Trump calls troops, talks impeachment
President Trump spoke to reporters about impeachment after holding a videoconference to thank active-duty military members. Watch his remarks.
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President Trump spoke to reporters about impeachment after holding a videoconference to thank active-duty military members. Watch his remarks.
A lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee says Democrats could impeach President Trump again if new evidence of obstruction emerges. This comes as senators spar over how to proceed with the impeachment trial. CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid joined CBSN AM with the latest.
President Trump is spending Christmas at Mar-a-Lago in Florida with his family, but he can't escape the turmoil of Washington, where an impeachment trial could begin in the new year. CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid joined CBSN from West Palm Beach with the latest.
President Donald Trump finished 2019 as only the third president in history to be impeached. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy looks back on a rocky year, recapping failures and successes - and looks ahead to what this election year may hold.
With 2020 now here, Democratic presidential candidates will be ramping up their pitches to voters, but some candidates could be pulled away from the campaign trail to serve as jurors in the Senate impeachment trial. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker told CBS News he'll "deal with whatever the circumstances are" when it comes to campaigning. CBS News campaign reporter Adam Brewster joined CBSN from Creston, Iowa, to discuss.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted House Democrats over their impeachment of President Trump and indicated during a Senate floor speech that he and Democrats have made no progress in agreeing on rules for the Senate impeachment trial. He said that the House's "turn is over," but asserted that the Senate "can't hold a trial without the articles" of impeachment. The articles have not yet been sent to the Senate by the House.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a speech on the Senate floor Friday, called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow the introduction of witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of President Trump. He accused McConnell of using "finger-pointing and name-calling" to avoid answering questions about whether witnesses should be called. McConnell, who spoke on the floor before Schumer, said he'd prefer not to vote on calling witnesses until after the trial is underway.
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton says he's willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump if the Senate subpoenas him. CBS News' Nikole Killion has the latest from Washington.
President Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton says he is willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial if he receives a subpoena. The announcement is bolstering Democrats' calls for the GOP to allow additional witnesses and documents in the proceedings. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN with the latest from from Capitol Hill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he has the support of enough Republicans to approve a resolution with rules governing President Trump's impeachment trial. McConnell said the resolution mirrors the procedures used in the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999.
Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill this week, and while they remain deadlocked over President Trump's impeachment, a potential bombshell witness, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, says he's prepared to testify if subpoenaed. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN to discuss what this could mean.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has the votes to begin the impeachment trial, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not yet indicated when she'll send over the articles. CBS News legal analyst Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to break down the constitutional stalemate.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she's not withholding articles of impeachment "indefinitely" and will probably transmit them to the Senate "soon." But she reiterated her demand that Republicans lay out the rules for the proceedings before she does so. She spoke at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
The Senate could vote on a war powers resolution as soon as next week, after the House approved the measure last night. It calls for President Trump to get congressional approval before taking further military action against Iran. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reports from Capitol Hill, while CBS News Capitol Hill producer Rebecca Kaplan joins CBSN with the latest developments.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will meet with House Democrats on Tuesday as she prepares to hand over the articles of impeachment to the Senate. This would kickstart the impeachment trial of President Trump. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN AM with the latest from Capitol Hill.
The Senate is likely to start the impeachment trial against President Trump next Tuesday, January 21. Two Republican senators tell CBS News that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is telling his conference the trial will start next week and could last several weeks.
Russian hackers have allegedly targeted the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the Trump impeachment inquiry. U.S. cybersecurity firm Area 1 says Russian military agents "successfully" hacked Burisma back in November, using phishing emails to trick workers into sharing their login information. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis joined CBSN with more.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could send the articles of impeachment to the Senate as early as Wednesday, after meeting with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill today to discuss key details for the upcoming trial. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN AM to talk about the latest.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is the ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee, said she thinks anticipated Senate restrictions during the impeachment trial are a "mistake." "You can't just cut us off," Klobuchar said. Ed O'Keefe and Caitlin Huey-Burns talked to Klobuchar in the spin room after the Democratic debate about impeachment, the debate and her primary strategy.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced the members who will serve as impeachment managers for President Trump's upcoming Senate trial. Watch her press conference.
The White House is preparing its defense for the coming impeachment trial in the Senate. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN AM to talk about the strategy.
President Trump's historic impeachment trial officially kicks off Tuesday. Ahead of it, Democrats are intensifying calls for new witnesses to testify in the Senate. Joseph Moreno, a former Justice Department national security prosecutor, joins CBSN to explain the legal arguments on both sides.
President Trump's legal team released a new brief outlining its defense strategy ahead of the Senate's historic trial. They claim he did "absolutely nothing wrong" and said the articles against the president are "constitutionally invalid". CBS News' Natalie Brand joins CBSN from Capitol Hill with the latest developments.
Larry Sabato from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" with a look at how President Trump's impeachment trial may compare to ones in the past.
House managers and President Trump's defense team are preparing for opening statements in the Senate impeachment trial. The House sent a letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone saying he is a "material fact witness." Political strategists Michael Starr Hopkins and Joseph Pinion join CBSN to break it all down.