Senate finds Trump impeachment trial constitutional on first day
The Senate voted 56 to 44 in finding that it has jurisdiction to try former presidents on impeachment charges.
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The Senate voted 56 to 44 in finding that it has jurisdiction to try former presidents on impeachment charges.
The former president has been impeached on a charge of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.
The defense said Thomas Caldwell, who has denied being part of the Oath Keepers, has held a top-secret security clearance since 1979.
The former president's attorneys filed the impeachment trial memorandum ahead of start of the Senate's proceedings Tuesday.
Rachel Powell was seen on video during the Capitol assault telling rioters where to go inside, indicating possible knowledge of the building's floor plans.
Fellow Democrat Rep. Jason Crow, appearing alongside her, called attempts to cast doubt on their accounts of the assault "horrific."
Sicknick, who is lying in honor in the Capitol Rotunda, was fatally injured during the Capitol insurrection.
Prosecutors say the New York men conspired to impede law enforcement who were protecting the U.S. Capitol.
A congressional tribute for Sicknick, who died after sustaining injuries during the January 6 assault on the Capitol, was held Wednesday morning.
The measure directs the House sergeant-at-arms to fine members $5,000 for their first offense for "failure to complete security screening for entrance to the House chamber."
A source told CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL that Lin Wood is being investigated for allegedly voting "out of state."
On "Intelligence Matters" this week, Mike Morell talks with Lynn Rusten, vice president of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and leader of the Global Nuclear Policy Program, about the state of nuclear proliferation.
In their pre-trial brief, House impeachment managers argue that the former president clearly incited the attack on the Capitol.
In their legal brief responding to the article of impeachment, Trump's lawyers argue the trial is "in violation of the Constitution."
The resolution urges the FBI and intelligence community to "immediately" start an interagency review of the threat posed by domestic terrorist groups.
"I just start to hear these yells: 'Where is she? Where is she?'" Ocasio-Cortez said of the day of the assault on the Capitol.
The impeachment trial is set to begin on February 9.
The figure climbed from 2,700 in mid-January.
The former president's Senate impeachment trial is set to begin on February 9.
A recent study showed Facebook users interacted with deceptive posts more than 1 billion times in October, November and December.
Sicknick suffered a head injury "while physically engaging with protesters," and later died in the hospital. He was 42.
The words of Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the riot may end up being used against him in his impeachment trial.
The new FBI wanted poster says the pipe bombs were planted the day before the deadly January 6 Capitol riot.
A new portal will enable Capitol Police and the House sergeant at arms to improve communication with local law enforcement agencies.
In a closed-door hearing, the acting Capitol Police chief said the department knew two days before the January 6 protest that it "would not be like any of the previous protests held in 2020."