time in United States history and asking...
By Tessa Berenson
January 28, 2020
Bolton Book Tests Trump's Strategy
Donald Trump’s impeachment team began their second day of arguments less than 24 hours after revelations from John Bolton threatened to undermine key aspects of their defense. But Trump’s lawyers decided to plow ahead on...
By Tessa Berenson
January 27, 2020
After Book Leak, Republicans Face a Choice on Whom to Believe: President Trump or John Bolton?
For weeks, Senate Republican leaders have nursed a whisper campaign aimed at undermining the credibility of Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton, according to two senior leadership aides. The goal: keep the Congressional GOP...
By Vera Bergengruen and Philip Elliott
January 27, 2020
Trump's Impeachment Defense
Over the course of the two-hour presentation that kicked off a new phase in the trial, Trump's lawyers placed the government's summary of the phone call—which the President has long maintained was "perfect"—at the heart of their client's defense
By Tessa Berenson
January 25, 2020
Trump's Defense Begins
Jan. 25 marks the first time Trump's lawyers will formally lay out their defense
By Tessa Berenson
January 25, 2020
'If Truth Doesn't Matter, We're Lost.' Democrats Close Three Weighty Days Of Impeachment Arguments
Rep. Adam Schiff had just concluded the first hours-long stretch of opening arguments in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump Wednesday evening when he exited an elevator bank in the Capitol and received...
By Alana Abramson and Vera Bergengruen
January 24, 2020
Dems Invoke National Security During Impeachment
"I have news for everybody," Mick Mulvaney told the world on Oct. 17, weeks after House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. "Get over it. There is going to be political...
By Alana Abramson
January 23, 2020
Democrats Battle Impeachment Fatigue
It was one of the most high-stakes moments in a dramatic impeachment process. After weeks of debate and speculation, House Democrats were finally taking the stage to formally make the case that the Senate should...
By Vera Bergengruen
January 22, 2020
An Uphill Battle for Dems
Over the long weekend, House impeachment managers huddled in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in the heart of the Capitol, hammering out the strategy to make their case against President Donald Trump on the Senate...
By Alana Abramson
January 22, 2020
How the Trump Impeachment Trial Rules Compare to Clinton's Trial
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began in earnest on Tuesday
By Mahita Gajanan
January 21, 2020
On 'Technical Crimes' and Impeachable Offenses, Trump Senate Trial Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Says He's Never Been Wrong, But Is 'Far More Correct Right Now'
Dershowitz said his position during the Clinton impeachment was not "wrong," but his position on the issue is just "far more correct now.
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 21, 2020
The Constitutional Question
Democrats and the White House traded opening shots in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial over the holiday weekend, with each side accusing the other of attempting to subvert the 2020 election. But beneath the heated...
By Tessa Berenson
January 20, 2020
John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think. But Will He Use It?
The Constitution is, in many respects, vague. And no part of our founding charter has more gaps than the impeachment clauses. At the time of drafting of the Constitution, the colonists were still recovering from...
By Martin London
January 20, 2020
White House Broke the Law by Freezing Ukraine Aid: Watchdog
The White House broke the law when it withheld U.S. security aid to Ukraine that had already been appropriated by Congress last year, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office reported on Thursday. “Faithful execution of the...
By Vera Bergengruen
January 16, 2020
Parnas Says Trump Knew About Campaign to Pressure Ukraine
The Ukrainian-American businessman alleged that the President "knew exactly what was going on”
By Vera Bergengruen
January 15, 2020
Hakeem Jeffries Moves to Center Stage as Impeachment Manager
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is getting his turn in the spotlight. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that the 49-year-old former corporate lawyer and self-proclaimed hip-hop afficionado would serve as one of the impeachment managers...
By Alana Abramson
January 15, 2020
Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers
These seven lawmakers will essentially serve as prosecutors in the Senate trial on President Donald Trump's removal
By Madeleine Carlisle and Alana Abramson
January 15, 2020
Senate Impeachment Trial Begins: What to Know
We read hundreds of pages about procedure so you don't have to
By Alana Abramson and Philip Elliott
January 14, 2020
Path Forward on Impeachment
Pelosi's announcement comes approximately three weeks after the House voted to impeach President Trump
By Alana Abramson
January 10, 2020
Impeachment Standoff Could Be Coming to a Close
In an interview with TIME, Pelosi said once McConnell releases the rules, she's willing to move forward even if she didn’t agree with them.
By Alana Abramson , Philip Elliott and Molly Ball
January 9, 2020
Why Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump
From impeachment to Iran, the House Speaker is taking on President Trump
By Molly Ball
January 9, 2020
Senators Brace for Divisive Debates
As the Senate regrouped this week, lawmakers knew they were not heading into another languid session of confirming judges and bureaucrats. With an impeachment trial looming, a debate about the President’s war powers raging and...
By Philip Elliott
January 7, 2020
Bolton's Offer to Testify Tests McConnell's Power
In the Senate these days, any four Republicans with an independent streak could wield more power than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell if they chose to exercise it together. So far, no four have synced...
By Philip Elliott
January 7, 2020
Bolton’s Offer to Give Impeachment Testimony Catches Congress, White House By Surprise
In a surprise move, former national security adviser John Bolton on Monday said he would be willing to testify in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump if he is subpoenaed. “Based on careful...
By Vera Bergengruen
January 6, 2020
Joe Biden Reverses Course on Potential Trump Impeachment Subpoena
“I would obey any subpoena that was sent to me.”
By Sanya Mansoor
December 28, 2019
An Unfair Senate Impeachment Trial Won't Exonerate Trump
Imagine this scenario in a courtroom: The prosecutor and defense lawyer speak to the judge in advance of a trial for an attempted bank robbery. The indictment, voted on by the grand jury, recites that...
By Joyce White Vance
December 23, 2019
Trump to Be Removed, Says Leading Evangelical Magazine
'We are playing with a stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence'
By Tara Law
December 19, 2019
What's Next for President Donald Trump? Here's What Happens in a Senate Impeachment Trial
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump became the third President in U.S. history to be impeached. The House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The vote was nearly...
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 19, 2019
Why Democrats Have Avoided Invoking Impeachment in Facebook Ads — Even Though Trump Has Raised Millions Doing Just That
It was always a gamble. When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi let slip the forces of impeachment in late September, it was inevitable that the lumbering pace of subpoenas, hearings and refusals to cooperate by the...
By Chris Wilson
December 19, 2019
Democrats Hit Pause on Moving Impeachment Senate
Less than a day after the House voted to impeach President Trump, Nancy Pelosi made a stunning declaration, saying she would withhold passing a resolution to advance the articles of impeachment until she was assured the Senate would give it a fair trial
By Philip Elliott
December 19, 2019
These Reps Broke Party Lines on Impeachment
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard voted “present”
By Amy Gunia
December 19, 2019
How House Republicans Stayed Unified on Impeachment
In the heat of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made sure he checked in with his Republican colleague and longtime friend, Florida lawmaker Francis Rooney. Democrats were rushing...
By Alana Abramson
December 18, 2019
Trump Is Impeached. Now the Battle Intensifies
In a historic rebuke, the House of Representatives formally impeached President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday evening on charges that he abused the power of his office for domestic political advantage and subsequently obstructed Congress’...
By Alana Abramson and Philip Elliott
December 18, 2019
Why Impeachment Could Make Trump's Presidency Stronger
President Donald Trump still gets incensed when clips of impeachment proceedings flip up on the flat screen TV in his private dining room off the Oval Office. He still drops an occasional F-bomb about being...
By Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson
December 17, 2019
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