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Trump impeachment trial: what you need to know Robert Reich The president won’t be convicted and removed because Republican senators are spineless. But voters are different Donald Trump attends March for Life in Washington on Friday. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Abaca Pool/EPA Don’t get bogged down in the minutiae of Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial – the […] More
Play Video 0:49 On the fourth day of Trump’s trial for impeachment in the US senate, impeachment manager Hakeem Jeffries warned that the president’s actions toward Ukraine had put the country in jeopardy. The New York Democrat also warned of a ‘toxic mess’ emanating from the White House, that ‘is our collective job on behalf of […] More
Play Video 1:19 Chuck Schumer, the US Senate minority leader, said Donald Trump’s defence team appeared ‘unprepared, confused and unconvincing’ during the first day of debate at the president’s impeachment trial on Tuesday. All but one Republican voted against the amendments offered by Democrats, which was approved by the Senate on a party line vote in […] More
Play Video 3:09 Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in the US Senate, with Democrats pushing back against the rules set out by the Republican-held senate. Democrats accused Republicans of covering up for the president as their amendments to trial proceedings were voted down repeatedly Trump impeachment: senators kill Democratic efforts to subpoena more evidence More
Play Video 3:51 Donald Trump faces a trial after the House of Representatives voted to send articles of impeachment against him to the Senate. Here’s how a frantic day on Capitol Hill unfolded Trump impeachment: House sets up trial by voting to send articles to Senate More
Play Video Nancy Pelosi says she wants to understand the parameters of a Senate trial before sending the articles of impeachment, but adds she does not plan to hold on to them indefinitely. ‘I’ll send them over when I’m ready,’ she says. ‘And that’ll probably be soon.’ The Speaker says she is concerned that senators […] More
