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Post by Admin on Dec 18, 2019 18:42:22 GMT
In a historic vote Wednesday, the House of Representatives is expected to impeach President Donald Trump.
The vote would make Trump the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
The House of Representatives is expected to take up the articles of impeachment beginning at 9 a.m. ET with a vote to follow later in the day. Watch live in the video player.
The House is considering two articles of impeachment--abuse of power and obstruction of Congress--against the president. The articles are expected to be approved along party lines.
Democrats have charged Trump with using his office for personal, political gain when he asked Ukraine's president to investigate 2020 presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden along with Biden's son, Hunter.
Republicans have called the impeachment proceedings a "sham" and accused Democrats of trying to overturn the results of the 2016 election.
If Trump is impeached, the process will then move to the Senate, where a trial will be held to determine whether Trump is guilty of the charges outlined in the articles of impeachment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there is "no chance" Trump will be removed from office and promised to take his cues on how to run the trial proceedings from the White House.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has called for additional witnesses, including White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, to testify during the Senate trial.
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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2019 6:57:06 GMT
President Donald J. Trump was impeached on Wednesday. For the third time in the nation's history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting president, acting after a daylong debate on whether Trump violated his oath in pressuring Ukraine to damage a political opponent. Trump was impeached on two articles. The first vote, 230-197, accused him of abuse of power and was almost entirely on party lines; it was followed quickly by a second, 229-198, vote accusing the president of obstructing Congress. The one-vote difference was that of Democrat Jared Golden of Maine, who voted yes on abuse of power and no on obstruction. No Republicans voted against Trump. Two Democrats, Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who is expected to switch parties soon, and Collin Peterson of Minnesota, voted with Republicans against both articles. One Democrat, Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is running for president, voted "present" on both articles. The trial in the Republican-controlled Senate on whether to remove the president from office will likely begin in early January. It is likely that Trump will be acquitted, because a two-thirds majority is required for conviction.
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2019 6:10:43 GMT
Donald Trump now becomes the third member of the exclusive club that no one wants to be a member of.
But the framers of the constitution with its impeachment provision could never have imagined the hyper partisanship - on both sides - that has been witnessed during today's sterile House proceedings.
Each side with its own narrative, neither side listening to the other. And one can say with some certainty - I would bet all my yet to be gifted Christmas presents - that it will be much the same once this becomes a trial in the Senate in the New Year.
Donald Trump will be acquitted. He won't be forced from office. So what changes?
Well Donald Trump will have a place in the history books - and for a man with such a huge sense of self that will hurt. Acutely.
But 2020? Far from this being a killer blow against Donald Trump, it might turbo charge his bid for a second term.
The Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was always wary about going down the impeachment route.
We'll discover next November whether that concern was well founded.
Judging by what I saw in Michigan this week, Democrats will be acutely aware of the political risks.
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2019 18:12:46 GMT
Publicly, President Donald Trump has deferred to a Senate Republican plan to hold an impeachment trial with as few surprises — and witnesses — as possible.
But privately, Trump is still harboring a desire to create a flashy, testimony-filled trial, fueled by a belief that such an approach would vindicate him and embarrass Democrats, according to six people familiar with the situation, including three who have spoken with the president.
Even though it seems unlikely that Trump will get his way, the president is still hearing from outside allies who are urging him to push for long-shot witnesses like Joe Biden’s son Hunter, impeachment leader Rep. Adam Schiff, even the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint sparked the impeachment probe. Trump leaves Friday for a two-week stay at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida, where he’s expected to talk regularly — both in person and on the phone — with supporters and friends who back a more expansive Senate trial, the people familiar with the situation said.
“We don’t want a quick technical acquittal but complete exoneration,” said an outside adviser who speaks to the president.
Trump’s desire to fight — a constant inclination — is at odds with Senate Republican leaders, who are working to convince him that a quick trial with no witnesses will suffice. Even some White House aides have been trying to explain the benefits of a speedy, no-frills process. In interviews, though, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists he is working in lockstep with the White House on shaping the impeachment trial.
“There’s a family feud under the water between what Trump and McConnell think is the best strategy,” said Dan Eberhart, a major Republican donor and CEO of the drilling services company Canary, LLC.
The Senate will likely take up Trump’s impeachment trial in January, though the House has postponed sending over the articles until after the new year. Trump on Thursday night lashed out at the postponement, incidentally revealing in the process his simmering yearning for eye-catching witnesses.
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Post by Admin on Dec 30, 2019 1:53:33 GMT
President Trump took to Twitter during the holidays to slam House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding up the impeachment process and waiting to send articles to the Senate for trial. CBS News national correspondent Chip Reid and The Hill reporter Julia Manchester join CBSN to discuss the latest on impeachment and North Korea's promise of a "Christmas present."
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise joins Mike Emanuel on 'Fox News Sunday.'
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