impeachment
Trump team, House managers trade sharp views on impeachment
President Donald Trump's legal team issued a fiery response Saturday ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial, while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the president betrayed public trust with behavior that was the "worst nightmare" of the founding fathers.
How Trump's impeachment differs from a criminal trial
Yes, it's a trial — but the Senate's impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump won't resemble anything Americans have seen on Court TV.
Trump assembles a made-for-TV impeachment defense team
President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation two decades ago resulted in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said he will deliver constitutional arguments meant to shield Trump from allegations that he abused his power.
Nancy Pelosi hands out impeachment pens, a signing tradition
One by one, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picked up pens lined up beside her and used them to sign a bit of her name on the impeachment articles against President Donald Trump. Then she handed each signing pen to the assembled chairmen and House managers who will prosecute the case in the Senate.
Pelosi sets Wednesday votes to send impeachment to Senate
The U.S. House is set to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a landmark trial on whether the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are grounds for removal.
Trump's fate rests with McConnell in impeachment trial
President Donald Trump needs Mitch McConnell more than ever.
Pelosi: Americans want 'fair trial' on Trump impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that senators will "pay a price" if they block new witnesses from testifying in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. She said Americans expect a fair trial.
Pelosi's delay tests public opinion on impeachment
Democrats know they don't have the votes to convict President Donald Trump when the Senate convenes as the Court of Impeachment. But they are pursuing the case in the court of public opinion.
Plans for impeachment trial get foggy before holiday break
President Donald Trump is in sunny Florida after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back in Washington remained clouded. Senate leaders jockeying for leverage have failed to agree on procedures for the trial.
Donald Trump seeks rapid exoneration in Senate after impeachment
US President Donald Trump pressed his Republican allies on Thursday to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day after he was impeached in a historic rebuke by the House of Representatives. A bitter fight looms over the coming trial, expected to begin as early as the second week of January, with Senate leaders already drawing battle lines over the evidence that will be allowed, Reports Times of India.