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10 million signatures urging Trump impeachment delivered to Congress

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 10 07:57 AM

WASHINGTON - Two House Democrats on Thursday joined activists at the US Capitol who presented Congress with signatures of 10 million people calling on lawmakers to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Read more »

Trump says US Congress 'can't impeach' him

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 09:59 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress "can't impeach" him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation. Read more »

Pelosi says Trump 'just not worth' impeaching

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 06:45 AM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, America's most powerful Democrat, said in remarks published Monday that she does not support impeaching Donald Trump, arguing the Republican president is "just not worth it."   Read more »

OPINION: A Filipino view of Trump cornered and unravelling

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Mar 02 03:48 PM

Pres. Donald J. Trump is cornered and hemmed in, with the noose tightening. In a House that is not beholden to and not under the control of  their President, you can be sure that impeachment is in the horizon.    Read more »

'Without precedent:' Donald Trump drama enters Act Two

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 12:36 PM

The uniqueness of the 45th US president extends to his pride in his brazenly unconventional persona. Donald Trump doesn't just admit to a litany of flaws and actions that would sink an ordinary politician. He delights in them. Read more »

Trump says he is not concerned about being impeached, defends payments to women

Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 09:25 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to two women did not violate campaign finance laws. Read more »

House panel OKs report dismissing impeach rap vs anti-Sereno justices

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 11:57 AM

The House Justice Committee has approved the committee report and resolution dismissing the impeachment complaints against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro and 6 other Supreme Court justices who backed the quo warranto petition that ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Read more »

Palace unfazed by impeach threat vs Duterte over foreign intel on critics

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:15 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday shrugged off an opposition lawmaker’s threat to file another impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte over his supposed acceptance of intelligence information from a foreign country. Read more »

Duterte posibleng ma-impeach sa 'paniniktik' sa mga kritiko: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 09:34 PM

Babala ng eksperto, maaaring basehan ito ng pagpapatalsik kay Pangulong Duterte dahil tila nakipagsabwatan siya sa ibang bansa upang tiktikan ang mga kritiko. Read more »

Alejano mulls fresh impeach raps vs Duterte over foreign intel on critics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:56 PM

MANILA - Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday floated the idea of lodging a fresh impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte after he claimed that foreign intelligence supplied him information about his critics.  Read more »

Arroyo influenced junking of impeachment raps vs SC justices, lawmaker says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 10:45 PM

An opposition lawmaker believes the House justice committee was influenced by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to dismiss the impeachment complaint against the chief justice and six other Supreme Court justices. Read more »

Impeach rap kontra De Castro, 6 pang mahistrado ng SC, ibinasura

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:35 PM

Tuluyan nang ibinasura nitong Martes ng House committee on justice ang impeachment complaint laban kina Supreme Court Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro at sa anim iba pang mahistrado.  Read more »

'Insufficient in substance': House halts impeachment raps vs De Castro, 6 justices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 12:04 PM

The impeachment case against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro and 6 other justices is insufficient in substance, the House Justice Committee ruled on Tuesday. Read more »

WATCH: Can the President be impeached for voiding Trillanes' amnesty?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 01:36 AM

Can the President be impeached for issuing a proclamation voiding the amnesty of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and ordering his arrest? Watch this. Read more »

Pagpapawalangbisa sa amnesty ni Trillanes, posibleng 'impeachable': eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 09:30 PM

Nagbabala ang isang ekperto sa ipinalabas na proklamasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kontra kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Impeach rap vs SC justices 'sufficient in form': House justice panel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 11:45 AM

The House justice committee on Tuesday unanimously ruled that the impeachment complaint against the 7 Supreme Court justices who voted in favor of the ouster of then Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is sufficient in form. Read more »

House panel tackles impeach raps vs CJ De Castro, 6 justices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 10:55 AM

The House justice committee on Tuesday began deliberating on an impeachment complaint against 7 Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice Teresita De Castro, less than a month after her appointment to the top judicial post.  Read more »

7 SC justices could not inhibit in quo warranto plea vs Sereno: lawmaker

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 05:08 PM

Supreme Court magistrates could not have inhibited from deciding the quo warranto petition that eventually ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the vice chairman of the House justice panel said Monday.  Read more »

Impeachment vs CJ De Castro may end up moot and academic: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 11:14 AM

The impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro may become moot and academic if it hurdles the House of Representatives after her impending retirement, the chair of the House justice committee said Thursday. Read more »

Will impeach rap vs SC magistrates prosper? Arroyo reacts

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:29 AM

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday left open the possibility that the impeachment complaints against Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will not prosper. Read more »