Trump impeachment

A legal brief from Trump's defense team states that he still thinks he is the president, leaving Senate Republicans to either agree or disagree, neither of which puts them in a comfortable position.

He suggested that if any witnesses are called by Democrat senators, the FBI would be called in a move that might extend the trial by months.

Donald Trump's new lawyer worked with Jeffrey Epstein in his last days and believes there is more to the financier's death than the ruling of suicide.

"I think she's very smart and she plays a key role in our party," the Ohio Republican senator said.

The ex-president wanted to use the trial to relitigate his claims of election fraud, but Lindsey Graham told him, "You don't want to go there."

We should not pretend that there are authoritative constitutional answers here—just weaker and stronger interpretations. But a Senate trial is, as the Constitution emphasizes, an exceptional procedure.

It's unclear what ails the 80-year-old senator, but he was set to oversee Trump's second impeachment trial in place of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.

Donald Trump's first impeachment trial, which concluded in early 2020, was presided over by Chief Justice John Roberts. Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial will be presided over by Patrick Leahy (D- Vt.), the Senate President pro tempore.

"We already have a flaming fire in this country, and it's like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire," said the Florida senator.

"Unity starts with accountability," Warren said Sunday during an interview with CNN's Abby Phillip.

"I also know Wyoming can do better," he said.

"Let's show a positive vision as we move forward and unite to take back that majority and the first step is to make sure we don't engage in this conviction of this president," Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said during an interview with Fox News.

"Rudy Giuliani charted a very bad course for the president in the morning papers," the Republican strategist said during a Fox News appearance.

When it comes to Donald Trump, the incoming president has a critical decision to make about the best way to move the country forward—and neither Democrats nor Republicans are likely to be happy about his choice.

The "Trump told me to" defense provides "great evidence" for a Senate impeachment trial, joked one activist.

"I lost two legs for @jaketapper's right to say whatever the hell he wants, but that free speech also protects the Republicans he is so eager to condemn for asking Constitutional questions about the election," Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast wrote in a tweet.

Once associated with entrepreneurialism, the Trump name has become a politically charged symbol for many since the Capitol riots.

The House Speaker wore the same black dress for the president's first impeachment, leading some on social media to say she "should donate that outfit to the Smithsonian."

"The Left in America has incited far more political violence than the Right," Gaetz said, although the Anti-Defamation League disagrees with him.

"I want to be very clear," Trump said in his video, "I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. Violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country, and no place in our movement.

Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump's business lender since the 1990s, has announced that it will not continue to do business with him following last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol. The soon-to-be-former president owes about $340 million in loans with notes that come due in 2023 and 2024, CNBC reported.

National Guard members from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and Maryland were sent to the nation's capital to stop any more potential violence.

The article of impeachment accuses Trump of "incitement of insurrection" for the riots at the Capitol building on January 6, and according to a recent report from The New York Times, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may be leaning toward voting in favor of impeachment.

"There is no doubt in my mind that the President of the United States broke his oath of office and incited this insurrection. He used his position in the executive to attack the legislative," Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote.

"This leads me to an action I never imagined—to state my support for those who speak of censure, impeachment or removal of the man whose primary job as president of the United States is to protect all Americans," former FBI and CIA director William Webster wrote.

More than 300 historians and legal scholars called for the House to conduct a "speedy impeachment" after Trump "encouraged an insurrection by a mob of his supporters."

Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff called for a quick impeachment of the president, following the riot at the Capitol on Wednesday.

It's been six months since President Trump's acquittal in the U.S. Senate.

"Much has changed for me and so much more has changed for our country. I rest well knowing I did my duty," Vindman tweeted on Saturday.

"There's no one to root for in a Trump vs. Bolton fight. They're both megalomaniac sociopaths looking out for themselves," Meyers joked.