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After two days of closing arguments and speeches, the Senate will vote on each article of impeachment on Wednesday The White House on 31 January 2020. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters The US Senate voted on Friday not to call witnesses in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The move set up a likely acquittal of Trump next week. […] More
Trump defense team leader implicated in Ukraine scheme Democrats still appear to be short of four votes they require The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, enters the Capitol building on Friday. Democrats went into the impeachment proceedings short of the four Republican votes they needed. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA The US Senate voted against hearing witnesses […] More
Spokesperson confirms Republican ‘wants to hear from Bolton’ Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden tie in new national poll Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution LIVE Updated Mitt Romney arrives at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 29 January. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images 9.41am EST09:41 Romney spokesperson confirms he […] More
The impeachment trial is a reminder: our democracy is fragile. Black Americans know that best Reverend William Barber Mitch McConnell’s conduct of Trump’s Senate trial recalls the baleful history of southern racial injustice in the civil rights era ‘With patience and decorum, Mitch McConnell has brought southern justice to the US Senate.’ Photograph: Mary Calvert/Reuters […] More
Play Video 2:47 The to and fro continues in the Trump impeachment trial as the prosecution and defense continue to debate subpoenaing witnesses. The White House lawyer Pat Cipollone accused the House impeachment managers of being driven by ‘puritanical rage’ while the Democratic congressman Hakeem Jeffries criticised the defense for raising ‘conspiracy theory after conspiracy […] More
Impeachment trial continues with day two of Q&A phase Dershowitz backtracks on public interest argument Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution LIVE Updated Senate Democrats discuss the impeachment trial in Washington DC on 29 January. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media 10.47am EST10:47 Trump calls Schiff ‘mentally deranged’ 10.19am EST10:19 […] More
Managers urge senators to call John Bolton as a witness, but the defense argued that calling witnesses could draw the trial out Senators have been urged to call John Bolton, the former national security advisor, as a witness. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP The eighth full day of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate has […] More
Question and answer session focuses on Trump’s motivations and calling witnesses – especially John Bolton The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, speaks to members of the media during a break in the trial. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images The opposing legal teams in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial locked horns directly for the first time on Wednesday, […] More
