McCarthy considers slapping Trump on wrist for inciting attack on Capitol
The House minority leader also suggested Congress pass legislation that backs up Trump’s unfounded election fraud lies.
By Donna Provencher - January 11, 2021The House minority leader also suggested Congress pass legislation that backs up Trump’s unfounded election fraud lies.
By Donna Provencher - January 11, 2021Those same Republican lawmakers are refusing to retract their lies about the election or offer contrition for their role in today’s political climate.
By Emily Singer - January 11, 2021A section of the 14th Amendment bars anyone who has ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’ against the United States from holding federal office.
By Emily Singer - January 11, 2021At least 12 state lawmakers were involved in Wednesday’s mayhem at the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - January 08, 2021The number of Democrats saying Trump must be impeached and removed for inciting a violent insurrection at the Capitol is growing by the minute.
By Emily Singer - January 08, 2021After 61 days and following five deaths from a riot he incited, Trump finally admitted defeat.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021The House speaker said she’s ready to move on impeaching Trump again if the 25th Amendment is not invoked.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021Trump’s incitement of insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday has led to growing calls to remove Trump from office.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021Four people died in the riots Donald Trump egged on as he waged his desperate coup attempt.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021Giuliani made a disastrous appearance in court for the Trump campaign on Tuesday.
By Oliver Willis - November 18, 2020Donald Trump has regularly attacked Democratic-led states that did not vote for him.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2020Trump has, in some cases, suggested his critics, political opponents, and media he doesn’t like be jailed or even executed for ‘treason.’
By Dan Desai Martin - June 23, 2020A civil liberties lawyer says the suit is ‘doomed to fail.’
By Associated Press - June 17, 2020Trump said Bolton would have a ‘criminal problem’ if he goes through with publishing his book.
By Associated Press - June 16, 2020Bolton is opening up to ABC News — but he threatened to fight any legally binding congressional subpoena during the impeachment trial.
By Emily Singer - June 15, 2020The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to subpoena members of the previous administration involved in opening the Russia investigation.
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2020The GOP-led Senate wants to do oversight of the last administration rather than the current one.
By Josh Israel - May 22, 2020His impeachment acquittal has only emboldened him to disregard norms and ethics.
By Josh Israel - May 21, 2020Donald Trump spent February golfing and holding campaign rallies while downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 14, 2020‘It is hard not to think that the president’s loss of confidence in me derives from my having faithfully discharged my legal obligations as an independent and impartial inspector general,’ Michael Atkinson said.
By Associated Press - April 06, 2020Republicans have been trying to blame impeachment for the federal government’s slow response to the coronavirus, but Trump just contradicted them.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2020Republicans are trying to rewrite history, blaming impeachment for Donald Trump’s delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 31, 2020Trump actually did address coronavirus during impeachment, but he didn’t take it seriously.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2020The Trump campaign threatened to sue television stations over an ad highlighting his statements about the coronavirus outbreak.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 26, 2020A timeline of Donald Trump’s impeachment and his bungled response to the coronavirus pandemic make clear one had nothing to do with the other.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 25, 2020‘Elaine McCusker is another casualty of the Trump administration’s efforts to purge public servants who put country before fealty to the president,’ Democratic Sen. Jack Reed said.
By Associated Press - March 03, 2020Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said the chamber should have no responsibility to take up trials when the House submits articles of impeachment.
By Josh Israel - March 02, 2020Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson announced new action in an investigation into Biden less than 24 hours after the former vice president’s decisive primary victory.
By Emily Singer - March 02, 2020There is no constitutional procedure to ‘expunge’ an impeachment.
By Oliver Willis - February 24, 2020John Rood raised concerns about Trump’s hold on military assistance to Ukraine.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2020