Topic: impeachment

Trump celebrates acquittal

Trump celebrates acquittal

Evan Vucci, AP Photo
Posted at Feb 07 08:55 AM

President Donald Trump holds up a newspaper with the headline that reads "ACQUITTED" at the 68th annual National Prayer Breakfast, at the Washington Hilton, Thursday. Read more »

Trump’s acquittal

Trump’s acquittal

Michael Reynolds, EPA-EFE
Posted at Feb 06 11:03 AM

Protesters sit on the floor of the Capitol Rotunda and shout shortly before being arrested, to demonstrate against US President Donald J. Trump possibly being acquitted in the Senate impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday Read more »

Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges

Trump acquitted of all impeachment charges

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 06 09:12 AM

(UPDATED) US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Read more »

Trump in State of Union speech: 'I keep my promises'

Trump in State of Union speech: 'I keep my promises'

Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 12:51 PM

President Donald Trump delivered a self-congratulatory State of the Union speech Tuesday on the eve of near certain acquittal in his impeachment trial, setting the stage for his re-election bid.   Read more »

Pelosi rips Trump's speech

Pelosi rips Trump's speech

Patrick Semansky, AP
Posted at Feb 05 12:44 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, tears her copy of President Donald Trump's s State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday.  Read more »

On eve of expected acquittal, Trump snubs Pelosi, assails Democrats

On eve of expected acquittal, Trump snubs Pelosi, assails Democrats

Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 05 11:35 AM

US President Donald Trump, emerging from the shadow of impeachment, on Tuesday stared down Democratic lawmakers who seek to toss him from office and snubbed top Democrat Nancy Pelosi at a State of the Union speech he used to tout a rosy image of the US economy and his leadership. Read more »

Bolton revelations roil Trump trial

Bolton revelations roil Trump trial

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 03:39 AM

Donald Trump's lawyers, eager to attain his swift acquittal, pushed back forcefully Monday against explosive new allegations from former national security advisor John Bolton, insisting the US president's dealings regarding Ukraine were not impeachable. Read more »

Trump tied Ukraine aid to inquiries he sought vs rivals, Bolton book says

Trump tied Ukraine aid to inquiries he sought vs rivals, Bolton book says

Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 27 11:21 AM

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told his national security adviser in August 2019 that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the former adviser, John Bolton. Read more »

Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses

Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses

Michael Mathes and Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 04:46 PM

The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump's guilt on national television. Read more »

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