by Jim Heath | Feb 4, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The House today asked Donald Trump to testify under oath next week as part of the former president’s second impeachment trial in the Senate. In a letter to Trump, the House’s lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Trump’s testimony was necessary...
by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Former President Trump abruptly changed his legal team over the weekend, underscoring his difficulties in putting together a strong defense just a week before his impeachment trial is to begin. Trump announced late Sunday that his legal defense will be led by...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
Former President Trump can be convicted in an impeachment trial for his role in inciting the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 even though he is no longer in office, a bipartisan group of constitutional law scholars wrote in a letter today. “We differ from one another in...
by Jim Heath | Jan 13, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The House today impeached President Trump for “incitement of insurrection,” as the defeated president becomes only the second in American history to face this level of indictment twice. The House undertook the action just one week after Trump incited a mob of...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Impeachment, Inauguration, Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Trump will make it easier to get rid of the President and Trumpism from the Republican Party, The New York Times reports there’s a reason McConnell has been silent on...
