Senate Democrats lauded what they called a “masterful presentation” by the House impeachment managers — ones that were led on Thursday by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead manager, and Garcia. “They are pre-empting the president’s lawyers, who we know will make false arguments. And they are […]
Protester briefly disrupts impeachment trial
But that argument is in direct conflict with the Trump Justice Department’s own forceful arguments — some as recently as this month — that allowing courts to step into such battles between Congress and the White House would be an affront to the separation of powers. On Jan. 3, a […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Senate Republicans plan to pass impeachment trial rules giving both the White House counsel and House impeachment managers 24 hours over two days each to make opening arguments. That will be followed by 16 total hours of questions and answers, culminating […]
But Senate Republicans, led by Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and David Perdue of Georgia, countered that the House managers should proceed with the evidence they used to impeach Trump in the House. And Republicans echoed the White House line that the House impeachment hearings violated Trump’s right to due […]
The Trump plan, however, is also far from final. “We may break it up,” said one of the people close to the legal team. “We don’t know yet.” The House is due to issue its first formal trial brief later on Saturday, an exhaustive accounting of the evidence against Trump. […]
In their partisan opening resolution, Republicans are considering providing 24 hours of opening arguments to both the House impeachment managers and the White House counsel. If each team wants to use the full amount of hours, they may have to do so over as few as two days, potentially leading […]
Chief Justice John Roberts swears in for Trump impeachment trial
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Lee and Paul said last week they would also back Kaine’s resolution after some changes to its language. Lee announced his support after top Trump administration officials briefed lawmakers about the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, which the Utah Republican described as “the worst” he’d seen on a […]
