impeachment Archives - Centralmaine.com

Op-Eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Partisanship is the whole point of impeachment

by Jim Fossel December 29, 2019December 27, 2019

As we head toward a Senate trial, neither party has grounds to express shock at how biased the process has become.

Nation & World, Politics

White House predicts Pelosi to ‘yield’ on impeachment delay

by HOPE YEN and ZEKE MILLER December 22, 2019December 23, 2019

Pelosi has declined to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate until Republicans provide details on witnesses and testimony.

Local & State, Politics

Jared Golden on splitting his impeachment vote: ‘I voted my heart’

by PATRICK WHITTLE December 19, 2019December 20, 2019

Maine’s 2nd District congressman had explained his reasons before Wednesday’s vote.

Nation & World, Politics

Republicans embrace Trump as never before with anti-impeachment fervor

by ALAN FRAM December 19, 2019September 14, 2020

The president’s Republican critics and Democrats said the House Republicans’ solid backing inextricably bound Republican lawmakers to Trump and would ultimately inflict a damaging blow.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Douglas Rooks: Different ways to look at impeachment

by Douglas Rooks December 19, 2019December 18, 2019

The responses from two members of the Maine congressional delegation – both Democrats – say a lot of our current predicament.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Defiant Trump rallies supporters as House impeaches him

by DARLENE SUPERVILLE, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN December 18, 2019December 19, 2019

He took the stage just minutes before he became the 3rd president in U.S. history to be impeached.

Nation & World, Politics

Majority of House supports Trump’s impeachment, Associated Press count shows

by LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK December 17, 2019December 18, 2019

In a fiery letter Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Trump maintained that he did nothing wrong in seeking foreign investigation of political rivals.