Unless some Republicans break ranks, this won’t be a trial – it will be a cover-up.
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Trump assembles a made-for-TV impeachment defense team
The president adds two new attorneys – Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz – who are known for their involvement in consequential legal dramas of recent American history, and for their regular appearances on Fox News.
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Trump’s impeachment trial begins as senators swear an oath of ‘impartial justice’
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff reads the formal charges from the well of the U.S. Senate and Chief Justice John Roberts later administers the jurors’ oath to senators.
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Federal judge blocks Trump order allowing states, cities to reject refugee resettlement
Three national refugee resettlement agencies argued the order illegally conflicts with the 1980 Refugee Act.
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In dramatic march, House leaders send impeachment articles to the Senate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also names the seven representatives who will prosecute the case.
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Doyle McManus: High politics and low will be on display in impeachment drama
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Democrats to investigate ‘profoundly alarming’ texts from Giuliani associate over ambassador’s security
House Democrats have released documents from a close associate of Rudy Giuliani, including a handwritten note that mentions asking Ukraine’s president to investigate ‘the Biden case.’
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Russian hackers attacked Burisma in midst of impeachment inquiry
The email accounts of Burisma employees were accessed, but it’s unclear how that was used or what material may have been gained, according to the report released Monday.
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House will vote Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate
Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets privately at the Capitol with Democrats about next steps.
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Pelosi to send impeachment articles to Senate for historic trial
Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she is in discussions with other Republicans on a strategy that would allow the Senate to hear new testimony.