GOP senators play with fidget spinners instead of listening to impeachment trial
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) handed out the toys, which are intended to relieve stress or boredom.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2020Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) handed out the toys, which are intended to relieve stress or boredom.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2020Schiff said Americans cannot trust Trump to put the country’s interests over Trump’s own, and thus should be removed from office.
By Emily Singer - January 24, 2020Trump’s legal team will begin its defense in the impeachment trial on Saturday, which Trump called ‘Death Valley’ for television ratings.
By Emily Singer - January 24, 2020His previous record was set when the House Judiciary Committee began debating the two articles of impeachment Trump was eventually charged with.
By Associated Press - January 23, 2020Impeachment trial rules require senators to remain at their desks while proceedings are going on.
By Emily Singer - January 23, 2020Republicans blocked a series of proposals that would have allowed for witness testimony and documentary evidence in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
By Emily Singer - January 22, 2020White House counsel Pat Cipollone accused House Democrats of blocking Republicans from closed-door impeachment depositions. That is completely false.
By Emily Singer - January 21, 2020House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose seven Democratic lawmakers to make the case that Trump abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress’s investigative powers.
By Associated Press - January 15, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed impeachment was somehow to blame for Trump’s escalation with Iran.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 07, 2020When Republicans failed to adjourn the House, they moved to stalling the impeachment proceedings with procedural motions.
By Emily Singer - December 18, 2019If the House successfully impeaches Donald Trump, the Senate will hold a trial in January to determine his fate.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 10, 2019Gaetz was one of a handful of lawmakers who had loud outbursts when it was not their turn to speak.
By Emily Singer - December 09, 2019Phone records show Nunes was communicating with Rudy Giuliani during the Ukraine scandal.
By Emily Singer - December 03, 2019The 300-page report details Trump’s efforts to ‘subvert’ American foreign policy and to obstruct justice in the impeachment inquiry.
By Emily Singer - December 03, 2019The timing suggests the whistleblower complaint helped push Trump to release the military aid to Ukraine.
By Emily Singer - November 27, 2019The committee will have its first impeachment hearing on Dec. 4.
By Emily Singer - November 26, 2019House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff says the committee still welcomes testimony from those who ‘decide to obey their duty to the country over fealty to the President.’
By Dan Desai Martin - November 25, 2019Despite being presented with a mountain of evidence that Trump abused his office, Republicans plan to stick by him.
By Emily Singer - November 22, 2019Republicans said it had been ‘0 days’ since House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff had followed House rules.
By Emily Singer - November 21, 2019Rep. Adam Schiff says GOP lawmakers aren’t bothered by Trump’s alleged crimes, only that someone blew the whistle on them.
By Emily Singer - November 20, 2019Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) keeps interrupting the impeachment hearings with stunts.
By Emily Singer - November 15, 2019Republicans spent most of Bill Taylor’s and George Kent’s hearing making incoherent and contradictory arguments.
By Emily Singer - November 13, 2019Republicans interrupted the hearing as soon as it started, targeting the whistleblower who issued the complaint at the center of the impeachment inquiry.
By Emily Singer - November 13, 2019Jon Hollis changed his Federal Election Commission registration from California’s 28th District to Texas’s 32nd.
By Josh Israel - November 11, 2019Trump wants Republicans to release their own transcripts from the closed-door impeachment depositions.
By Emily Singer - November 11, 2019Republicans used their time questioning Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman to expose the whistleblower, despite threats against the person’s life.
By Emily Singer - November 08, 2019The House Intelligence Committee released a transcript of its interview with State Department official George Kent, which is damaging to Trump.
By Emily Singer - November 08, 2019A handful of allies of acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney will ignore subpoenas in the impeachment probe.
By Emily Singer - November 04, 2019The impeachment probe into Donald Trump is about to go public.
By Emily Singer - October 31, 2019The Florida Republican is determined to find a way to punish the Intelligence chair for paraphrasing the partial transcript.
By Josh Israel - October 30, 2019