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Senate Republicans Won't Dismiss Trump Charges

The votes aren't there, GOP leaders say

(Newser) - Senior Senate Republicans are still trying to settle on the format of President Trump's impeachment trial—but they have made it clear that there will be a trial, despite the president's call to dismiss the charges. Trump tweeted Sunday that a trial instead of "outright dismissal" gives...

Lev Parnas Gives Data From Cellphones to House Panel

Lawyer for Giuliani associate says information is relevant to impeachment inquiry

(Newser) - A close associate of President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has provided a trove of text messages and photos to the House committee leading the impeachment inquiry. Joseph Bondy, the lawyer for Lev Parnas, tweeted Monday that they had "worked through the night" to provide data from two...

Trump Backtracks on Letting Bolton Testify

'I think you have to' call on executive privilege, president says

(Newser) - John Bolton, who was President Trump's national security adviser, has said he's willing to testify in the Senate's upcoming impeachment trial. On Thursday, Trump indicated that he wouldn't object, saying, "I don’t stop it." But asked Friday if he'd use executive privilege...

Pelosi: We'll Move on Impeachment Next Week

House speaker ready to end standoff

(Newser) - The impeachment limbo is apparently near an end. Nancy Pelosi signaled Friday that the House will send articles of impeachment to the Senate next week, reports Politico . "I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint...

Pelosi Won't Be Hurried on Articles of Impeachment

Speaker says she'll send them to the Senate 'when I'm ready'

(Newser) - With pressure building for her to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate for President Trump's trial, Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she'll take that step "when I'm ready." At a press conference, the House speaker added, "that will probably be soon." The...

Looks Like McConnell Will Prevail on Trial Format

Senate leader has votes to begin impeachment proceedings without an agreement on witnesses

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell has the votes necessary to get his way on how the Senate impeachment trial will proceed, reports Politico and the Washington Post . Democrats have been pressing for a guarantee of new witness testimony, but McConnell now has the 51 votes needed to avoid that. It's still possible...

Will Bolton Testify? 3 Key Senators Are Noncommittal

Moderates including Mitt Romney not saying whether they'd join vote to subpoena him

(Newser) - John Bolton shook up the in-limbo impeachment process Monday by saying he would testify in a Senate trial if subpoenaed. A day later, we have little clarity on whether that will actually happen. By the math at Politico , Democrats would need four moderate Republicans to join them in voting for...

John Bolton Adds a Wrinkle to Senate Impeachment Trial

Former top Trump aide says he will testify if subpoenaed

(Newser) - A surprise development in the Senate's coming impeachment trial: John Bolton says he will testify if asked. The big question, though, is whether Mitch McConnell, who has previously rejected the idea of calling new witnesses, will ask him to do so. Bolton left his post as President Trump's...

Graham: Let's Change Senate Impeachment Rules

Senator and Trump ally wants to begin trial quickly, even if Pelosi won't budge

(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to get the impeachment trial over with as quickly as possible, and he's suggesting changing the Senate rules if Nancy Pelosi continues to hold things up. Pelosi still has not formally given the Senate the two articles of impeachment passed by the House, and the...

Ukraine Aid Freeze Came From the Top, Emails Show

Site gets a look at unredacted documents

(Newser) - When the Defense Department warned that holding up military aid to Ukraine might be illegal, an OMB official let the Pentagon know where the order was coming from. There was "clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold," Michael Duffy wrote, CNN reports that a new review of...

Disgraced Blagojevich Writes Impeachment Op-Ed

His criticism is seen as a message to Trump

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich has written an op-ed criticizing Democrats over the impeachment of President Trump, and the Chicago Tribune sees an unstated message. Though the essay by the imprisoned former governor never actually mentions Trump, "it’s an apparent continuation of his public campaign to win clemency from the Republican...

Susan Collins Faults 2 Fellow Senators Over Impeachment

Maine Republican thinks Mitch McConnell, Elizabeth Warren are judging prematurely

(Newser) - Republican Sen. Susan Collins had some bipartisan criticism to offer Monday about the coming impeachment trial of President Trump. Most notably, she faulted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying he would coordinate the trial with the White House, reports NBC News . In doing so, Collins became the second Republican...

Biden Says He Won't Comply With Senate Subpoena

Candidate argues his testimony would just be a diversion that the news media would fall for

(Newser) - "The grounds for them to call me would be overwhelmingly specious," Joe Biden said in detailing why he wouldn't honor a Senate subpoena to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial. Summoning him would just be a diversion, Biden told the Des Moines Register editorial board Friday....

GOP Senator Is 'Disturbed' by Leader's Trump Trial Remarks

Murkowski says she will be impartial juror

(Newser) - Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski thinks the process that led to the impeachment of President Trump was rushed and flawed—but she also has serious concerns about how his trial in the Senate will be conducted. The Alaskan senator tells KTUU that she was "disturbed" by Senate Majority Leader Mitch...

House Democrats Say Trump Could Be Impeached Again

Lawyers are still seeking Don McGahn testimony

(Newser) - President Trump, the third president in American history to be impeached, could be the first to be impeached twice. House Democrats said in a court filing Monday that new articles of impeachment could be introduced if new evidence shows that Trump tried to obstruct the Russia investigation, Politico reports. The...

Trump Takes a Jab at Pelosi From Florida

Says she's 'breaking all the rules' in not handing over the articles of impeachment

(Newser) - President Trump is spending two weeks at his Mar-a-Lago resort, but he's not totally leaving DC behind. On Monday morning he took to Twitter to rail against Nancy Pelosi and his impeachment, writing , "Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the US Congress, and...

'Explosive' White House Email on Ukraine Aid Released

Hold on aid was ordered 91 minutes after Trump call

(Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says an "explosive" email proves that new witnesses are needed at President Trump's impeachment trial. The email obtained by the Center for Public Integrity shows that White House officials asked for aid to Ukraine to be withheld just 91 minutes after the president'...

GOP Chief Says Feisty Lawmaker 'Is Done'

But Max Rose pushes back against Tom Emmer's dire prediction

(Newser) - The day after nearly every House Democrat voted to impeach President Trump, the chief of the House Republican campaign committee said the political fallout was clear, the AP reports. "Last night their obsession with impeachment finally came to a head, and they basically ended their majority," Minnesota Rep....

Trump Accepts Pelosi&#39;s Invitation
Trump Accepts 
Pelosi's Invitation
Dec 20, 2019 2:26 PM CST

Trump Accepts Pelosi's Invitation

State of the Union address scheduled for Feb. 4

(Newser) - Impeachment or not, Nancy Pelosi has invited President Trump to visit the House to deliver his next State of the Union address. And Trump has accepted. Her letter was sent Friday, Politico reports. The invitation could imply that the speaker expects Trump to still be in office on Feb. 4,...

Trump Lawyers Wonder If He Has Really Been Impeached

They argue it hasn't been formalized yet

(Newser) - After voting to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, the House went into recess Thursday, leaving the process in limbo until Jan. 7—and giving constitutional experts plenty of time to argue the finer points. Bloomberg reports that lawyers close to the president are looking at whether Trump hasn't really...

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