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Democratic impeachment calls mount as Don McGahn defies subpoena for testimony
More Democrats are calling — and more loudly — for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying on Tuesday. A growing number of rank-and-file House Democrats, incensed by former Counsel Don ...
After attacks from Trump, U.S. Republican defends his impeachment remarks
Justin Amash, the first Republican in the U.S. Congress to say openly that President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses, on Monday fired back at critics, including Trump. Standing behind his earlier remarks, Amash issued a string of tweets that challenged some of the most ...
Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed as "a total lightweight" the Republican lawmaker who a day earlier became the first member of the party to call publicly for the U.S. president's impeachment. Michigan Rep. Justin Amash — a staunch libertarian on the right of the party ...
Trump may provoke U.S. lawmakers to impeach him, says key Democrat
Democrats are reluctant to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, but he may provoke such a move by continuing to obstruct efforts by Congress to oversee his administration, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, told ...
Trump's defiance of Congress spawns concept of 'self-impeaching'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a new concept into the debate over President Donald Trump's actions: "self-impeaching." As Trump all but goads Democrats into impeachment proceedings, viewing the showdown as potentially valuable for his 2020 re-election campaign, Democrats are trying to show restraint. Their ...
Nancy Pelosi issues impeachment warning as White House escalates subpoena fight
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Trump administration's defiance of subpoenas could be an impeachable offense, even as the top White House lawyer instructed his predecessor not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone said in a letter ...
For potential Trump impeachment, 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are hard to define
President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday promising to fight any effort by House Democrats to impeach him for, in the Constitution's vague words, "high crimes and misdemeanors." Trump said that "not only are there no 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors,' there are no Crimes ...
After Robert Mueller report, Trump vows to fight Democrats on all fronts
President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he and his administration will battle House Democrats on all legal fronts after the special counsel's Russia report, refusing to cooperate with subpoenas and appealing to the Supreme Court if Congress tries to impeach him. Trump, seething as Democrats ...
Tension grows between Congress and 2020 Democrats on impeachment
Some top Democrats vying for the White House in 2020 are clamoring for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, but many of their congressional colleagues — who would have to manage such efforts — are far more wary. The same day House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
Trump can be held accountable without impeachment, Nancy Pelosi tells Congress Democrats
Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed back on Democrats calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, even though she said the president "engaged in highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior which does not bring honor to the office he holds." Responding to calls from some of her ...
Half of Americans see Trump as victim of witch hunt but most want Mueller report made public: poll
Half of Americans believe President Donald Trump is the victim of a political "witch hunt," nearly two years after the launch of the Russia meddling investigation, a new poll showed Monday. Voters are also broadly opposed, 62 percent to 28 percent, to an impeachment effort ...
Trump fights impeachment talk ahead of looming Robert Mueller report
No one even knows when it will come out, but Robert Mueller's top secret probe into possible collusion between Donald Trump and Russia has Washington on edge — and the president mounting preemptive attacks against impeachment. "How do you impeach a man who is considered ...
