The first day of the Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump begins Tuesday afternoon as Democrats hope to build an emotional case tying the former president directly to the January 6 Capitol riot. The end goal, as they have said, is a conviction in the Senate and permanent disqualification from ever running for office again.
A majority of Americans want to see the Senate convict former President Donald Trump, a CBS News/YouGov survey released Tuesday found.
Tuesday ahead of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called on senators to “rise to the occasion to defeat authoritarianism.”
PBS correspondent and MSNBC political contributor Yamiche Alcindor said Tuesday during the network’s coverage of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump that the comparison expected by Trump’s legal team of speeches given by Democrats to Trump’s on January 6 is not valid because those speeches did not result in a deadly riot.
On Monday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Donald Trump’s impeachment, which is set to be underway on Tuesday.
Monday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) slammed congressional Democrats’ effort to impeach former President Donald Trump, which is set to begin later on Tuesday.
Tuesday, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) sounded off on the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump for the riot at the U.S. Capitol last month.
A giddy Debra Messing hyped the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump in an Instagram conversation with attorney and frequent MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal during which they took turns declaring the former president unequivocally guilty.
“Let us stop pouring salt in the wounds of America for no reason at all.” – Jamie Raskin, Lead House impeachment manager, January 7.
Democrats reiterated Monday a threat to punish former President Donald Trump for not testifying at the impeachment trial in the Senate, which begins Tuesday.
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) predicted Monday on MSNBC that many Republican Senators will vote to convict President Donald Trump after the House managers present their impeachment case, but the final tally will fall short of the 17 needed.
Left-wing actress and Democratic Party activist Alyssa Milano is hosting an impeachment call on the eve of the Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, where she is expected to discuss why it is essential that U.S. senators both convict Trump and disqualify him from being able to run for office ever again — a primary objective previously outlined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team makes the case that the Democrat effort to impeach him is unconstitutional and violates his First Amendment right to free speech.
Meghan McCain told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that reports of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) asking Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to apologize for voting to impeach former President Donald Trump concerned her because it is a “losing strategy.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) repeated the sentiments of his GOP colleagues on Sunday and explained the outcome of the Senate impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump, which is slated to begin Tuesday, is “really not in doubt.” He predicted it will result in an acquittal as Democrats appear to lack support from enough Republicans to convict him.
Fifty-two percent of U.S. adults surveyed ahead of the impeachment trial favor the Senate convicting former President Trump, a Gallup poll released Monday indicated.
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Velshi” denied she glorified or encouraged violence against Republicans.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said former President Donald Trump’s tweet sent out during the riot on Capitol Hill on January 6 was enough evidence to convict Trump of incitement.
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) said Sunday on CNN’s”State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump’s impeachment was “clearly constitutional.”
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said on Sunday’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that there is a “massive criminal investigation underway” into former President Donald Trump’s role in inciting the deadly riot at Capitol Hill on January 6.
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chair. said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that former President Donald Trump did “not have a role as the leader of our party going forward.”
Friday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz explained why some of the tactics used by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), one of the House managers in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment proceedings, were not grounded in a constitutional basis, and were “political theater,” as he put it.
CNN anchors Don Lemon, and Chris Cuomo defended Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) emotional telling of her experience during the deadly riots at Capitol Hill on January 6.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) was censured Wednesday by the La Salle County Republican Central Committee over his decision to vote in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump.
Former President Donald Trump will not testify in the U.S. Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial, defense attorney Bruce Castor told NBC News.
House Democrats have requested that former President Donald Trump testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, according to a letter sent to Trump from House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) received criticism from his constituents during a townhall meeting Wednesday, where he tried to explain his vote to impeach former President Trump.
House Republican Conference chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) survived a leadership challenge Wednesday night after most Republicans voted to keep her as the third-ranking House Republican.
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Wednesday defended her decision to vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, telling colleagues in a closed-door meeting, “I won’t apologize for the vote.”
In an interview with NPR on Tuesday former CIA operative Robert Grenier compared Trump to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Over 370 Democrat aides banned together and signed an open letter to members of the Senate on Wednesday, begging them to convict former President Trump for inciting an “attack on our workplace.”
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that former President Donald Trump should “absolutely be charged with premeditated murder” for inciting the deadly riots on Capitol Hill on January 6.
Axios.com reported Tuesday evening that House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is lobbying to be appointed Attorney General of California by Gov. Gavin Newsom, replacing Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday defended House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the congresswoman continues to face blowback for voting to impeach President Donald Trump over last month’s U.S. Capitol riot.
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that it was “a very direct threat to our country’s security” if as a result of a Senate conviction President Donald Trump “is not disqualified from running for office again.”
During an appearance on Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) discussed the Senate’s upcoming impeachment of former President Donald Trump, who has been out of office for almost two weeks now.
Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that President Donald Trump supporters who believed his tweets and public comments that former Vice President Mike Pence or Congress could have overturned the 2020 presidential election results on January 6 needed to learn “basic civics” and stop “worshipping personality.”
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) has now been censured by Republican Parties in ten Wyoming counties and that number could continue to climb, according to the Casper Star-Tribune.
Trump’s lawyers argue the impeachment trial is unconstitutional, and that the House’s factual claims against the former president are false.
Monday on FNC’s “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized the merits of the impeachment articles brought against former President Donald Trump for allegations of incitement.
