Impeachment

When asked if Harris will have a vote in the impeachment trial, Frank O. Bowman III, a professor of law at the University of Missouri and an expert on the impeachment of the president and other federal officers, told Newsweek that the short answer is "no."

David Schoen and Bruce Castor Jr.—both experienced in criminal defense—will head the effort in the trial slated to begin on February 9.

Smearing senators as seditionists is a danger to free speech and America's future.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has selected nine House Democrats who will serve as prosecutors in the trial.

Prosecuting Donald Trump for violating federal law is the job of the Justice Department and appointing a special counsel would be the best way of getting it done.

The current shortest impeachment trial record was set by Trump's first impeachment trial in 2020, which spanned 21 days.

"Impeachment is a political process," the Republican senator said Sunday. "I think this is a very bad idea."

The Republican lawmaker said whether Trump is convicted "depends upon that which is presented" during the Senate trial.

The Republican senator attempted to liken Schumer's fierce words urging Supreme Court justices not to restrict abortion rights to Trump's rhetoric surrounding the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

The Republican lawmaker assessed that it's "very unlikely" that Trump will be convicted by the Senate.

A conviction is unlikely, but polls show Democrats heavily support barring Trump from future office.

Senate Democrats aren't likely to get 17 Republicans on board to convict the former president, but they could get a few.

"You can yell out all the tweets you haven't been allowed to post for the past month," the SNL Weekend Update anchor said in a bid to convince the former president to testify in the Senate trial.

"It seems to me that in order to change the entire dynamic here, you have to do something bold and decisive," Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, told Newsweek.

Trump's lead impeachment attorney said Friday he'll call out Democrats for "inflammatory rhetoric" during last summer's racial justice movement.

The New York congressman criticized the freshman from Utah, implying that his vote to object the election certification was unpatriotic.

Demings' remarks come after President Joe Biden said that there is "no need" for Trump to continue receiving intelligence briefings following his departure from office.

Former President Donald Trump is likely to be acquitted during his upcoming trial, but more Republicans think he has blame for the Capitol riot than thought his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was illegal.

"They're going to try to convict him in the eyes of the American people and smear him forever," Trump's former chief White House strategist said.

"I still believe, as you used to, that politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude," Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said while addressing efforts to punish Republicans who dare speak against former President Donald Trump in a video to Nebraska GOP officials on Thursday.

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump, said the legal team was going to make the trial a "free speech" issue and target prominent Democrats for their past comments.

Representative Jamie Raskin is asking for Trump to respond to the request no later than 5 p.m. Friday.

"I don't see that happening," the Dallas Mavericks owner said when asked about the possibility of the former president running for office again.

Sasse was one of just five Republican senators to vote with Democrats to affirm that Trump's pending impeachment trial is constitutional.

"If the president called me and wanted me to go defend him on the floor of the Senate, that would be the top priority in my life," Gaetz told Steve Bannon during a podcast appearance.

On Tuesday, attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor responded to the House's filing that Trump incited the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

To "incite" is to encourage a person to commit a crime. No perusal of Trump's remarks that morning can find any explicit encouragement of lawless behavior.

The senator urged Democrats to not call witnesses during the proceedings, suggesting it could prompt Republicans to do the same and draw out the trial.

The authors state the evidence that Donald Trump committed crimes is "overwhelming," and the Senate has a legal right to impeach a former president.

Trump denied his remarks questioning the election's integrity were false and his attorneys said a "reasonable jurist" could not conclude they were inaccurate.