Senate Acquits Trump On Impeachment Charges
The Senate voted on Wednesday to acquit President Donald J. Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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The Senate voted on Wednesday to acquit President Donald J. Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
President Trump is delivering the final State of the Union address of his first term Tuesday, as the Senate is expected to acquit him of the two articles of impeachment passed by the House in December.
House Democrats made a last-ditch effort to urge the Senate to convict President Trump in his impeachment trial, delivering closing arguments two days before a vote that appears to be a foregone conclusion.
The Senate rejected a motion to allow consideration of additional witnesses and documents in President Trump's impeachment trial, rebuffing Democrats and virtually ensuring the president's ultimate acquittal on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Senator Lamar Alexander announced Thursday night he will not join Democrats in calling for witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial.
The White House's position has long been that it would assert executive privilege to keep Bolton from divulging sensitive information.
President Trump's legal team rested its case on the final day of opening arguments in his impeachment trial, setting the stage for a new phase of proceedings as pressure continues to mount on senators to hear from new witnesses.
As President Trump's attorneys resume defense arguments in his Senate impeachment trial, new revelations about the president's attempts to get Ukraine to investigate his rivals reverberated through the Capitol.
President Trump's lawyers had their first chance to defend the president on Saturday after three days of Democrats' opening arguments.
House impeachment managers finished their opening arguments in President Trump's impeachment trial on Friday with an impassioned plea for a fair trial.
Senators reconvened in the Capitol for the third day of President Trump's impeachment trial, with House Democrats resuming arguments for why the president should be removed from office for abusing his power and obstructing Congress.
With a marathon day of debate on the rules of President Trump's impeachment trial behind them, the Senate reconvened Wednesday afternoon to hear opening arguments from the House's impeachment managers.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican and an ally of the president, unveiled a resolution laying out the ground rules for the trial on Monday.
The White House argued the articles "fail to allege any crime or violation of law" and that the president asserted legitimate "executive branch confidentiality interests."
House impeachment managers submitted a 100-page brief Saturday arguing that the case for removing President Trump from office is clear.
The Senate has filed an official summons to President Donald Trump and to the impeachment managers for them to appear during the trial.
On a day steeped in tradition and decorum, the Senate formally took over President Trump's impeachment case on Thursday as the chief justice of the Supreme Court and senators swore an oath to administer "impartial justice" in the upcoming trial.
The House of Representatives formally delivered two articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate on Wednesday.
House and Senate leaders traded heated accusations the day after the vote to impeach President Trump, setting the stage for a Senate impeachment trial in the new year.
The House of Representatives has voted to approve the first of two articles of impeachment against President Trump.
House lawmakers wrapped up a hearing to determine the length and terms of floor debate on two articles of impeachment against President Trump.
With the House poised to vote to impeach the president as soon as Wednesday, multiple vulnerable freshman Democrats in the House announced they would vote in favor of the impeachment articles.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on two articles of impeachment against President Trump this week.
The House Judiciary Committee will vote on the articles of impeachment against President Trump this morning, after more than 14 hours of heated debate on Thursday.
The House Judiciary Committee is debating amendments to the two articles of impeachment against President Trump, the last step before sending the articles to the full House for a vote.
