Trump team, House managers trade sharp views on impeachment
President Donald Trump's legal team issued a fiery response Saturday ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial, while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the president betrayed public trust with behavior that was the "worst nightmare" of the founding ...
Days before Senate impeachment trial begins, Trump, Democrats lay out arguments
The Democratic U.S. lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump said Saturday the president must be removed from office to protect national security and preserve the country's system of government. In a brief filed ahead of a Saturday deadline, the lawmakers laid ...
U.S. will work to determine if ex-ambassador Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Pompeo says
The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. Documents released this week indicated Lev Parnas, a Ukraine-born U.S. citizen, helped U.S. President Donald Trump's personal ...
President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation two decades ago resulted in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said he will deliver ...
Trump denies knowing Lev Parnas despite photos of them together
President Donald Trump insisted he doesn't know Lev Parnas, a Rudy Giuliani associate who says he helped the president's personal lawyer dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine, despite multiple pictures of Parnas with Trump and his family. "I don't know Parnas other than ...
Chief justice sworn in as historic Trump impeachment trial begins in Senate
The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened Thursday in the U.S. Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be "impartial" in deciding whether to force the 45th U.S. president from office. In a hushed chamber, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, clad in ...
State Department chided for silence over alleged threats to U.S. envoy to Ukraine
Ukraine's announcement on Thursday of an investigation into alleged surveillance of the U.S. ambassador has come as welcome relief to many in America's diplomatic corps. But the State Department's silence on the matter has alarmed a number of current and former diplomats who are demanding ...
Trump directly involved in pressuring Ukraine, says Giuliani associate Parnas
A close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is claiming Trump was directly involved in the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. Lev Parnas says he delivered an ultimatum in May, at Giuliani's behest, to the incoming president ...
White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid, watchdog says
The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget violated the ...
House leaders march Trump impeachment articles to the Senate
In a dramatic procession across the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats carried the formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate late Wednesday, setting the stage for only the third trial to remove a president in American history. Trump complained anew it was ...
President Donald Trump derided his impeachment as a "con" on Wednesday as Democratic leaders announced the team that will lead the trial in the Senate. "Here we go again, another Con Job by the Do Nothing Democrats," Trump tweeted seconds after Nancy Pelosi, the speaker ...
Democrats to probe 'profoundly alarming' Ukraine texts indicating surveillance of U.S. envoy
A House committee chairman said his panel will investigate what he says are "profoundly alarming" text messages that have raised questions about the possible surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch before she was ousted by the Trump administration last spring. House Democrats on ...
